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act, Phyllida Barlow, 2021

Installation view at Highgate Cemetery, London, A Studio Voltaire commission, Image courtesy of the artist

Emeritus Professor Phyllida Barlow's act, commissioned by Studio Voltaire, can be seen at The West Cemetery, Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London N6 6PJ, from 24 July - 30 August 2021. See the Studio Voltaire website for further details.

Phyllida Barlow studied at The Slade from 1963-66, and after joining the staff in the late 1980s, taught here until 2009.

Image: Phyllida Barlow, act, 2021, Installation view at Highgate Cemetery, London, A Studio Voltaire commission. Image courtesy of the artist.

Congratulations to Mataio Austin Dean, Anna Choutova, Bo Choy, Laila Majid, Seren Metcalfe, Haeji Min, Willy Nabi, Davinia-Ann Robinson, Sean Synnuck, who have been selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021!

Firstsite, Colchester, will launch Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021 from 25 September to 28 November 2021. The show will then travel to the South London Gallery, from 10 December 2021 to 20 February 2022.

For details see the Bloomberg New Contemporaries website.

Slade Graduate Degree show, 2016
Slade Graduate Degree show, 2016, Mariana Visic

Online event, Wednesday 7 July, 5-6pm – book via Eventbrite

Organised by UCL Art Futures, Kieren Reed, Director, Slade School of Fine Art, will lead the session - joined by co-founders, Jo Townshend, Principal Partnerships Manager (Creative sectors), UCL I&E and Anna Donovan, Lecturer in Laws (Faculty of Laws).

Emerging technologies and Art: Roundtable will explore how artist have incorporated new technologies in their art practice and how they critically assessed the benefits, ethics and consequences of incorporating these technologies in their art.

Through the presentation of art made by Slade graduates, Slade alumnus and artists the roundtable will explore how artists adapt and use technology in their art. The session will surface how technologies can support the redistribution of wealth and influence across art networks and systems.

Organised by UCL Art Futures - a collaborative initiative between UCL Innovation & Enterprise, the Slade School of Fine Art and the Faculty of Laws.

Congratulations to alumni Larry Achiampong, Adham Faramawy and Georgina Starr, who have been shortlisted for this year's Jarman award. See The Guardian.

Congratulations to alumni Helen Benigson, Hazel Brill, Gareth Cadwallader, Ian Giles, Paula Morison, Madeleine Pledge and Candida Powell-Williams who have been selected for The Whitechapel Gallery's The London Open 2022. The artists will show at The Whitechapel Gallery in summer 2022. See The Whitechapel Gallery website.

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Hoo, Tom Hardwick-Allan, 2021, Ink, feltip, fineliner, highlighter, biro, pencil and paint-marker on carved birch plywood, 65 cm x 110 cm x 2.4 cm

Tom Hardwick-Allan is showing in Going Light, at Zarinbal Khoshbakht, Albertusstrasse 24, 50667 Cologne, from 8 May - 12 June 2021. See the Zarinbal Khoshbakht website for details.

Hot Air image
Hot Air image, 2021

Bad Art

Charlie Barlow, Flora Bradwell, William Braithwaite and Alexandra Searle are showing in Hot Air, presented by Bad Art, at Manor Place Warehouse, 33 Manor Place, London SE17 3BH, from 8 - 11 July 2021. See the Bad Art website.

Michael Armitage's solo show, Paradise Edict, at the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1, runs from 22 May - 19 September 2021. See the RA's website for further information.

A road is blocked by a large fallen tree. The tree is held in place by electrical cables that cradle its weight just above ground
A road is blocked by a large fallen tree. The tree is held in place by electrical cables that cradle its weight just above ground, Isabel Mallet, 2021

Isabel Mallet has a solo show, Compression & The Song, at Taco! 30 Poplar Place, Thamesmead, London SE28, from 29 May - 11 July 2021. See the Taco! website for further information.

SAVAGE Journal Issue 13, image Sing to Me by Joy C Martindale
SAVAGE Journal Issue 13, image Sing to Me by Joy C Martindale, 2021

Sing To Me by Joy C Martindale is on the cover of SAVAGE Journal (Issue 13) and features in the new SAVAGE postcard exhibition, 'Posted'.

'Posted' is a set of 15 postcards featuring the work of UCL artists, spanning photography, painting, collage, sculpture, drawing and performance.The postcards explore ways of finding a place in the world in a context of enforced isolation and are available to buy from the UCL SU shop.

Cards include work by Slade current students and alumni: Alice Ding, Fiza Ghauri, Chantal Goulder, Yage Guo, Hampus Hoh, Niki Kohandel, Joy C Martindale, Lily Petch and Poor Mother.

50% of proceeds will be donated to Mind.

See the SAVAGE Journal website for further information.

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Request for Reference, Rosa-Johan Uddoh, 2019, digital film

© the artist. Image courtesy of the artist

Congratulations to Slade alumni Olivia Bax, Prem Sahib and Rosa-Johan Uddoh whose works are amongst those acquired for the Arts Council Collection 2020-21.

For further information see the Arts Council Collection webpage.

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Huia (x-ray), Helena Hunter, 2019

Falling Birds by alumna Helena Hunter is showing at the Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill,London SE23 3PQ, from 19 September 2020 - 21 October 2021. For further details and bookings see the Horniman Museum website.