Objects of the Misanthropocene: Unearthing futures (2022), curated by former Slade Scientist-in-Residence Dean Sully, and Jo Volley, is showing at the Octagon Gallery, Wilkins Buidling, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, from 26 September 2022 - 10 February 2023. See the UCL Culture website for details.
Posted Monday, 26th September 2022 00:00
In view of the recent death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, we have decided to postpone this week’s conference and reschedule the event, probably to next summer.
Posted Wednesday, 7th September 2022 00:00
Fevers, Frets, and Futures: uncertainty and new ecologies for post-Covid healthcare Association for Medical Humanities Annual international conference 2022, in collaboration with the IAS, UCL: 13th – 16th September 2022 (1.30 – 6.30pm each day). There is a call for abstracts and student prizes. See the IAS website for further information.
Posted Wednesday, 6th July 2022 00:00
Holly Hendry is the first speaker for The Matter Talks: Material in Focus for the London Sculpture Workshop. Watch the video on the London Sculpture Workshop Instagram.
Posted Wednesday, 22nd June 2022 00:00
We are pleased to announce that 94% of our individual research outputs were recognised as ‘world leading’ (55%) and ‘internationally excellent’ (39%) in REF 2021. Overall our research culture was judged to be 88% ‘world leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’.
Posted Thursday, 12th May 2022 00:00
Mona Hatoum and Lisa Milroy are showing in Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City, an Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition, curated by Lubaina Himid from May 2022 - May 2023.
Posted Tuesday, 3rd May 2022 00:00
Works by Phyllida Barlow, Rana Begum, Cathy De Monchaux, Jessie Flood-Paddock, Mona Hatoum, Holly Hendry, Kim Lim, Grace Schwindt and Rachel Whiteread are showing in Breatking the Mould Sculpture by Women Since 1945, an Arts Council Collection touring exhibition. See the Arts Council Collection website.
Posted Monday, 4th April 2022 00:00
Colour & Poetry: A Symposium IV, 20 – 22 March 2022, is a cross and interdisciplinary three-day online event held by the Slade. Booking via Eventbrite, further information on the Colour & Poetry page.
Posted Thursday, 10th March 2022 00:00
Thomson & Craighead are showing No Escape at IMT Gallery, Unit 2/210, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9NQ from 18 March - 1 May 2022. Check the IMT Gallery website for opening hours.
Posted Monday, 7th March 2022 00:00
Join the KQ for this Virtual Private View in collaboration with the UCL Slade School of Art, from 3-4pm on Wednesday 9 March, to hear staff and students discuss the exhibitions Slade 150 Past, Present, Future, Testing Ground and Print Pals. Book via Eventbrite.
Posted Friday, 25th February 2022 00:00
Congratulations to Jadé Fadojutimi, who has been selected to participate in the 2022 Venice Biennale. She takes part in the 59th International Art Exhibition, open from 23 April - 27 November 2022 at the Giardini and the Arsenale. See the Venice Biennale website.
Posted Wednesday, 16th February 2022 00:00
Work by Michael Andrews, Lisa Milroy, Eduardo Paolozzi and Rachel Whiteread is showing as part of the Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition, The World We Live In: Art and the Urban Environment at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester LE1 7EA, from 5 February 2022 - 1 January 2023. See the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery website.
Posted Wednesday, 16th February 2022 00:00
Work by Phyllida Barlow, Antony Gormley, Kim Lim, Lisa Milroy and Vivan Sundaram is showing in A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920 – 2020 at Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX, from 24 February - 5 June 2022. See the Whitechapel Gallery website.
Posted Wednesday, 16th February 2022 00:00
Carey Young is showing in On Hannah Arendt: The Conquest of Space at Richard Saltoun Gallery, 41 Dover Street, London W1S 4NS, from 15 February - 26 March 2022. See the Richard Saltoun Gallery website.
Posted Tuesday, 15th February 2022 00:00
Onya McCausland is showing in Nánd / Embrace at Akureyri Art Museum, Kaupvangsstræti 8, 600 Akureyri, Iceland, from 29 January - 22 May 2022. See the Akureyri Art Museum website for details.
Posted Tuesday, 1st February 2022 00:00
Carey Young and Karin Ruggaber reflect on the pandemic-enforced increase in online studio visits and consider the phenomenon within a wider artistic context as part of a roundtable discussion on virtual studio visits featured in this month's Art Monthly.
Posted Monday, 31st January 2022 00:00
Spineless Wonders II: Community Presses; Multilingualism and Translation; Ephemera and the Environment. The second of a 3-day series of events presenting research on small press publications. Friday 18 February 2022, via Zoom. Tickets via Eventbrite.
Posted Monday, 31st January 2022 00:00
This symposium will offer historical perspectives alongside contemporary views through the celebration of the work of those who have identified as women artists who studied at the Slade. Wednesday, 9 February, 2-5pm via Zoom. Reserve via Eventbrite.
Posted Monday, 31st January 2022 00:00
Read about the Home Court, the outcome of Thomas Morgan Evans' Concrete Canvas initiative, funded by a UCL Beacon Bursary, in this month's Icon Magazine.
Posted Monday, 29th November 2021 00:00
Onya McCausland is showing in Chemical City at MIMA, Centre Square, Middlesbrough TS1 2AZ, from 26 November 2021 - 24 April 2022. See the MIMA website for details.
Posted Thursday, 25th November 2021 00:00
Slade 150: Past, Present, Future, part of our Slade 150 celebrations, is showing at the Octagon Gallery, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT from 22 November 2021 - 31 August 2022.
Posted Monday, 22nd November 2021 00:00
Four short films, Foxfire Eins, by Jayne Parker, lasting 30 minutes in total is showing as part of the Screening and Conversation: Foxfire Eins co-hosted by the UCL European Institute and UCL IAS (Institute of Advanced Studies), on Thursday 25 November 2021, from 5–7 pm. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Jayne, academic, filmmaker and musician Graham Riach and librarian-musician Tabitha Tuckett. Places limited due to covid restrictions. Register via MailChimp.
Posted Tuesday, 9th November 2021 00:00
With COP26 now fully underway, UCL Anthropocene have launched a new section on their website dedicated to the conference. Simon Faithfull has provided a series of drawings that contextualise our place on the planet for the website's blog.
Posted Wednesday, 3rd November 2021 00:00
Onya McCausland is showing in Embrace at Norrtälje Konsthall, GEstunavägen 14 Norrtälje, Sweden, from 9 October - 27 November 2021. See the Norrtälje Konsthall website for further information.
Posted Wednesday, 6th October 2021 00:00
Dr Johan Thom and Dr Deborah Padfield are speaking at Art, Access and Agency - Art Sites of Enabling jointly presented by The Transformation Directorate and The School of the Arts in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria, on 7 - 9 October 2021.
Posted Friday, 1st October 2021 00:00
Alvaro Barrington, Gareth Cadwallader, Jadé Fadojutimi and Vivien Zhang are showing in Mixing It Up: Painting Today at the Hayward Gallery, South Bank, London SE1 until 12 December 2021. See the Hayward Gallery website.
Posted Thursday, 30th September 2021 00:00
Lisa Milroy has a solo show, If the Shoe Fits/Bien dans ses pompes, at Frac Occitanie Montpellier, from 23 September - 28 November 2021. See the Frac Occitanie Montpellier website for further details.
Posted Tuesday, 14th September 2021 00:00
Onya McCausland: 51º43 33.56 N 3º07 58.63 W is showing at Karsten Schubert, 46 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LP, from 17 September - 14 October 2021. See the Karsten Schubert London website.
Posted Tuesday, 14th September 2021 00:00
On its eleventh edition, the Open City Documentary Festival will run 8-14 September in London and 13-23 September online. This year there are several events in relation to Slade 150, the Slade's 150th anniversary.
Posted Monday, 6th September 2021 00:00
My Kid Could’ve Done That at The Edge, in partnership with the Holbourne Museum, 18 September - 19 December 2021, includes work by artists Jesse Darling, Dickon Drury, Sean Edwards and Lilah Fowler and their children. See the Holbourne Museum website.
Posted Thursday, 2nd September 2021 00:00