Phyllida Barlow: Unscripted (Hauser and Wirth Somerset)
Set almost a year since the artist died, Phyllida Barlow ‘Unscripted’ brings together works from as early as the 1970s to work made and conceived last year.
6 Must-See Exhibitions across Venice
Beyond the Biennale, which features more than 300 artists in its international exhibition alone, there are several exhibitions and curatorial projects happening across the city that are worth visiting.
Amelia Toledo: Chromatic Landscape (MUBE)
Amelia Toledo: Chromatic Landscape, a comprehensive show of her works, is now on display at MuBE.
Lina Bo Bardi’s Glass Easels at MASP and the 2024 Venice Biennale
Lina Bo Bardi’s renowned glass easels, a distinctive feature of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), are gaining international recognition at the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.
Pierre Huyghe: Liminal (Punta della Dogana)
The highly anticipated 60th iteration of the Venice Biennale opened to the public in April, attracting hundreds of artists, curators, cultural practitioners, and aficionados to the Floating City.
Cecilia Vicuña: Dreaming about Water – A Retrospective of the Future (Pinacoteca)
Pinacoteca Contemporanea is now holding a solo show of Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña named ‘Dreaming about water — A retrospective of the future’.
Angel with a Gun: Homage to Guy Brett (Alison Jacques)
This exhibition features 59 works by artists from Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela, many of which have rarely been seen, drawn from the collection of English art critic Guy Brett (1942-2021).
The Last Caravaggio (National Gallery)
If you had to sum up the life and work of Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio in one word, it’d be drama. A dramatic life, with equally dramatic paintings.
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In (National Portrait Gallery)
Francesca Woodman (1958-81) and Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79), two of the most influential photographers, are being showcased in Portrait to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
The Secret Lives of Plants (Gallery of Everything)
The exhibition borrows its title from the controversial book, published in 1973, ‘The Secret Lives of Plants’, in which the authors claimed that plants are beings with emotions and are able to communicate with other creatures like humans.
Lady Dior Bag and Jeffery Gibson
The first major exhibition of Yinka Shonibare in over twenty years, Yinka Shonibare CBE: Suspended States, on view at the Serpentine South Gallery until early September, features recent sculptures and installations.
Yinka Shonibare CBE: Suspended States (Serpentine)
The first major exhibition of Yinka Shonibare in over twenty years, Yinka Shonibare CBE: Suspended States, on view at the Serpentine South Gallery until early September, features recent sculptures and installations.
Claudia Andujar: Cosmovision (Itau Cultural)
It is on display, in Sao Paulo, ‘Claudia Andujar: Cosmovision,’ a solo show by Claudia Andujar, a groundbreaking photographer and activist.
Venice National Pavilions (Giardini)
On our second day at the Venice Biennale, we embarked on a journey through the national pavilions nestled within the Giardini.
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art (Barbican)
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art exhibition curated by Lotte Johnson and Wells Fray-Smith showcases the works of 50 international artists from the 1960s to today.
Mark Rothko (Fondation Louis Vuitton)
Displayed across four floors of the Frank Gehry designed building, this show features over 115 works from major global institutions and smaller collections, some of which have been rarely displayed.
Lygia Clark: Project for a Planet (Pinacoteca)
In this show, curators Ana Maria Maia and Pollyana Quintella have chosen to bring Clark, rather well-known in the art milieu, to a broader public.
Some May Work as Symbols: Art Made in Brazil, 1950s-70s (Raven Row)
Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, Lygia Pape, Ione Saldanha, Willys de Castro, Djanira, Abdias do Nascimento. These are only a few of the thirty artists featured in Some May Work as Symbols: Art Made in Brazil, 1950s-70s, currently on view at London’s Raven Row until early May
Dutch Masters (National Gallery)
Investigating the figure of the brilliant, prolific and fascinating Rembrandt Van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 – Amsterdam 1669) is not easy.
Oscar Murillo: Masses (WIELS)
Turner Prize winner, Oscar Murillo, is a multidisciplinary artist whose work focuses on issues such as migration, globalisation, and identity.
Entangled Pasts, 1768-now (Royal Academy)
Entangled Pasts, 1768-now is perhaps one of the most powerful and ambitious exhibitions to take place at the RA in decades.
Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You (Serpentine)
The show “Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You” extends beyond the gallery walls. Barbara Kruger created designs for three London black cabs, digital installation, Silent Writings, 2009/2024, presented in collaboration with Outernet Arts.
Anna Maria Maiolino: To want not to want, to desire, and to fear (Luisa Strina)
In São Paulo, Luisa Strina Gallery is now showing a solo show by Anna Maria Maiolino (b. 1942), an Italian-born Brazilian artist. It is entitled ‘To want not to want, to desire, and to fear’ and will be on display till 16 March 2024.
Indigenous Histories (MASP)
‘Indigenous Histories’ is one of the four shows now on display at MASP, not to mention their long-term show with European and Brazilian art pieces. It is part of the theme of the year 2023 at MASP: Indigenous Histories, which has been orienting the events and shows held at the museum.
Pope.L: Hospital (South London)
William Pope.L, better known as Pope.L, was an artist and educator who confronted and changed the mainstream contemporary art scene through his provocative, often absurdist works that explored issues of race, gender, and class in the United States.
Philip Guston (Tate)
Philip Guston (1913-1980) was born in Montreal, the youngest of seven children of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine.
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine (Hayward Gallery)
In Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine, a large retrospective of the great Japanese artist at the Hayward Gallery, the visitor is introduced to a rich and vast landscape of photographs that spans his 50-year practice.
Antônio Obá: Revoada (Pinacoteca)
The show consists of 20 paintings and one site-specific installation. The paintings develop themes relating to childhood and are constructed upon a vertical movement.
Re/Sisters: A Lens on Gender and Ecology (Barbican)
RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology exhibition featuring 250 works by nearly 50 women and gender nonconforming artists. Photographs, films, installations exploring the relationship between gender and ecology, spanning decades, continents, and media, offering perspectives on our ongoing ecological crisis.
Sonia Gomes: Symphony of Colours (Pinacoteca)
‘Sonia Gomes: Symphony of Colours’ is Sonia Gomes’ show currently on display at the Pinacoteca do Estado museum, a top local art institution.