Samuel Nnorom: Multitude or Minority
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- Free
Samuel Nnorom crafts visual sculptures using offcuts of Ankara fabric as metaphors for collective survival and connection.
Events tagged "Modern Art"
Exhibitions
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2024
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- Free
A yearly art exhibition featuring small-scale artworks chosen by six prominent art world figures, showcasing a variety of styles and mediums.
The Walls Between Us
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- Free
Twelve artists interpret ‘home’, blending nostalgia, longing, and notions of safety in their works, while questioning what constructs a true sense of home.
Geumhyung Jeong: Under Construction Film Programme
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- Free
A film series curated by an artist highlights horror, humour, and erotics, featuring commercial movies and the artist’s own short films from 2011 and 2020.
Michael Craig-Martin
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- £22.00
View Michael Craig-Martin’s vibrant paintings of everyday items, early sculptures, and a dramatic new digital installation.
ANNUAL OPEN 2024
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- Free
Annual exhibition featuring over 500 works including paintings, sculptures, and photographs, celebrating diverse UK artistic practices.
Geumhyung Jeong: Under Construction
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- £6.00
Jeong crafts robot figures using objects like mannequin parts, interacting with them in thought-provoking ways to explore the enigmatic link between humans and machines.
Koestler Arts: No Comment
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- Free
A curated exhibit features overviews of artwork, music, and writing by individuals in the criminal justice system, showcasing a mix of humor and poignant commentary.
Art Now: Steph Huang
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Steph Huang merges glasswork, film, and sound in her latest work, reflecting on consumerism’s impact on nature and enriched by a new film on scallop diving.
Haegue Yang: Leap Year
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- £15.00
Featuring pieces ranging from paper collages to large installations, this exhibition showcases vibrant works using household and industrial objects to explore cultural traditions and histories.
Huang Po-Chih: Waves
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- Free
This exhibition presents a personal look at the lives of textile workers in East Asia from the 1960s to today through various art forms.
Lina Iris Viktor: Mythic Time / Tens of Thousands of Rememberings
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See Lina Iris Viktor’s artworks merging ancient Egyptian styles, medieval techniques, and indigenous Australian elements, using materials like bronze, wood, and silk.
Jason and the Adventure of 254
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An exhibition showcases sculptures, illustrations, and interactive pieces affirming the human body, inspired by 1980s TV and playful medical themes, all woven with vivid humour and personal history.
Making a rukus!
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This exhibition showcases Black LGBTQ+ creativity and activism using archives, new artworks, and commissions, celebrating pioneers and artists since the 1970s.
Tate Britain Commission: Alvaro Barrington: Grace
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An immersive journey through vivid memories of Caribbean life and Carnival, celebrating family matriarchs and their cultural legacy with vibrant sound, colour, and texture.
The River
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Listen to the hidden underwater sounds of the Thames and learn about the impact of noise pollution on aquatic life.
Gifts of love and friendship: Max Beckmann and Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
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A collection of Max Beckmann’s prints and drawings, tracing his artistic journey from the 1920s to 1947, is now on display.
Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst: The Call
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Artists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst leverage AI for creative expression, exploring its potential to transform individual inputs into collective outputs through innovative techniques.
Hew Locke: what have we here?
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- £16.00
Join Hew Locke as he reinterprets British Museum artifacts, reflecting on Britain’s imperial past with both historical objects and new works.
Turner Prize 2024
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- £14.00
Four British artists showcase diverse artworks including figurative portraits, etchings, and sculptures, highlighting themes like cultural history and personal identity.
Aut-OOO-Arcadia: Louis Morlæ
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- Free
See robotic sculptures, videos, and interactive displays envisaging how a future dominated by automation might reshape our lives and redefine work, leisure, and societal roles.
Lauren Halsey: emajendat
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Lauren Halsey’s artworks mix past, present, and future, celebrating South Central LA’s culture, and highlighting icons from the African diaspora.
Mike Kelley: Ghost and Spirit
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- £18.00
See the transformative art of Mike Kelley, featuring his multi-media installations and ‘craft’ sculptures from textiles and toys, reflecting on identity and society.
Wes Lang : The Black Paintings
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See Wes Lang’s 89 new paintings featuring his skeleton characters, animals, and fantasy beings set against dark or lush backgrounds.
Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee: Open Wound
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Mire Lee’s exhibition features striking sculptures and dynamic mechanical installations using silicone and chains, challenging our perceptions of beauty and provocation.
Picasso: printmaker
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- £11.00
This exhibition features over 2,400 prints by Pablo Picasso, spanning his early years in Paris to his final days in France, showcasing his innovations in printmaking and personal stories reflected through his art.
Anthony M
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- £14.00
Walk through interactive light sculptures that change as you move, created using beams of light and mist, showcasing three-dimensional art forms.
VITAL SIGNS: another world is possible
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- Free
This exhibition highlights the link between our health and our planet’s through artworks showing how water, air, and soil quality affects us.
Self-Made: Reshaping Identities
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- Included in entry
An exhibition featuring ceramic works by four artists examining the fluid nature of identity through the transformative properties of clay.
ARTISTS FLAG // JOY LABINJO
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A new flag by Joy Labinjo features a scene from her painting ‘Joie de Vivre’, capturing a moment of joy and leisure in Southwark Park, celebrating local community life.
Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious
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- £20.00
See over 80 artworks by Tirzah Garwood, including oil paintings, wood engravings, and sketches showcasing her unique ‘sophisticated naïve’ style.
Novel Landscapes
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This November, three artists use printmaking and organic installations to show new perspectives on our local landscapes, emphasising their diversity.
Deborah Segun: A Moment To Myself
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Deborah Segun’s solo exhibition features artworks exploring the link between the internal self and the natural world through peaceful colours and earthy forms.
Jack Kabangu: Barndommens Drømme (Childhood Dreams)
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Jack Kabangu’s artwork examines the inaccuracy of memory and dream opacity, using a bold, freeform style with a recurring face motif to express deep human emotions.
Mars in the Painted Hall
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- £16.50
Experience a 7m wide depiction of Mars, meticulously crafted from NASA’s images, showcasing the planet’s surface in great detail as it rotates slowly.
Oceanic 31
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- Free
Artists display their original works highlighting 31 species of oceanic sharks, aiming to raise awareness and funds for shark conservation.
Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet
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- £22.00
Serial artworks from 1950s to 1980s, using motors and maths to make cutting-edge, mind-bending art that pushed the bounds of tech and perception.
Royal Institute of Oil Painters | Annual Exhibition 2024
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- £5.00
The exhibition showcases oil paintings from young talents and established artists, highlighting traditional and innovative styles. A special ‘EAT’ themed display features, with a prize for the best interpretation.
M&C SAATCHI GROUP – ART FOR CHANGE PRIZE 2024
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Six global artists present works on humanity’s bond with Earth, industrial impacts, and future hopes, each addressing a global issue.
Philip Colbert: The Battle for Lobsteropolis
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Philip Colbert’s art features a lobster character fighting artificial intelligence across historic settings, blending retro and futuristic themes.
Jameel Prize: Moving Images
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Artists use film, photos, animation, sound, and more to address personal history, identity, and community themes.
The British Art Prize 2024
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View 50 top artworks, including five major winners, personally picked from thousands by an expert panel.
Talks
Evening event: Morehshin Allahyari in conversation with Fuchsia Hart
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Artist Morehshin Allahyari discusses her poetic film exploring histories of astronomical instruments and cultural displacement with curator Fuchsia Hart.
Online Curator's Talk: Tirzah Garwood
- £12.00
James Russell offers an engaging online insight into ‘Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious’, highlighting Modern and Contemporary art and design.
Political art: a conversation
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- £20.00
Sebastian Tanti Burlò and Berfin Çiçek discuss how art and politics mix, examining the influence of politics on art creation and expression.
