The MAC, 10 Exchange Street West, Belfast BT1 2NJ
The judiciously sparse hang at The MAC heightens one’s sensitivity to the material nature of Gonzalez-Torres' work: to its allusions to presence and absence, resilience and fragility. Review by Ian Massey
The Photographers' Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies St, London W1F 7LW
The circle becomes a consistent motif throughout the exhibition. Its form holds the fullness of a single colour, the materiality of a planet-like surface or the blackness of a celestial shadow, but it also represents an emptiness; a Gordon Matta Clark-esque excision within the photograph that is presented. Goudal is conscious to maintain this provisionality of vision, which is expertly activated at various points throughout the exhibition. Joseph Constable reviews
narrative projects, 110 New Cavendish St, London W1W 6XR
In these newly commissioned works for narrative projects, van den Dorpel conducts something like a séance: bringing the past into the present; making visible the invisible. Siobhan Leddy reviews IOU.
Online 14 - 28 December 2015
Three films about the work of the iconic artist Ron Athey. Including ‘Sebastiane’ (2015), ‘Live Confession de Ron Athey’ - a Super 8 film from 1998 and a conversation with writer Jennifer Doyle. Curated by Live Art Development Agency (LADA).
Zabludowicz Collection, 176 Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 3PT
Rowan Lear finds that, after a few minutes of watching and sinking deeper into the pearly mire, it’s surprisingly difficult to extricate oneself, both physically and mentally.
Global Committee, 1040 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
'An Englishman's House is His Castle' at Global Committee repositions the idea of an artist's studio as a home space - a place where the artist can be free to explore their inner world, to work according to their own set of rules; the studio is a world in and of itself and a place of refuge.
Campagne Premiére, Chausseestrasse 116, D-10115 Berlin
Marco Poloni's practice spans cinema, photography, text and installation. Poloni's most recent set of works, 'Codename: Osvaldo' is comprised of several different case studies, two of which are currently juxtaposed in Galerie Campagne Première to form a large-scale installation.
Mut Mut at Assembly Point
To coincide with the exhibition Mut Mut (11 Nov – 12 Dec 2015) finissage there will be an online screening of Immaterial Boundary. The film features Anna Lomax, Jack Sachs, Pablo Jones-Soler and Peter Nencini discussing their respective practices in the lead up to the Mut Mut exhibition.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield WF4 4LG
Whilst many artists are concerned with detail, the mundane and the everyday, Viola is not afraid to deal in grandeur: birth, ageing and death, agony, redemption, purification and ecstasy. Review by Maru Rojas
Turner Prize 2015
Assemble's Turner Prize win is a fantastic coup for the collective, but the long-term prize for Granby Four Streets will be a community finally and deservingly restored. Text by Laura Harris
Bloomberg SPACE, 50 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1HD
Through the investigation of objects belonging to city tailors, gardeners and musicians in particular, ‘THE GIFT’ intelligently mediates on how these sub-structural industries partake in the formation and transformation of material culture, while commenting on contemporary attitudes toward the subject more generally. Review by Emma Rae Warburton
RCA, 1 Hester Road, London SW11 4AN
Carroll / Fletcher, 56-57 Eastcastle St, London W1W 8EQ
In her latest solo show ‘Rustle Tustle’ at Carroll/Fletcher, Kim jumbles up words, images and sounds, forging signals from the noise. Amy Luo reviews
