Assembly Point, 49 Staffordshire Street, London SE15 5TJ
Back to the Things Themselves
Zoë Marden reviews the inaugural exhibition at Assembly Point, in which eight artists explore materials, textures and forgotten objects.
Article Gallery, School of Art, Birmingham City University, Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BX
Ned Pooler and André de Jong: Parralaxis
View obscures view, artwork overlaps artwork and readability is ruptured repeatedly. Anneka French reviews Parallaxis.
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle , Jazdów 2 Street, 00-467 Warsaw
Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin : Rudiments
'Rudiments' consists of a set of new photographic, moving image and performative works that collectively explore tensions between discipline and chance, precision and chaos, empathy and the involuntary pleasure of watching the pain of others.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Köstlergasse 1, 1060 Wien
Ernesto Neto and the Huni Kuin: Aru Kuxipa | Sacred Secret
Ernesto Neto's collaboration with the Huni Kuin people unfolds as an pioneering experiment, establishing a zone of encounter with our “ancestral futures” and an investigation of the teachings of plants and the spiritual nature of objects.
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, City Library and Arts Centre, Fawcett Street, Sunderland SR1 1RE
Beatriz Olabarrieta: Plot Bunny
In recent years, Olabarrieta has found diverse ways to explore how content might emerge as a kind of pushing back against externals. Text by Martin Herbert
The Metropolitan Museum, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028
Pierre Huyghe: Human Mask | The Roof Garden Commission
Huyghe’s work takes viewers on a trippy and unexpected journey. From the dark unease of ‘Untitled (Human Mask)’ and a disaster site instigated by human hand, to the illuminating energy of his roof garden commission and the ancient, fossil-like organisms that populate it. Review by Rebecca Travis
Park Avenue Armory
Philippe Parreno: H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS at Park Avenue Armory 2015
Pavilion of Iran, Cannaregio, Calle San Giovanni, 1074b, Venezia
Venice Biennale 2015 - The Great Game
Relatively isolated from the heart of the Venice Biennale, the Pavilion of Iran is located in a former shipbuilding factory in the Cannaregio district. The search, however, is worth the effort, as visitors are presented with an industrial, squat-like labyrinth, unfolding an eclectic mix of strong artworks making strong statements. Review by Evelyn Simons
BE Festival, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EP
We Like: Keith Dodds, Laurence Price and Cathy Wade
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Anneka French responds to the intense, layered and co-authored, We Like. The installation incorporates the synthetic, hyper-real vocabulary of global advertising with the faux-DIY aesthetic of the street to ape and critique contemporary cultural behaviors.
Ekebergparken, Kongsveien 23, N-0193 Oslo, Norway
Ekebergparken
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The sixty-three acre Ekebergparken is packed with art world heavyweights past and present. Anneka French responds to a selection of the sculptures sited there.
Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX
Max Mara Art Prize for Women: Corin Sworn
Words flash before the viewer as Sworn reminds us of the perils of language, disrupting and chaining the body to class, material goods and societal structure. Review by Katherine Jackson
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 4 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang, Beijing, China
William Kentridge: Notes Towards a Model Opera
The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art presents ‘William Kentridge: Notes Towards a Model Opera’ - a comprehensive retrospective that marks the artist’s largest exhibition in Asia to date.
Château de Versailles, Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France
Anish Kapoor
As Château de Versailles' 2015 guest, Anish Kapoor presents sculptures which engage with the groves and fountains of André Le Nôtre's spectacular gardens.
