Studio Voltaire, 1a Nelsons Row, London SW4 7JR
Referring to martyrdom’s queer capacity, McDermott & McGough’s ambitious installation ‘The Oscar Wilde Temple’ at Studio Voltaire promotes an awareness of cross-generational queer activism. Review by Ryan Kearney
Plymouth, UK
Over the course of three weeks, a variety of unusual sites throughout Plymouth have been transformed into exhibition spaces, from pedestrianised streets and dilapidated buildings to shop-front windows, as part of The Atlantic Project: After The Future, a pilot biennial for the South West region. Review by Eva Szwarc
The British School at Athens
Arriving at the British School at Athens to view the current show, Prosaic Origins, I am informed by the artist, Andreas Lolis, that I have walked past and missed, not one, but two pieces in his new exhibition
Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
Standing outside Eye Museum in Amsterdam, after being amazed by the hyper-tight angles of the structure wrapped around - and forming - the building, one notices a myriad of tessellating shapes etched into its skin.
Parasol unit, 14 Wharf Rd, Hoxton, London N1 7RW
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Wood panelled rooms with French windows, parquet flooring, linen duvets and night gowns embroidered with edelweiss. What is on display at Parasol unit are not the surfaces themselves but their skins, cast in latex by the Swiss artist Heidi Bucher whose importance has been increasingly recognised since a posthumous retrospective at the Migros Museum in Zurich (2004). Review by Samuel Glanville
Various
What We Talk About When We Talk About Work, a programme of talks taking place at northern art institutions over the past year, invited prominent artists and curators from the region along with invited European guests to discuss emerging themes and ideas within contemporary art.
When I encountered the work of Dutch artist and film maker, Puck Verkade, a few weeks ago, it was the kind of experience that trailed behind me for a few days afterwards as I tried to untangle it all. There were parts that made me laugh, that struck me, that made me uncomfortable and I had an overwhelming feeling that it was laughing at me trying to make sense of it. So, I stopped, and decided to speak to the artist behind it. Text by Kit Edwards
Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf
thanks again for the intensive studio visit yesterday! I think it really helped me to get a better grasp of your project...
Museum Frieder Burda | Salon Berlin, Auguststraße 11-13 10117 Berlin
The film feels more like a piece of entertainment than it should, and it left less of an impact on me than the interviews themselves. One, in which a woman describes a horrifying act of rape by a police officer, will linger with me for a long time. Review by Siobhan Leddy
Messums Wiltshire, Place Farm, Court St, Tisbury, Salisbury SP3 6LW
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While the focus here is on portrait and documentary photography, the works in the barn present a rupture to a historically male-dominated practice. Contemporary works by artists such as Juno Calypso and Maisie Cousins, typified by vivid colours, theatrical staging and a disciplined control of the viewer’s gaze, challenge a legacy of image-making that has often elided female experience; highlighting the constructed nature of photography rather than offering it as guarantor of truth. Review by Daniel Pateman
Jerwood Visual Arts, Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, Bankside, London SE1 0LN
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An assembly of work from fifteen early career artists who have been nominated from across the UK, ‘Survey’ is an exhibition comprising a wide range of disciplines. From film, performance and drawing, to painting, ceramics and installation, it gives rising voices within the sector the opportunity to stand out and stand up. Review by Alexandra Gamrot
Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ
In tight financial times, it is good to see this kind of generous programming, and the more concentrated format’s strength lies most especially in its potential for more intense, focused conversations between artists, artworks and disciplines as well as the opportunities for experimentation that such a short run provides. Review by Clare Robson
Galleria Lorcan O'Neill Roma, Vicolo Dei Catinari, 3, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
As an artist whose brightly hued spray-painted canvases initially come across as playfully light-hearted, Peake also allows a psychological duress to permeate the paintings exhibited. Review by Ariane Belisle
