Dineo Seshee Bopape addresses politics, race, spirituality, gender and sexuality in her ambitious large scale installations which are created with using sound, found objects and moving image. Sedibeng, it comes […]
We will start at Victoria Miro where gallery director Paula Sankoff will guide us through the Howardena Pindell exhibition. Pindell is a black American painter and mixed media artist who addresses the intersecting issues of racism, feminism, violence, slavery and exploitation. An art curator, gallery owner and professor, Pindell was part of NMWA's 2017 exhibition, "Magnetic Fields". […]
An exhibition of exquisite new work by Merete Rasmussen, who is known for her signature abstract ceramic and bronze forms, which are brought to life with bold, bright colours in […]
Susan Cianciolo presents an installation, God Life: Modern House on Land Outside Gate that draws viewers into her unique creative world. It draws together elements inspired by craft, fashion and […]
The relevance of image and gesture in the digital age and the relation between 2D and 3D materiality all come under scrutiny in Reckless Rawness, an exhibition about peripheral territories. […]
Nina Royle presents a new body of work, exploring the relationship between water, sight and the nature of images.
Command Lines is a theatrical installation of sculpture, performance and animation by artist Candida Powell-Williams. The works re-imagine the iconic tarot as a three-dimensional experiment in symbolism, action, story-telling and magical […]
Madge Gill was born in Walthamstow and spent most of her years living in East London. A self-taught, visionary artist, she created meticulous artworks, many of which were created while […]
For Yorkshire Sculpture International, Nairy Baghramian displays works from her Maintainers series, recent sculptures that combine aluminium casts, coloured wax and lacquer painted braces with cork. The resolute materiality of each independent element […]
Renowned sculptor Phyllida Barlow is the ‘provocateur’ for the Yorkshire Sculpture International 2019. As provocateur, in 2018, she proposed a series of thought-provoking statements. The festival explores one of the […]
Working almost entirely in figurative sculpture, Huma Bhabha’s approach is unconventional and cross-cultural, making connections between histories, languages and civilisations. Huma Bhabha is making her first public realm commission in […]
Ayşe Erkmen’s sculptural practice transforms environments as she responds to a particular place through eye catching site-specific interventions that draw our attention to locations and things that are often overlooked […]
Tamar Harpaz’s work will be on display at the Henry Moore Institute during Yorkshire Sculpture International. Harpaz is best known for sculptures that use light, mirrors, and lenses to create […]
Rachel Harrison’s work draws from a wide range of influences, combining art historical and pop cultural references through a diverse assemblage of materials. For Yorkshire Sculpture International, she exhibits a […]
Inspired by anthropology, linguistics and archaeology Maria Loboda unravels the assignation of meaning to symbols and objects throughout history, re-imagining them into new combinations. For Yorkshire Sculpture International Loboda has created […]
Joanna Piotrowska’s work examines the complex power dynamics and psychological effects of human relationships. For Yorkshire Sculpture International, Piotrowska developed a new project based on a selection of her series […]
Cauleen Smith is an interdisciplinary artist best known for her work in film. Reactivating archives and harnessing the possibilities of imagination, her work especially addresses issues faced by black women today.
Nobuko Tsuchiya uses a variety of media to create imaginative sculptures that evoke an arresting narrative quality. Her work incorporates found household objects including mop buckets, table legs, rags and plastic tubing. Her enigmatic sculptures resemble minimalist mechanisms devoid of function, primitive robots, or curious experiments.
Kimsooja’s practice reflects traditional forms of female labour and craft, and for over 25 years the artist has been inspired by the forms and idea of ‘bottari’ – the South Korean word for a bundle wrapped in fabric. For Yorkshire Sculpture International, Kimsooja transforms Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s historic chapel with a new installation featuring lights […]
What is it like to be sixteen years old in the UK now? This is the central thread running through the national project Sixteen where some of the UK’s foremost documentary portrait photographers collaborated in opening up conversations with young people about their hopes and fears, and who or what sustains them, giving prominence to […]