Exhibitions chosen by FAD magazine

The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in late March

Five exhibitions to catch across London, all closing soon.

The Other Art Fair Top 10

Since Ryan Stanier launched The Other Art Fair (TOAF) in 2011 as the first fair to represent independent artists, it… Read More

Kyosai: The Israel Goldman Collection at the Royal Academy of Arts

I must admit that before I visited the Kawanabe Kyosai exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, I wasn’t familiar with his work, and expected to see something in the vein of the revered Japanese artist Hokusai. Kyosai is considered to be a close successor of Hokusai, however, the exhibition felt more like looking at the work of an illustrator and satirist than a fine artist.

The group exhibition WORLDBUILDING examines the relationship between gaming and time-based media art.

Computer and video games have found their way into popular culture and nearly every part of society. Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the JULIA STOSCHEK

“Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945 -1965” Barbican Art Gallery – The Procession of Catharsis

“Postwar Modern” collects not only some of the most impactful artwork produced following the Second World War, but draws crucial focus to the impact that trauma can have on the subjectivity of the artist.

Future Shock, a major new exhibition of leading international artists and collectives working at the cutting-edge of audio-visual technology

Future Shock, a major new exhibition of leading international artists and collectives working at the cutting-edge of audio-visual technology.

Damián Ortega
Masks

Just opened at Gladstone Gallery is an exhibition of new works by Damián Ortega. Known for his
uncanny ability to transcend ordinary objects into entities with complex narratives, the artist presents a
series of sculptural masks that explore the significant social, economic, and personal narratives embedded in the ephemera of the everyday.

Edvard Munch: Masterpieces from Bergen – Major new exhibition at the Courtauld

A major group of works by Edvard Munch (1863-1944) will be shown in the UK for the first time in a new exhibition at The Courtauld.

Seeing Through Glass

Now the show in Leeds presents a 50-50 mixture of glass specialists and wider-ranging artists working in the material, all illuminatingly categorised by the material property foregrounded in the processes used. ‘SOLID’ features cast or moulded glass; ‘GAS’, sculptures made by blowing into the glass; ‘LIQUID’ the results of manipulating molten glass. Here’s one of each that order:

Non-profit charitable arts organisation 4BYSIX announce new exhibition BREAK IN EMERGENCY 3 in support of homeless & underprivileged people across London

4BYSIX C.I.C. announce their upcoming exhibition BREAK IN EMERGENCY 3, a group exhibition
showcasing 28 internationally renowned urban and contemporary artists, to help homeless and
underprivileged people across London.

Jess Valice’s debut solo show in London to open at Carl Kostyál

Jess Valice’s debut solo show in London will open at Carl Kostyál, 12a Savile Row on Wednesday, April 6th, private… Read More

Alexandra Bircken A-Z

Alexandra Bircken is a sculptor known for her objects and installations that incorporate an unusual range of materials: from everyday… Read More

Love and Loss the third Inside Job staff exhibition to take place at Tate Modern opens this week.

Love and Loss is the third Inside Job Tate staff Biennale exhibition to take place at Tate Modern. The curators of the show are;… Read More

WITHOUT A DOUBT: Ed Clark at Hauser & Wirth

If you look closely, a strand of hair, an eyelash, and bristles of a paintbrush are all materials found in… Read More

The Top 5 Sculpture Exhibitions to see in London

Get your sculpture fix through these five fab shows.

Stay up all night at Tate Modern in a Surrealist inspired Tate Late.

On March 25th grab yourself a bottle of Absynthe or two and head down to Tate Modern for a night of Surrealist fun.

Review: Robert Indiana at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

More than just love and numbers.

Too Many Surrealists?

Now ‘Surrealism Beyond Borders’ repeats the approach, but with 160 artists from around the world rather than concentrate on Surrealism’s Paris-based tradition.

In celebration of Women’s History Month Her Way To Say It features the work of three acclaimed female French artists

Valérie Belin (born 1964) is known for her monumental photographs investigating the construction and fetishization of mainstream beauty ideals and… Read More

The Top 5 Art Exhibitions by Female Artists in London

Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite exhibitions to see this month – this time they’re all shows by female artists to coincide with International Women’s Day on 8 March.

Francis Bacon’s First Pope to be unveiled in London exhibition.

Gagosian to exhibit Francis Bacon’s first treatment of the papal image—a subject that would preoccupy the artist on and off… Read More

PATRIARCHY R.I.P. an exhibition protesting the gender pay gap in the art world.

SaveArtSpace and Pussy Riot have announced their upcoming exhibition #PUSSYVERSE, a public art exhibition of 10 artworks by female and LGBTQ+ artists to be presented on billboard ad spaces across 9 US states.