The weeks are growing colder and the days shorter; we have officially begun the descent into deep mid-winter. Embracing the frost this month are two London galleries who are opening their doors to exhibitions of austere abstract paintings with chilly palettes to match the season. At Karsten Schubert, Robert Holyhead…
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Anish Kapoor returns to the familiar environs of London’s Lisson Gallery with a major exhibition of new works. Recognised as one of the most influential sculptors of his generation, the solo show takes over both spaces of the gallery – and being Anish Kapoor, the backyard too. The Turner Prize…
Flights to Tokyo and New York are not exactly the cheapest these days, so an exhibition offering you the chance to explore these two great cities while remaining on UK soil, surely can’t be sniffed at? Portraits of these two cities by photographers William Klein and Daido Moriyama can currently…
Fancy a bit of wordplay? A major retrospective of works by US artist Mel Bochner is being hosted by the Whitechapel Gallery this month. Recognised as one of the founding figures of conceptual art, the exhibition traces nearly 50 years of his work from the 1960s up until 2011. Throughout…
You may have heard of a performance artist named Leigh Bowery – an iconic figure during the 1980s who blended art, performance, fashion and cross-dressing. But, you may not have heard of his partner in crime, Trojan: a figure too quickly forgotten in the annals of art history. Trojan was…
Since Asha Zero’s solo debut in 2008, this ‘former teenage skatepunk’ from South Africa has caught the attention of art collectors worldwide with his distinct works on contemporary urban culture. Zero’s style – which at first glance appears very similar to collages of the modernist and Dadaist traditions – is…