April has arrived and we’re here to help you plan your cultural calendar with a curated list of the top exhibitions and events to visit this month. The art world’s spring line-up is filled with unmissable blockbuster exhibitions, new discoveries and spotlights on the freshest contemporary names. Keep reading for our top picks.
Next in the programme at Charleston’s new space in Lewes is an exhibition highlighting the extraordinary story of Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece, a pair whose artistic collaboration and romantic partnership remained a secret for decades. Explore their life through a series of paintings and drawings as the duo are recognised as collaborators and co-conspirators for the first time.
Showcasing over six decades of contemporary sculpture, the Hayward Gallery’s critically acclaimed ‘When Forms Come Alive’ spotlights the ways in which artists portray experiences of movement, flux and organic growth.
Contemporary art and centuries of heritage collide in the heart of the Mediterranean at Malta’s inaugural biennale. maltabiennale.art is brought to you by Heritage Malta’s MUŻA, the National Museum of Art with the full cooperation and participation of a number of other organisations.
Under the theme “white sea olive groves,” maltabiennale.art welcomes a line-up of over 70 international and local artists, including luminaries such as Cecilia Vicuña, Ibrahim Mahama, Pedro Reyes, Republic of Suez Canal, and Tania Bruguera, and homegrown talents Austin Camilleri, Raphael Vella, Aaron Bezzina, and Anna Calleja. Each is bringing a unique vision, where paintings, sculpture, video, installations, and more challenge global perspectives on art and society within the Mediterranean at some of Malta and Gozo’s most storied heritage sites.
Embark on a journey through the majestic halls of the Grand Master’s Palace, the treasures of the National Museum of Archaeology, the battle-worn walls of Fort St Angelo, the ancient marvels of the Ġgantija megalithic temples, and more. At each historic location you’ll discover artworks that are as thought-provoking as they are emotionally resonant.
Beyond the contemporary artworks, maltabiennale.art presents a diverse programme featuring over 100 curated events, performances, concerts, and workshops, offering an immersive celebration of art and culture, which will run until May 31, 2024.
Open the door to artistic discovery at maltabiennale.art
If you haven’t made it to the RA to visit Entangled Pasts yet, it’s the last month to visit and you don’t want to miss this powerful exhibition which has been described as ‘The most radical show in the RA’s history’. Open until 28 April, experience works by J.M.W. Turner alongside Ellen Gallagher, Joshua Reynolds to Yinka Shonibare and John Singleton Copley to Hew Locke as the past and present collide.
The Hayward Gallery Touring’s exhibition curated by Johny Pitts has landed in Coventry, bringing together working class artists who use photography to explore the nuances of working class life in all its diversity.
This major exhibition at Turner Contemporary unites the work of over 50 women from across the globe through the shared language of radical abstraction – experience masterpieces by Bridget Riley, Louise Bourgeois, Mária Bartuszová, Eva Hessa and many more iconic names.
This month, Georg Baselitz returns to White Cube after eight years, with a selection of never-before-seen paintings. Experience his large-scale abstract figures in Bermondsey until 16 June.
‘Suspended States addresses the suspension of boundaries, whether psychological, physical, or geographical — all boundaries of nationhood are in a state of suspense. This is an exhibition in which Western iconography is reimagined and interrogated, at a moment in history when Nationalism, protectionism and hostility towards foreigners is on the rise.’ – Yinka Shonibare CBE
Stop by Serpentine South during your springtime stroll in Hyde Park to experience the artist’s first London solo exhibition in over 20 years, including two large-scale installations and a series of brand new works.
Stop by 155A Gallery in Lordship Lane to explore a series of contemporary still life paintings by Joe Morzuch, whose work focuses on the visual and communicative potential of discarded and overlooked objects – egg cartons, crockery and other household items are elevated from the background to the protagonist in these unique works.
A solo exhibition of brand new works by Yulia Iosilzon has arrived at Berntson Bhattacharjee including paintings, ceramics and installations – all in vibrant celebration of the humble snail.
In celebration of the Ed Cross Fine Art’s 15th anniversary, the gallery presents a retrospective featuring 18 artists working in a variety of mediums, including sculpture, painting and photography, representing an archive and the beginning of a new chapter in the gallery’s history.
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The gallery is delighted announce the opening of their new gallery in Hampshire with an inaugural ‘Winter’ exhibition.
Jenna Burlingham Gallery has expanded with a move to a much larger building, Rope House, on the same street as their original space in Kingsclere. This was once a 19th-century rope merchant’s home and workshop and now has the feeling of an informal townhouse. With open galleries at ground level and drawing rooms upstairs, paintings, prints, sculptures and ceramics are displayed throughout as part of interior settings.
Sumi, or Japanese ink, has been used for Oriental calligraphic works and paintings for a long time. The need for works in Sumi, an art form backed by a long unbroken history, remains strong.
In contemporary art, which is filled with an indiscriminate mix of materials and representation techniques, works produced based on Sumi are specifically referred to as “Sumi_ism” and at #7 exhibition a collection of works from Reiko Tsunashima and Sogen Chiba, Mizuho Koyama are displayed from this field.
Kerlin Gallery are delighted to present ‘Stuck on dawn,’ Marcel Vidal’s first solo exhibition at the gallery.
Celebrated for his diverse practice and immersive sculptural installations, the exhibition brings together three series of work in Marcel Vidal’s first exhibition dedicated exclusively to painting.
A review of Ikon’s artistic programme in the 1990s, presenting work by 40 artists who showed during this period. With Elizabeth Macgregor as Director, Ikon’s outlook was increasingly international, whilst also showing an eclectic mix of British artists including Basil Beattie, Permindar Kaur, Keith Piper, Yinka Shonibare, Georgina Starr and Mark Wallinger.
It’s been a couple of weeks since London Art Fair inaugurated the global art calendar for 2024, initiating the art world year with fresh new concepts and ideas as well as a remarkable array of works by iconic names. As
There are just a few days left until London Art Fair opens its doors to launch the international art calendar for 2024. With so much to see and experience at LAF24, Fair Director Sally Bent has put together her highlights
From Jessica Wood, Publisher, ROSA Magazine ROSA’s new Sussex Art Map by Helen Cann. Courtesy of ROSA Magazine. London Art Fair 2024 carries the sweet scents of the South Downs and the Sussex seaside as England’s most culturally sophisticated region
