2017
UCL ranked in world's top five universities for arts and humanities
UCL has been ranked in world's top five universities for arts and humanities in the latest league table published by The Times Higher Education. UCL Arts & Humanities generates world-leading
scholarship across the departments of English, Philosophy, Greek and
Latin,
Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Information Studies, European Social &
Political Studies, the Slade School of Fine Art, the School of European
Languages, Culture and Society, and the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
(BASc). The Times Higher Education's definition also includes
Architecture, History and Archeology.
See www.timeshighereducation.com and www.ucl.ac.uk/ah.
Make_Shift at Collyer Bristow Gallery
Fiona Curran is showing in Make_Shift at Collyer Bristow Gallery, 4 Bedford Row
London
WC1R 4TF, from 12 October 2017- 13 February 2018. See www.collyerbristow.com/item/2086-make-shift.
Abstracción: Atracción - GBG Arts
Piers Veness is showing in Abstracción: Atracción, at GBG Arts, Avenida Principal Prados del Este, Galpón 2, Caracas,1080, Venezuela, fro 18 November 2017 - 4 March 2018. See gbgarts.com/exhibiciones.
Deborah Padfield - Lancet Photography Competition
A photograph by Deborah Padfield is a winner in the annual Lancet Photography Competition - Highlights 2017. It will be published in the 23 December 2017 edition, which is available online from 22 December 2017. See www.thelancet.com.
Essex Road IV - Tintype
Benedict Drew and Judith Goddard are showing in Essex Road IV, a series of film screenings in the gallery window every day from 4pm to 11pm, at Tintype, 107 Essex Road, London N1 2SL, from 8 December 2017 - 14 January 2018. See www.tintypegallery.com.
Widening the Gaze - Call for Presentations
Zeinab Saleh
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Open call for presentations for Widening the Gaze: A conference exploring the role of Race in Creative Practice today, organised by Slade students. If you would like to present or perform for around 10- 15 minutes, please send a short proposal, maximum 200-word abstract, including images/video clips, if you wish, to rosa-johan.uddoh.16@ucl.ac.uk by 30 January 2018. For further details, see: www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/events/widening-the-gaze.
Notes on Painting - The Koppel Project Hive
Hannah Luxton is showing in Notes on Painting at the The Koppel Project Hive, 26 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2AT, from 23 November 2017 – 12 January 2018. See thekoppelproject.com/notes-on-painting.
The Chapel - South London Gallery
Michael Armitage has a solo exhibition, The Chapel, from 13 December 2017 - 23 February 2018. On 12 December at 5pm Michael will be in conversation with curator Sandhini Poddar about his show, tickets £5/3. See www.southlondongallery.org/michael-armitage-the-cha…/
MA/MFA applications now open for September 2018
Slade MA/MFA Fine Art applications for September 2018 now open. Apply here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/apply. Deadline, Friday 5 January 2018.
Alvaro Barrington - MOMA PS1
Alvaro Barrington has a solo show at MOMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101, from 22 October - 31 December 2017. See www.moma.org. An article by Cristine Brache in Art Slant on: www.artslant.com.
Imagine - Rachel Whiteread - BBC2
Imagine, Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room, is on BBC2 at 9pm, on Saturday 2 December 2017. See www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09j310x.
Slade Open Studios
Visitors and applicants are invited to see work in progress and meet students and staff at the Slade from 10am - 4pm on Wednesday 13 December 2017.
The Open Studios take place at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT. Follow the latest news about Open Studios on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/sladeopenstudios. Booking is not required.
Lauren Wilson - Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary
Congratulations to Lauren Wilson on her Royal British Society of Sculptors bursary. See: rbs.org.uk/awards/rbs-bursary-awards/
Limbic - Chalton Gallery
Tom Owen has a solo show, Limbic, at Chalton Gallery, 96 Chalton Street, London
NW1 1HJ
UK, from 1 - 15 December 2017. See www.chaltongallery.org.
Secular Icons in an Age of Moral Uncertainty
Sara Naim is showing in Secular Icons in an Age of Moral Uncertainty at Parafin Gallery, 18 Woodstock Street, London W1C 2AL, from 1 December 2017 – 3 February 2018. See parafin.co.uk.
Slip - Stems Gallery, Brussels
Marcela Florido is showing at Stems Gallery, 68, rue de la Concorde, B-1050 Brussels, 9 November - 23 December 2017. See www.stemsgallery.com.
A Healthy Soil - Hunter/Whitfield
A Healthy Soil - Hunter/Whitfield
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Victoria Adam has a solo show, A Healthy Soil, at Hunter/Whitfield, 30d Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DU, from 1 December 2017 - 16 January 2018. See hunterwhitfield.com.
A Motley Crew - Christian Larsen
Olivia Bax is showing in A Motley Crew at Christian Larsen, Hudiksvallsgatan 8, 1st Floor, Stockholm, from 16 November - 16 December 2017. See www.christianlarsen.se.
choke - L'étrangère
rzegorz Stefański, choke (2017), one-channel video, dimensions variable duration 10min., looped, edition 3+2AP. Director of photography: Mikołaj Syguda. Choreography and performance: Mateusz Korcz and Andrzej Piasecki
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Grzegorz Stefański has a solo show, choke, at L'étrangère, 44a Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3PD, from 22 November 2017 - 13 January 2018. See letrangere.net.
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists 2017
Congratulations to Peter Kennard, who is a recipient of a £60,000 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists 2017. See artists.phf.org.uk.