Hot Pots Launch - Whitworth Gallery Cafe
Melanie Jackson has contributed a chapter to Hot Pots – a collection of artists’ writings in response to Burgess’s repeated use of a recipe for Lancashire Hot Pot in over 8 different pieces of his work. The launch is at the Whitworth Gallery Cafe, Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER, from 7 - 9pm on 14 September 2017. See www.eventbrite.co.uk and feastjournal.co.uk/events.
John Peace
We are sad to hear of the passing of artist, lecturer and Slade alumnus John Peace. See www.bmdsonline.co.uk.
Edge: Situated Practice in Art, Architecture and Urbanism
Edge: Situated Practice in Art, Architecture and Urbanism, a trio of events exploring the concept of situated practice in contemporary art, architecture and urbanism. Participants at the first event on 14 September 2017 at The Slade, Gower Street, London WC1H 6BT, include Leah Lovett, Florian Roithmayr and Gary Woodley. Kieren Reed takes part in the second part at Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 3BS, on 7 October 2017. See www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett and edge.situated-practice.net, #EdgeGateway.
Grzegorz Stefanski wins Ivan Juritz Prize 2017
Grzegorz Stefanski has won the Ivan Juritz Prize 2017 for his video work Restraint. See www.ivanjuritzprize.co.uk/2017-winner .
Phyllida Barlow - 57th Venice International Art Biennale, 2017
Phyllida Barlow, Professor Emerita, UCL fellow and UCL alumna will be representing Britain at the 57th Venice International Art Biennale in 2017. Her work Folly is on show from 13 May - 26 November 2017 at the Giardini, Venice. See venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/2017 and www.labiennale.org/en/art/exhibition.
Her print, Untitled: Dog Door, produced for the Slade Print Fair is on sale via the UCL Shop on onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk.
Getting students career ready at the Slade School of Fine Art
The Slade runs a comprehensive, bespoke careers programme for all final
year students, including undergraduates, postgraduates and research
students, which is industry-led and skills-based. This has been designed by Carey Young (Lecturer and current Slade Careers Liaison Tutor) using her own industry
experience, research and student feedback. See www.ucl.ac.uk/teaching-learning/case-studies
Tina Gverovic - Venice Biennale
Former tutor Tina Gverovic is representing Croatia in Horizons of Expectation at this year's Venice Biennale, at the Giardini Arsenale, from 13 May - 26 November 2017. See www.labiennale.org/en/art/exhibition/national-participations and artreview.com/news.
Pablo Bronstein, The Rose Walk - Jupiter Artland
Pablo Bronstein: The Rose Walk, a new permanent commission is showing at Jupiter Artland, Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston, Edinburgh, EH27 8BB, from 28 July 2017. See www.jupiterartland.org.
Live Performances: Pablo Bronstein, The Rose Walk, is showing at from 29 July - 5 August 2017. See www.jupiterartland.org.
Blue from Iron - Material Museum
Blue from Iron by David Dobson, Slade scientist-in-residence, is showing in the Material Museum (H 460mm x W 660mm x D 270mm), at the ground floor of the Slade School of Fine Art, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, from 7 September - 31 October 2017. See blogs.ucl.ac.uk/methods-room.
Exeter Contemporary Open 2017
Olivia Bax, Gareth Cadwallader and Fiona Curran are showing in the Exeter Contemporary Open 2017 at Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3LS, from 10 October - 4 November 2017. See www.exetercontemporaryopen.com.
Ali Kazim - Karachi Biennale 2017
Ali Kazim has received the Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation Jury Prize at Pakistan’s first Karachi Biennale 2017, open to the public from 22 October - 5 November 2017. See karachibiennale.org.pk/Biennale.html.
Journeys of Lactic Abstraction - University of Somerset
Melanie Jackson is speaking at Journeys of Lactic Abstraction, at Lecture Theatre, University Centre Somerset, Wellington Road, Taunton TA1 5AX, from 6pm - 7.30pm on Thursday 9 November 2017. For further information and booking, see www.eventbrite.co.uk.
d_a_n_k away to go - Book Launch
The book launch for Melanie Counsell's bookwork, d_a_n_k away to go, takes place at Matt's Gallery, Unit 2, 65 Decima Street, London SE1 4QR, on Tuesday 17 October, 2017, from 6:30pm - 9:00pm. See www.artmap.london/event/book-launch-melanie-counsell.
Divided Self - Photographers' Gallery
Tom Butler has a solo show, Divided Self, at The Photographers' Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7LW, from 15 September - 5 November 2017. See thephotographersgallery.org.uk/content/tom-butler-divided-self.
Flat Image - Exhibit
Olivia Bax and Sam Llewellyn-Jones are showing in Flat Image at Exhibit London, 20 Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AA, 28 September - 28 October 2017. See www.exhibit-goldenlane.com.
Occasional Geometries - Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Charlie Danby, Matthew Darbyshire, Jesse Darling, Mona Hatoum, John Hilliard, Tess Jaray, Charlotte Moth, Nathaniel Rackowe, Flore Nove Josserand, Ayesha Singh, Estelle Thompson, Gary Woodley and Maria Zahle are showing in Occasional Geometries, curated by Rana Begum, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton Wakefield WF4 4LG, from 17 July - 29 October 2017. See www.ysp.co.uk.
Folkestone Triennial 2017
Antony Gormley, Sinta Tantra and Gary Woodley are showing in the Folkestone Triennial 2017, from 2 September - 5 November 2017. For further details, see: www.folkestonetriennial.org.uk/artists/2017.
The Essence you Leave - Art Hub
Grace Hailstone, Rebecca Loweth, Livi Mills and Lea Collet are showing in The Essence you Leave at Art Hub Gallery, 5-8 Creekside, Deptford, SE8 4SA, from 27 - 29 October 2017. See www.arthub.org.uk/gallery/essence.
From Cornucopia - C4RD
Hannah Tilson and David Donald are showing in From Cornucopia at Centre for Recent Drawing, 2 - 4 Highbury Station Road, London N1 1SB, from 29 September - 21 October 2017. See www.c4rd.org.uk.
Celestial Mechanics - Megan Piper
Celestial Mechanics: Tess Jaray, Linda Karshan, Jeanne Masoero, is showing at Megan Piper, 41 Dover Street, London, W1S 4NS, from 3 – 27 October 2017. See meganpiper.co.uk.