FF Gaiden: Alternative - The Gallery, Tyneside Cinema
David Blandy and Larry Achiampong are showing FF Gaiden: Alternative at The Gallery, Tyneside Cinema, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QG, 4 May - 16 June 2016. See www.tynesidecinema.co.uk.
Bruce McLean: Making an Exhibition of Myself. In Print - For Arts Sake
Professor Emeritus Bruce McLean has a solo show, Bruce McLean: Making An Exhibition Of Myself. In Print. at For Arts Sake, 45 Bond Street, Ealing W5 5AS, from 15 April - 15 May 2016. See forartssake.com.
Paradigm - Francis Crick Institute
Paradigm, a new public art sculpture by Conrad Shawcross, was unveiled in the piazza of The Francis Crick Institute, 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE, on Wednesday 24 February 2016. The sculpture can be viewed from Midland Road, at the east end of the new Crick building, adjacent to St Pancras International Station. See www.crick.ac.uk.
Inquisitive Eyes: Slade Painters in Edwardian Wessex, 1900 - 1914 - RWA
Work by Augustus John, William Orpen and John Everett is showing in Inquisitive Eyes: Slade Painters in Edwardian Wessex, 1900 - 1914 at the Royal West of England Academy, Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1PX, from 6 February - 12 June 2016. See www.rwa.org.uk.
UCL Summer Challenge: Drawing upon Observation
Drawing from observation has been an age old concern that has stimulated the imagination of many artists throughout history. If you are a budding artist, this 6-week course offers a rich starting point to explore some fundamental concerns of perceptual drawing. The deadline for applications is 22 April 2016.
See www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/widening-participation/activities/summer-challenge for further details.
Emma Hart wins Max Mara Art Prize for Women
Emma Hart is the 6th winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women. She will spend six months in Lombardy, Umbria and Emilia-Romagna on an artist residency tailored to her interests. See www.whitechapelgallery.org.
Stories in the Dark - Beaney House of Art and Knowledge
Adam Chodzko, Benedict Drew, Louisa Fairclough, Dryden Goodwin and Lindsay Seers are showing in Stories in the Dark at Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, 18 High Street, Canterbury CT1 2BD, from 19 March to 19 June 2016. See www.canterbury.co.uk.
70 Years of the Arts Council Collection
Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and Katie Paterson have been commissioned to make new work as part of the Art Council's plans for marking its 70th anniversary during 2016. Katie Paterson will be showing at Somerset House, London from 27 April - 22 May 2016 and Marvin Gaye Chetwynd is tbc. See www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk.
Lee Campbell: Tactics of Interruption - Toynbee Studios
Lee Campbell: Tactics of Interruption, which includes a performance from Alexander Costello, takes place at Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6AB, from 7.30pm on Thursday 9 June 2016. See www.artsadmin.co.uk.
Lifting the Veil - Rosenfeld Gallery
Bongsu Park is showing in Lifting the Veil at Rosenfeld Gallery, 37 Rathbone Street, London W1T 1NZ, from 8 April - 27 May 2016. See rosenfeldporcini.com.
Whitstable Biennale - 2016
Martin John Callanan, Lee Campbell, Benedict Drew, Louisa Fairclough, Simon Faithfull, Ian Giles, Derek Jarman, Mikhail Karikis, Katie Paterson, Kieren Reed, Zineb Sedira, Gary Stevens and John Walter are all taking part in the Whitstable Biennale 2016, from 4 - 12 June. See www.whitstablebiennale.com.
Kitty Clark: Humans Unite - Public Exhibitions
Kitty Clark: Humans Unite is showing at Public Exhibitions, Black Gates, Hassard Street, London E2 7QL, from 27 April - 3 June 2016. See publicexhibitions.biz.
Front Parting - Cabin
Front Parting, Aglae Bassens
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Aglaé Bassens has a solo show, Front Parting, at Cabin, 1 Brookwood Road, London SW18 5BL, from 6 May - 11 June 2016. See www.cabin-gallery.com.
Eau Tiède - Galerie Heinzer Reszler
Eau Tiede - Sophie Bouvier Auslander
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Sophie Bouvier Ausländer has a solo show, Eau Tiède, The Great Pacific War, at Galerie Heinzer Reszler, Rue du Port-Franc 9, 1er étage, Quartier du Flon, 1003 Lausanne, from 12 May - 11 June 2016. See www.heinzer-reszler.com.
The Shift: Eight Years of Flat Time House
Melanie Jackson, Leah Miller-Biot, Neena Percy, Charles Richardson and Eiko Soga are showing in The Shift: Eight Years of Flat Time House at Flat Time House, 210 Bellenden Road, London SE15 4BW, from 21 April - 29 May 2016. See flattimeho.org.uk.
Tres Riches Heures - Westminster Library
Books and drawings by Daniel Miller are on show in Tres Riches Heures at Westminster Reference Library, 35 St Martin's Street, London, WC2H 7HP, from 16 - 28 May 2016. See www.westminster.gov.uk.
Il suffit d'un grand morceau de ciel - Galerie Jérôme Pauchant
Nathaniel Rackowe is showing in Il suffit d'un grand morceau de ciel
(A long break in the clouds is enough), at Galerie Jérôme Pauchant, 61, rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75003 Paris, from 25 March – 21 May 2016. See jeromepauchant.com.
Carl Randall interview on BBC World Service
An interview with Carl Randall, on BBC World Service: World Update, Painting the faces in Japan's crowded cities, can be viewed on www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03mt7rn.
Maria Farrar awarded Derek Hill Scholarship
2nd Year Graduate Painting student Maria Farrar has been awarded the Derek Hill Scholarship, a three-month residency at the British School at Rome in autumn 2016.
(Un)doing, (Un)making - Hardwick Gallery
(Un)doing, (Un)making - Hardwick Gallery (new version)
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Sam Derounian, Benedict Drew, Michael Dryden, Tess MacKenzie, Jabulani Maseko, Anna Reading, Harriet Rickard, Own Thackeray, Yuyu Wang and Jack West are showing in (Un)doing, (Un)making, also curated by Sam Derounian at the Hardwick Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, Hardwick Campus, St Paul's Road, Cheltenham, Glos. GL50 4BS, from 27 April - 27 May 2016. See hardwickgallery.org.