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Congratulations to alumna Shenece Oretha, who is part of Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S.), who are among the shortlisted artists for this year's Turner Prize.

The Turner Prize Show is at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry from 29 September 2021 - 12 January 2022. See the Herbert Art Gallery website for further details.

Testing Ground Poster
Testing Ground Poster, 2021

As part of the Slade 150 anniversary, the UCL Art Museum exhibition Testing Ground takes place from 29 September 2021 - 10 June 2022. This will include a time map that aims to bring together and celebrate events and individuals that have contributed to the Slade’s reputation as an important and significant art institution. Under the title, ThanksToEveryoneForEverything, the map will include pedagogic initiatives, historic events, the development of the Slade building and a roll call of all those who have either studied and/or worked at the Slade since 1871 that are held in UCL and Slade records.

See Testing Ground for further information.

Nooram Inam and Azeri Aghayeva Bagheri images
Nooram Inam and Azeri Aghayeva Bagheri images, 2021

Bloomsbury Festival Art Competition 2021 joint award winners

Congratulations to recent graduate Azeri Aghayeva Bagheri and current graduate student Noorain Inam who are joint recipients of this year's Bloomsbury Festival Art Competition award.

Their work is showing as part of the Bloomsbury Festival at Spaghetti House, 20 Sicilian Avenue, London WC1A 2QD, from 14 - 24 October, 12noon - 6pm daily. See the Bloomsbury Festival website for details.

Tacita Dean is showing across Frith Street Gallery's two spaces between 17 September- 13 November 2021.

Golden Square, 17-18 Golden Square, London W1F 9JJ
The Dante Project / One Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting

Soho Square, 60 Frith Street, London W1D 3JJ
Monet Hates Me / Pan Amicus

At the Golden Square gallery, the ground floor will feature works relating to Dean’s forthcoming designs for The Dante Project, a new commission by The Royal Ballet set to receive its world premiere at London’s Royal Opera House in October 2021.

At the Soho Square gallery, the two works on display both come out of Dean’s time spent as artist-in-residence at The Getty Research Centre, Los Angeles, 2014-15.

See the Frith Street Gallery website for details.

Installation view After Images by Dan Linden at Claas Reiss Gallery
Installation view After Images by Dan Linden at Claas Reiss Gallery, 2021

Dan Linden has a solo show, After Images, at Claas Reiss Gallery, 96 Robert Street, London NW1 3QP from 18 September - 30 October 2021. See the Claas Reiss website for further information.

Slade 150 image
Slade 150 image

James Keith

To mark the start of the Slade’s 150th anniversary year, we will be hosting an online launch event on 4 October, which will mark the start of the celebrations and introduce the events that will follow through the year.

As part of the event, we are excited to reveal that we will be launching the new Slade One Fund. This will provide a pool of funding to meet the needs of Slade students, supporting our strategic priority to ensure fair and equal access to, and participation in, art education.

There will be an exclusive preview of the Slade 150 documentary film. As the Slade marks 150 years, the documentary will track key moments of the 150 years, highlighting transformations, firsts, and definitive moments along the way. Through interviews, archives, artworks, and filmography, the documentary will shed light on the Slade’s present through the prism of the past, and look to the future, exploring the Slade’s role at the vanguard of art research and education.

The launch event will include keynotes from Slade Director, Professor Kieren Reed; UCL President & Provost, Dr Michael Spence AC; Emeritus Professor of Fine Art,  Phyllida Barlow; Slade Alumnus, Alvaro Barrington and Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Professor Stella Bruzzi FBA.

Book via Eventbrite to attend the Slade 150 Launch

Slade One Fund
More information on how to donate will be updated on the Slade website. If you’re interested in learning more now, please contact Rebecca at rebecca.loweth@ucl.ac.uk.

The Forest Veil 3
The Forest Veil 3, Gry Hege Rinaldo

Gry Hege Rinaldo is showing in Høstutstillingen (The National Art Exhibition/The Autumn Show) at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo from 11 September - 17 October 2021. See the Kunstnernes Hus website for details.

Wild Grapes - Unit 3 Projects
Wild Grapes - Unit 3 Projects, 2021

Gabriela Giroletti, Liam Mertens, Jack Sutherland, Michal Raz, Monica Perez Vega and Sarah Tew are showing in Wild Grapes at Unit 3 Projects, ASC Studios, Empson Street, London E3 3LT, from 18 - 19 and 25 - 26 September 2021.

In 2021 the Jarman Award will tour across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with screenings of works by all the shortlisted artists, including Slade alumni Larry Achiampong, Adham Faramawy and Georgina Starr, followed by a series of live and online artists’ Q&As. The work will be available to see through seven major arts venues in Belfast, Nottingham, Bristol, Eastbourne, London, Cardiff and Glasgow.  

The tour will culminate in a special weekend of online events on 13 and 14 November in partnership with the Whitechapel Gallery, London. The Film London Jarman Award Whitechapel Weekend will feature presentations from all the artists about their practice and what inspires them.

The winner of the Award will be announced on 23 November 2021.

See the Film London website for full details.

To mark the Slade's 150 anniversary, we are planning an online programme of moving image works by Slade alumni from the last five years to take place this autumn. The programmes will be shown in collaboration with UCL's Open City Documentary Festival.

We would like to invite Slade Alumni 2017-2921 to submit a work for consideration and possible inclusion. If you wish, you may submit up to two works for consideration. Please bear in mind that this is a group screening and very long works may be difficult to programme within a group screening format. The screening can only support works that are digitally formatted and will require, if selected, a Hi-Res QuickTime file (or DCP if available).

For full details regarding submission see the Open Call letter.

Matthew Burrows Selects poster
Matthew Burrows Selects poster, 2021

Jonathan Bassett

Sarah Tew is showing in Matthew Burrows Selects, which celebrates the Artist Support Pledge, at Unit 1 Gallery, Workshop, 1 Bard Road, London W10 6TProm 10 - 25 September 2021. See the Unit1 Gallery website for booking details.

On its eleventh edition, the Open City Documentary Festival will run 8-14 September in London and 13-23 September online.

Founded at UCL by Michael Stewart in 2010, Open City Docs is dedicated to developing and supporting non-fiction storytellers. This year there are several events in relation to Slade 150, the Slade's 150th anniversary.

For the full programme see the UCL Open City Documentary Festival website.

For the Slade-related programmes see our Slade 150 webpage.

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