James Richards: Music for the gift – Wales in Venice, 2017

Wales has always punched above its weight at the Biennale, and 2017 is no exception. This year – f...

Basquiat: Boom for Real

A revelatory exhibition at the Barbican liberates Jean-Michel Basquiat from his mythos and allows hi...

Sara Barker: The faces of older images

Sara Barker’s exhibition of five wall-based relief sculptures, which opens Mary Mary’s new space...

Robert Longo: ‘I’m making artworks out of dust’

At his first solo exhibition in London, New York artist Robert Longo talks about charcoal, photograp...

Ross Birrell: ‘I saw a possible way to draw a relationship between art a...

Ross Birrell talks horses, endurance and taking risks in relation to two works for Documenta, his fi...

Lucas Arruda: ‘The only reason to call my works landscapes is cultural’

On the occasion of his first London exhibition, at David Zwirner, Lucas Arruda discusses his almost ...

José Pedro Croft: Uncertain Measure – Venice Biennale 2017

For his Portugal Venice Biennale commission, artist José Pedro Croft has made a series of six glass...

It’s How Well You Bounce

In the grounds of the UK’s first hospital to treat people with mental illness, lie a fascinating m...

Shilpa Gupta: ‘I am always playing with the idea of the location in the ...

The Mumbai-based artist Shilpa Gupta talks about her practice, notions of identity and nation states...

Folkestone Triennial 2017

The fourth triennial outing for this slowly regenerating UK seaside town sees curator Lewis Biggs in...

Studio Ben Allen: The Clearing

On the first floor cafe/bar of Folkestone’s Quarterhouse, a performance venue for music, theatre, ...

Jonathan Wright: Fleet on Foot

Local artist Jonathan Wright delved deep into local narratives to devise his tribute to the local fi...

Klimt and Antiquity: Erotic Encounters

Bringing together works by Gustav Klimt with pottery, sculptures and texts from late classical antiq...

Gerfried Stocker: ‘The first time I went to Ars Electronica Festival was...

Gerfried Stocker talks about going from being a media artist influenced by Ars Electronica to becomi...

Daniel Richter: Lonely Old Slogans

German painter Daniel Richter’s first UK solo show reveals uncomfortable truths about human expres...

Chris Alton: ‘By bringing different artists together, there is the possi...

Curator and artist Chris Alton talks about his latest venture, You’re Surrounded By Me, which weav...

Breathing Colour by Hella Jongerius

This brilliant show from Dutch industrial designer Jongerius aims to ‘tickle the eyes of the viewe...

Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia

The Scythians are coming to the British Museum this autumn and we have more in common with these anc...

Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry

The organisers of this exhibition are keen to show how the Dutch genre painters both drew inspiratio...

Maryam Najd: ‘I became interested in reaching a certain perfectionism in...

Iranian-born artist Maryam Najd talks about identity and culture in her practice, her love of materi...

A Perfect Chemistry: Photographs by Hill and Adamson

A celebration of collaboration, friendship and innovative spirit, A Perfect Chemistry illuminates th...

Sol Calero: ‘It’s important that the aesthetics don’t eat the concep...

Beneath the colourful painted surfaces of Sol Calero’s immersive installations, there are deeper, ...

Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings: ‘Our work poses questions that bridge...

The collaborative duo talk about their film UK Gay Bar Directory, which is showing at the Walker Art...

Santiago Sierra: Impenetrable Structure

The controversial Spanish artist returns to London with a new site-specific installation that contin...