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Beginning his artistic career as a children's book illustrator, Russian artist Ilya Kabakov is no stranger to the powerful yet poignant force of illusion. In their artistic partnership, he and his wife Emilia Kabakov move fluidly between visual art, history and philosophy as they create what they call ‘total installations’, atmospheric environments designed to immerse the visitor.
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‘It's time for another generation to enjoy Chagall,’ explains curator Simonetta Fraquelli, at the new retrospective of the painter held at Tate Liverpool. Indeed, it is much hoped that Liverpool's electic, vibrant mix of young people will take Marc Chagall to their hearts.
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From Proust to recent Man Booker winner Julian Barnes, memory is a juicy topic, ironically so given its insubstantiality. Now author Hari Kunzru questions what happens when we're denied this most intimate of our possessions. At the V&A, Kunzru's teamed up with 20 international artists and graphic novelists to turn his specially commissioned novella on the subject into a 3-D immersive graphic novel...
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While rarely disappointing as an exhibition, the BP Portrait Award occasionally causes frustration in its choice of winners. Not that the chosen aren't worthy of their positions, but yearly four or five others call for recognition of their artistic excellence. And therein lies the award's allure.
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The commissions for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square have had a habit of stimulating lively debate on the role of art and this year’s project promises to be no exception.
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It is fair to say that Ellen Gallagher is a strong woman producing strong art. The Tate Modern's large rooms feel appropriately airy for this, Gallagher's first major retrospective in the UK.
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The National Maritime Museum walls have been painted black and atmospheric music is being piped through hidden speakers. As an extra sensory layer, the hushed crackle of gallery attendants’ walkie-talkies sound eerily similar to those of an astronaut’s. But don't be fooled. There's nothing gimicky about the epicly titled Visions of the Universe.
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Three different yet linked exhibitions are showing at The Photographers' Gallery, their mutual concerns offering insight about how photographic images can represent social change.
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Gerhard Richter reworks one painting (Abstract Painting 724-4, 1990) into four individual Jaquard-woven tapestries in a new exhibition at Gagosian Gallery's Mayfair space
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