International Programme
Current, upcoming and recent institutional exhibitions, commissions and artist projects
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25 April 2018
Varda Caivano in The Divine Joke, curated by Barry Schwabsky
An exhibition at Anita Rogers Gallery, New York (25 April – 2 June 2018) curated by the critic and poet Barry Schwabsky. Anita Rogers Gallery, New York -
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23 April 2018
Stephen Willats: Control, now open at Tate Liverpool
A project and events programme (25 April – 16 May 2018) devoted to Control Magazine. Founded in 1965 by Stephen Willats, Control remains one of the few artists' publications from the 1960s thriving to this day. Tate Liverpool -
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20 April 2018
Closing soon – Grayson Perry: Making Meaning at The Gallery at Windsor, Florida
The first annual exhibition (15 January – 27 April 2018) at Windsor in a three-year collaboration with the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Vero Beach, Florida -
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16 April 2018
Chantal Joffe: Personal Feeling is the Main Thing, coming soon to The Lowry
An exhibition (19 May – 2 September 2018) of works from across Joffe's career addressing themes of portraiture, motherhood, passing time and art's relationship to history. The Lowry, Salford -
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14 April 2018
Tal R: this is not Detroit, opening soon at MOCA Detroit
The intricate, multipart installation (11 May – 29 July 2018) manifests the artist’s fantasy of Detroit. Seven large-scale paintings, rendered in a rich and moody palate of blues, depict the artist’s vision of specific Detroit neighborhoods he has never visited. MOCA, Detroit -
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13 April 2018
Stan Douglas to feature in Shape of Light: 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art, opening soon at Tate Modern
This major exhibition (2 May – 14 October 2018) tells the intertwined stories of photography and abstract art. Tate Modern -
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13 April 2018
Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s Hayward Gallery Billboard is unveiled
Dwell: Aso Ebi, 2017 – reproduced as a digital print on vinyl – is on view until February 2019. The work is installed on the façade of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, opposite the Hayward Gallery. Southbank Centre, London -
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7 April 2018
Do Ho Suh: Passage/s, coming to Towada Art Center
An exhibition (2 June – 14 October 2018) featuring an installation Suh's Hub works, along with the video My Home/s, 2014-2016. Towada Art Center, Aomori, Japan -
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7 April 2018
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors, coming to The Cleveland Museum of Art
Focusing on the evolution of her immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms, the most significant North American tour of Kusama’s work in nearly two decades continues at The Cleveland Art Museum (7 July – 30 September 2018). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio -
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6 April 2018
Grayson Perry: Folk Wisdom at Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
The exhibition (13 April – 2 September 2018) is produced in collaboration with La Monnaie de Paris museum, where it will be on view during autumn 2018. Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki -
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3 April 2018
Celia Paul, curated by Hilton Als, at the Yale Center for British Art
The exhibition (3 April – 12 August 2018), specially selected by Als in collaboration with the artist and a deeply personal testament to their transatlantic friendship, will focus on Paul’s recent works, New Haven, Connecticut -
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3 April 2018
Secundino Hernández, now open at Kunsthalle Helsinki
An exhibition (14 April – 13 May 2018) of new paintings in addition to a selection of works from the past five years. Kunsthalle Helsinki -
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1 April 2018
Grayson Perry – Julie Cope’s Grand Tour: The Story of a Life, opening soon at Shipley Art Gallery
A Crafts Council touring exhibition (5 May – 28 July 2018) of two large-scale tapestries. Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead -
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26 March 2018
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves at The Whitworth
Ten Thousand Waves (on display 30 March – 28 August 2018) is the most recent in a series of major moving image acquisitions by the Whitworth, and was supported through Art Fund’s Moving Image Fund. The Whitworth, Manchester -
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26 March 2018
Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences tours to Bristol Art Museum
Inspired by Hogarth’s morality tale, A Rake’s Progress, Perry’s tapestries (on display 31 March – 24 June 2018) follow the socially-mobile life of fictional character Tim Rakewell from infancy to untimely death. Bristol Museum -
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22 March 2018
John Kørner: Running Problems at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
For his first museum exhibition of the artist in Belgium (25 March – 17 June 2018) Kørner creates an integrated environment of painting and installation. Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium -
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20 March 2018
The 21st Biennale of Sydney, featuring NS Harsha
A new work by NS Harsha will be on display in the Art Gallery of New South Wales (16 March – 11 June 2018). Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney -
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20 March 2018
Grayson Perry in Things of Growing Beauty: British Studio Pottery at the Fitzwilliam Museum
A collaboration with Yale Center for British Art, where it was first displayed, the exhibition (20 March – 17 June 2018) traces the changing nature of British studio pottery through the evolution of specific types of vessel. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge -
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13 March 2018
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow, opening soon at Museum MACAN, Jakarta
The first large-scale exhibition (12 May – 9 September 2018) of Yayoi Kusama’s work in Indonesia includes more than 130 works that span almost 70 years. Museum MACAN, Jakarta -
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8 March 2018
Art Capital: Art for the Elizabeth line, featuring Chantal Joffe, Conrad Shawcross and Yayoi Kusama
The exhibition (13 March – 6 May 2018) brings together unseen material by Joffe, Shawcross, Kusama and all the artists contributing to the Crossrail Art Programme. Whitechapel Gallery -
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8 March 2018
Stephen Willats to feature in FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
Titled An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises, the inaugural edition of the Cleveland Triennial (14 July – 30 September 2018) comprises artist commissions, performances, films, and public programmes to examine the ever-changing and politically urgent conditions of an American city. Cleveland, Ohio -
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7 March 2018
Do Ho Suh: Almost Home at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
The exhibition (16 March - 5 August 2018) will feature a major installation of the artist’s Hub sculptures along with a group of semi-transparent replicas of household objects, titled Specimens. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC -
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4 March 2018
Celia Paul in All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life at Tate Britain
Tate Britain's major exhibition (28 February – 27 August 2018) celebrates painters in Britain who found new ways of depicting people, places, feelings and relationships. Tate Britain -
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3 March 2018
Yayoi Kusama: All About My Love at Matsumoto City Museum of Art
Taking place in the artist's hometown of Matsumoto City, this major retrospective (3 March – 22 July 2018) features some 180 works drawn from across Kusama's career. Matsumoto City Museum of Art -
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1 March 2018
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at the Art Gallery of Ontario
The major exhibition (3 March – 27 May 2018) continues its North American tour. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto -
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1 March 2018
Isaac Julien’s Ten Thousand Waves is featured in The Rebellion of Moving Image at MOCA Taipei
The nine-screen installation of Ten Thousand Waves continues its world tour as part of the exhibition (3 March – 6 May 2018), curated by Huang Hsiang-Ning. MOCA Taipei, Taiwan -
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22 February 2018
Conrad Shawcross at Harbour Arts Sculpture Park, Hong Kong
Two works are displayed as part of Harbour Arts Sculpture Park (22 February–11 April 2018). The artist will also take part in The GREAT Festival of Innovation and Art Basel Hong Kong Dialogue Series. Hong Kong -
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21 February 2018
Now extended – Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins at Dallas Museum of Art
This installation (on display 1 October 2017 – 29 April 2018) is the first mirror pumpkin room created by Kusama since 1991, and the only Infinity Mirror Room of its kind in a North American collection. Dallas Museum of Art, Texas -
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15 February 2018
Secundino Hernández: Todo es Mucho, now open at CAC Málaga
The exhibition (16 February – 6 May 2018) features some 38 works, several of which have been made especially for the show. CAC Málaga, Spain -
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15 February 2018
Grayson Perry’s Photo Album, now on view at The Photographers’ Gallery
A small display (23 February – 3 June 2018) of photographs and spreads from one of Perry's early photo albums. The Photographers' Gallery, London -
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14 February 2018
John Kørner: Tripoli – Lampedusa at Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
The exhibition (14 February – 29 July 2018) comprises a site-specific installation of works touching upon subjects ranging from global topics such as migration and inequality to more personal themes such as identity, relationships and happiness. EMMA, Espoo, Finland -
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14 February 2018
Alice Neel in The Ethics of Scrutiny at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
Curated by artist Daphne Wright, this exhibition (15 February – 2 September 2018) examines the complex relationships between artist and sitter. IMMA, Dublin -
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13 February 2018
Hernan Bas: The Paper Crown Prince and Other Works at Colby Museum of Art
With loans from the de la Cruz Collection, this exhibition (13 February – 3 May 2018) considers the first five years of Bas’ career. Waterville, Maine -
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6 February 2018
Idris Khan creates a new work to mark the re-opening of Kettle’s Yard
The exhibition, titled Actions: The image of the world can be different (10 February - 6 May 2018), marks the opening of the new Kettle's Yard and seeks to reassert the potential of art as a poetic, social and political force in the world. Kettle's Yard, Cambridge -
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6 February 2018
Work by Isaac Julien is featured in More of an Avalanche at Wysing Arts Centre
The exhibition (11 February – 8 April 2018) considers what it takes for people in marginalised positions to speak out and the mechanisms that get used to stop them from doing so. Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn, Cambridgeshire -
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1 February 2018
Wangechi Mutu in Blind Faith: Between the Visceral and the Cognitive in Contemporary Art, coming to Haus der Kunst, Munich
Engaging the visceral and the cognitive, the exhibition (2 March – 19 August 2018) assembles around 25 international artists who deploy a variety of media in order to interrogate logics of truth, authenticity, opinion, and faith: Haus der Kunst, Munich -
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25 January 2018
Work by Stan Douglas featured in Faithless Pictures at Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
The exhibition (9 February – 13 May 2018) features around 40 international artists and explores the complex relationship between image and reality. Oslo, Norway -
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23 January 2018
Isaac Julien’s Western Union: Small Boats at ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
A presentation (3 February – 27 May 2018) in the Focus Gallery of the award-winning 2007 film which portrays people attempting to cross continents. Aarhus, Denmark -
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19 January 2018
Wangechi Mutu: A Promise to Communicate at ICA Boston
A new commission for the ICA Boston (19 January – 31 December 2018). ICA Boston -
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12 January 2018
David Harrison in Frivolous Convulsions at Turf Projects, Croydon
Frivolous Convulsions is an exhibition (12 January – 25 February 2018) which collides carnivalesque and celebratory renditions of modern life. Turf Projects, Whitgift Shopping Centre, Croydon -
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11 January 2018
Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s MOCA Mural is unveiled
Akunyili Crosby is the second artist to create an outdoor mural (on view until 31 December 2018) designed specifically to wrap the exterior of MOCA Grand Avenue, a new initiative that invites views both by pedestrians and through the windows of moving cars on Grand Avenue. MOCA, Los Angeles -
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8 January 2018
Stan Douglas’s Luanda-Kinshasa is featured in Domestic Arenas at Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
The exhibition (19 January – 18 March 2018) is a synthesis of video art, documentary and music videos from American and European artists. Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague -
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27 December 2017
Tate Liverpool to host Life in Motion: Egon Schiele / Francesca Woodman
The exhibition (24 May – 23 September 2018) pairs work by the artists to explore motion in drawing and photography. Tate Liverpool -
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15 December 2017
Yayoi Kusama creates a new, large-scale installation for NGV Triennial
Flower Obsession (15 December 2017–15 April 2018) is a recreation of a domestic space in which visitors are invited to apply red flower motifs to the walls, furniture and objects. Melbourne, Australia -
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5 December 2017
Chantal Joffe in From Life at the Royal Academy of Arts
The RA's exhibition (11 December 2017 – 11 March 2018) looks at the past, present and future of working from the life model, one of the cornerstones of artistic process. Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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1 December 2017
Isaac Julien: Playtime at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco
An exhibition (1 December 2017 – 11 February 2018) of three recent video installations. Each film installation explores the wide-ranging effects of how information, labour and capital circulate in global, networked societies. Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco -
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25 November 2017
Stephen Willats in Space & Photography at Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
The exhibition (25 November 2017 – 4 March 2018) probes the manifold interrelations between space and photography. Museum der Moderne, Salzburg -
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18 November 2017
Prospect New Orleans, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby
For Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp (18 November 2017 – 25 February 2018) Akunyili Crosby will show new and existing that continue her investigation into nuances of post-colonial identity. New Orleans -
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18 November 2017
Grayson Perry: The Life of Julie Cope at Firstsite
An exhibition (18 November 2017 – 18 February 2018) of tapestries, woodcuts, ceramics and tiles designed by Perry for A House for Essex. Firstsite, Colchester, Essex -
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17 November 2017
Do Ho Suh: Passage/s at Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
For his first solo exhibition in Scandinavia (17 November 2017 – 15 April 2018), the artist presents an installation of his Hub works. Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden -
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9 November 2017
Now open: ICA Miami, featuring an installation of paintings by Chris Ofili
Ofili’s extended-run installation will evolve over the course of its duration (1 December 2017 – 27 October 2019), with works being added and/or subtracted over time. Miami, Florida -
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4 November 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow at Queensland Art Gallery
The exhibition (4 November 2017 – 11 February 2018) is a focused survey of Kusama's work, taking in key motifs as they have developed since the 1950s. Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia -
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3 November 2017
Wangechi Mutu takes part in Performa 17
A talk and multimedia performance by Wangechi Mutu are part of the 2017 edition of Performa (1-19 November 2017). New York -
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30 October 2017
Making Himself Claire: Grayson Perry’s Dresses at Walker Art Gallery
Some of Claire’s best-known outfits are featured in this display (4 November 2017 – 4 February 2018), including the Bo Peep dress worn when Perry was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool -
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30 October 2017
Do Ho Suh in Out of Sight! Art of the Senses at Albright-Knox Art Gallery
The exhibition (4 November 2017 – 28 January 2018) brings together contemporary works that actively engage with how our bodies meet the wider world through the five basic senses. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY -
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25 October 2017
Njideka Akunyili Crosby at Baltimore Museum of Art
Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s solo exhibition at Baltimore Museum of Art (25 October 2017 – 11 March 2018) features new works by the Los Angeles-based artist. Baltimore Museum of Art, MD -
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Commission
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24 October 2017
Isaac Julien is commissioned to create a new work for Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York
One of three new commissions to be shown individually from 2018, Rochester Pictures will be freely inspired by the lives of two of the most iconic residents of Rochester, NY: the visionary African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass, as well as his friend, anti-slavery and women’s rights activist Susan B Anthony. Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY -
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23 October 2017
Grayson Perry featured in Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11 at the Imperial War Museum
The UK’s first major exhibition (26 October 2017 - 28 May 2018) of artists’ responses to war and conflict since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11 will feature more than 40 British and international artists. Imperial War Museum, London -
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23 October 2017
Remai Modern’s opening displays feature Stan Douglas: The Secret Agent
Field Guide, the inaugural exhibition at the new Remai Modern art museum, rethinks the idea of 'modern' from multiple cultural, geographic, historic and contemporary perspectives. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada -
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21 October 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at The Broad, Los Angeles
The exhibition (21 October 2017 – 1 January 2018) will provide visitors with the opportunity to experience six of Kusama’s infinity rooms alongside large-scale installations and key paintings, sculptures and works on paper from the early 1950s to the present. The Broad, Los Angeles
