International Programme
Current, upcoming and recent institutional exhibitions, commissions and artist projects
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19 August 2017
Final week – Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic at the National Gallery
The exhibition (26 April - 28 August 2017) marks the first time the artist has worked in the medium of tapestry and will include a series of preparatory works on paper in an installation conceived by the artist for the Gallery's Sunley Room. National Gallery, London -
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18 August 2017
Coming soon – Francesca Woodman: On Being an Angel at The Finnish Museum of Photography
The exhibition (24 August - 15 October 2017) comprises around a hundred photographs, with selections from most of her thematic groups and series. The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki -
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17 August 2017
Last chance to see Elmgreen & Dragset Die Zugezogenen (The Newcomers) at Kunstmuseen Krefeld
For their solo exhibition (19 February - 27 August 2017), Elmgreen & Dragset transform the venue back into what it was originally intended to be: a family home. Museum Haus Lange, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Germany -
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17 August 2017
Last few weeks: Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow at National Gallery Singapore
The first major survey of Kusama's work in Southeast Asia includes paintings, sculptures, videos and installations from the 1950s to the present (9 June - 3 September 2017). National Gallery Singapore -
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16 August 2017
Alex Hartley participates in the 2017 Yokohama Triennale
Titled “Islands, Constellations and Galapagos”, the sixth edition of the Triennale (4 August - 5 November 2017) explores ideas of connectivity and isolation. Yokohama, Japan -
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14 August 2017
Coming soon: Njideka Akunyili Crosby at Baltimore Museum of Art
Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s solo exhibition at Baltimore Museum of Art (25 October 2017 – 18 March 2018) will feature new works by the Los Angeles-based artist. Baltimore Museum of Art, MD -
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11 August 2017
Just announced: The Yayoi Kusama Museum will open in Tokyo on 1 October 2017
The Yayoi Kusama Museum will open in Tokyo on 1 October 2017 with the exhibition Creation is a Solitary Pursuit, Love is What Brings You Closer to Art. Tokyo, Japan -
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9 August 2017
Works by Alice Neel and Chantal Joffe to feature in ISelf Collection: The End of Love, opening soon at the Whitechapel Gallery
Contemporary portraiture – both real and imagined – and the relationship between self and other, or between artist, sitter and viewer, is further explored by nearly 30 international artists (30 August - 26 November 2017). Whitechapel Gallery, London -
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1 August 2017
An Ian Hamilton Finlay exhibition and talk are a focal point of this year’s Ilkley Literature Festival
The exhibition (30 September 2017), Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Visual Poetry, features sculptures and inscriptions, prints, letters and images drawn from the collection of Ronnie Duncan. Ilkley, West Yorkshire -
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27 July 2017
Conrad Shawcross in Now Wakes the Sea at The Glucksman, Cork
Titled after the 1963 short story by JG Ballard, the exhibition (4 August - 5 November 2017) considers a resurgence of interest in the sea in contemporary art practices. The Glucksman, Cork -
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27 July 2017
Njideka Akunyili Crosby to feature in Istanbul Biennial 2017
Works by Akunyili Crosby will feature in the 15th Biennial (16 September - 12 November 2017), curated by Elmgreen & Dragset. Istanbul, Turkey -
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26 July 2017
Kara Walker in Brooklyn Museum’s The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America
The exhibition (26 July - 3 September 2017) seeks to spark an honest conversation about the legacy of racial injustice in America today. Brooklyn Museum -
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25 July 2017
Isaac Julien in Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity at Walker Art Gallery
The Walker Art Gallery marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in England and Wales (1967 Sexual Offences Act) with a major exhibition (28 July - 5 November 2017) drawn from the Arts Council Collection and its own collections. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool -
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25 July 2017
Grayson Perry featured in Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11, coming to 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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25 July 2017
Alice Neel: Painter of Modern Life coming to Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Conceived by Jeremy Lewison, the exhibition (13 October 2017 - 14 January 2018) presents more than seventy paintings. Deichtorhallen, Hamburg -
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24 July 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors to tour 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 -
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19 July 2017
Tal R: Academy of Tal R to tour to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Touring from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition (14 October 2017 - 14 January 2018) features works from the mid-1990s to the present. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam -
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18 July 2017
Elmgreen & Dragset to feature in Faurschou Foundation’s exhibition of recent acquisitions
Elmgreen & Dragset’s Secondary, 2015, features in a selection of the newly acquired artworks from Faurschou Foundation’s collection (18 August 2017 - 26 January 2018). Faurschou Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark -
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14 July 2017
Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! to tour to Arnolfini
Arnolfini has announced that Grayson Perry's major exhibition (on display at the Serpentine Galleries, London, until 10 September 2017) will tour to Bristol in the autumn (27 September - 24 December 2017). Arnolfini, Bristol -
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10 July 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors continues its North American tour at Seattle Art Museum
This major exhibition (30 June - 10 September 2017) examines the artist’s seven-decade career and contextualizses the notion of infinite expansion and accumulation in her work, culminating in her immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms. Seattle Art Museum, Washington -
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10 July 2017
Alice Neel’s portrait of artist Faith Ringgold is featured in Tate Modern’s exhibition Soul of a Nation
Completed in 1977, Neel's portrait of the artist Faith Ringgold is one of a number of portraits of prominent art world subjects painted while Neel lived on the Upper West Side. It features in Tate Modern's major exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (12 July - 22 October 2017). Tate Modern, London -
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10 July 2017
Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Predecessors at Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
The exhibiton (15 July – 1 October 2017) unites work completed in the past five years, including a number of her Predecessors works. Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati -
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7 July 2017
Conrad Shawcross’ Monolith (Optic) at New Art Centre, Roche Court
Monolith (Optic), 2016, is on view in the Sculpture Park. Roche Court, East Winterslow, Wiltshire -
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Commission
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27 June 2017
Do Ho Suh: Whitney Museum billboard commission
95 Horatio Street is a site-specific work that mines the history of the Meatpacking District to visually reconnect this space with the former railway that once occupied the neighborhood. Organised by the Whitney in partnership with TF Cornerstone and High Line Art Whitney Museum of American Art, New York -
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Commission
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22 June 2017
The 2017 Terrace Wires commission by Conrad Shawcross is unveiled at St Pancras International
The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue), 2017, is the artist's most ambitious mechanical work to date. St Pancras International, London -
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21 June 2017
Isaac Julien in The Place is Here at South London Gallery
The exhibition (22 June - 10 September 2017) presents work by over twenty black artists and collectives working in 1980s Britain. South London Gallery -
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20 June 2017
Kara Walker at Deste Project Space
The project (20 June - 30 September 2017) transports Figa, the left hand of the sphinx-like monument of the A Subtlety installation from its “new world” location at the Domino Sugar Factory in New York to Greece, the birthplace of Western civilisation. Deste Project Space, Hydra, Greece -
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18 June 2017
John Kørner: Altid Mange Problemer at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
The largest exhibition of the artist's work to date (18 June - 13 August 2017) features paintings from across his career and a new body of work including a site-specific installation. Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark -
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16 June 2017
Smithsonian American Art Museum announces Do Ho Suh: Almost Home as part of its 2018 programme
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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15 June 2017
Sarah Sze to create a new site-specific installation for Haus der Kunst, Munich
Centrifuge, a new site-specific installation (15 September 2017 - 12 August 2018), will radically transform visitors’ perception and experience of the museum’s Middle Hall. Haus der Kunst, Munich -
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13 June 2017
Victoria Miro artists at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Works by Wangechi Mutu, Varda Caivano, Secundino Hernández, Isaac Julien and Conrad Shawcross are included in the 2017 RA Summer Exhibition (13 June - 20 August 2017). Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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11 June 2017
Maria Nepomuceno in Hello, City! at Daejeon Museum of Art
The artist's recent work Untitled, 2016, made of ropes, beads, ceramic and braided straw, is included in the exhibition (23 June - 9 October 2017). Daejeon, South Korea -
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9 June 2017
Works by Chris Ofili and Kara Walker in Blue Black, curated by Glenn Ligon
Inspired by his experience of the Pulitzer’s monumental Ellsworth Kelly wall sculpture, Blue Black, Ligon enlists the colors to pose timely and nuanced questions, touching upon notions of language, identity, and perception (9 June - 7 October 2017). Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St Louis, Missouri -
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7 June 2017
Tal R: Academy of Tal R at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
The exhibition (20 May - 10 September 2017) is both an overview of his work from the past twenty years and a presentation of a series of new works. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark -
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6 June 2017
Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!
Perry's exhibition (8 June - 10 September 2017) will tackle one of his central concerns: how contemporary art can best address a diverse cross section of society, confronting subjects that are universally human. Serpentine Galleries, London -
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5 June 2017
Conrad Shawcross creates a new work for the Barbican’s major exhibition Into the Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction
A new commission by Shawcross uses light, movement and sound to create an installation that takes over The Pit theatre space (3 June - 1 September 2017). Barbican Centre, London -
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4 June 2017
Alex Hartley to create a major new work for Folkestone Triennial
Balanced on the cliff edge, Wall will be constructed from steel fencing and weighted with querns that have fallen out of the cliffs (2 September - 5 November 2017). Folkestone, Kent -
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2 June 2017
Doug Aitken creates a new installation for ARoS Triennial
The Garden is a living artwork that embraces the dichotomy between the natural environment and a synthetic man-made experience (3 June - 30 July 2017). ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark -
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2 June 2017
Isaac Julien included in the Barbican’s major exhibition Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction
Julien’s 2004 work Encore II (Radioactive) is among the contemporary artworks included in the Barbican's major exhibition. Barbican Centre, London -
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2 June 2017
A new work by Sarah Sze in ARoS Triennial
Sze's work Hammock (For Rauschenberg), 2017 is featured in The Future (3 June - 30 July 2017). Aarhus, Denmark -
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2 June 2017
Elmgreen & Dragset in ARoS Triennial
Work on display (3 June - 30 July 2017) by the duo includes Powerless Structures fig. 55 - Cruising Pavillion, 1998 / 2017. Aarhus, Denmark -
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Commission
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1 June 2017
A new commission by Elmgreen & Dragset for Ekebergparken, Oslo
'Dilemma' is a newly commissioned work by Elmgreen & Dragset at Ekebergparken in Oslo – a public park collecting and commissioning permanent outdoor sculpture. Ekebergparken, Oslo -
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Commission
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1 June 2017
Conrad Shawcross announced as the artist for the 2017 Terrace Wires commission
The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue), 2017, will be unveiled at St Pancras International station on the morning of Thursday 22 June 2017. St Pancras International, London -
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1 June 2017
Kara Walker at Baltimore Museum of Art
Salvation is a complex consideration of African American and female identity within the tragic history of American slavery. The work is on display (28 June 2017 - 18 March 2018) with And I Can’t Run by Hank Willis Thomas, in the Black Box Gallery. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland -
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28 May 2017
Doug Aitken: Electric Earth at The Modern, Fort Worth
The exhibition (28 May - 20 August) unfolds around the major moving-image installations that articulate Aitken’s central subject matters. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas -
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24 May 2017
Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction, featuring Yayoi Kusama
The exhibition (until 13 August 2017) shines a spotlight on the stunning achievements of women artists between the end of World War II (1945) and the start of the Feminist movement (around 1968). MoMA, New York -
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12 May 2017
Isaac Julien featured in Diaspora Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2017
Julien’s single screen projection The Leopard and lightbox work Balustrade, both from the Western Union: Small Boats series, are currently included in the Diaspora Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia (until 26 November 2017). Palazzo Pisani S. Marina, Venice -
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12 May 2017
Njideka Akunyili Crosby in the Future Generation Art Prize, Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice
An official Collateral Event of the 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, the exhibition is presented by PinchukArtCentre and Victor Pinchuk Foundation, in the spectacular setting of the Palazzo Contarini Polignac. Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice -
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10 May 2017
Sarah Sze in Glasstress 2017, Venice
The exhibition (11 May - 26 November 2017) brings together leading contemporary artists to explore the creative possibilities of glass. Palazzo Franchetti, Venice -
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5 May 2017
Francesca Woodman in Room at Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre
The exhibition (6 May - 24 June 2017) reflects the multiple, often concurrent, meanings and functions of the room. It represents work produced from the 1970s to present day. Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry -
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5 May 2017
Francesca Woodman in Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s at Mumok, Vienna
The exhibition (6 May - 3 September 2017) features works by international artists, drawn from the the Sammlung Verbund collection. Mumok, Vienna -
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3 May 2017
The Hayward Touring exhibition Elizabeth Price Curates… featuring Francesca Woodman at Glynn Vivian, Swansea
This exhibition (13 May - 28 Aug 2017) stages an ‘austere melodrama’, encompassing a vast repertoire of images of the reclining or recumbent body – in states of weariness, sleep, stupor, reverie, mourning, death and erotic transport or languor. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea -
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2 May 2017
New and recent work by Wangechi Mutu coming to The Contemporary Austin
An upcoming solo exhibition (23 September 2017 - 14 January 2018) takes place at The Contemporary Austin's Jones Center and an outdoor installation of Water Woman, 2017, will be on display at the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, in Austin, TX. Austin, Texas -
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1 May 2017
Yayoi Kusama in From Nature to Sculpture, Villa Datris
Work by Yayoi Kusama is among that of 65 international artists featured in this exhibition (26 May - 1 November 2017). L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France -
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1 May 2017
Chantal Joffe in Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, curated by Eric Fischl, at Hall Art Foundation
In this fresh and provocative show (6 May – 26 November 2017), Fischl illustrates the absurd extremes associated with romantic and sexual love. Desire, passion, vulnerability, disappointment, pleasure and torment are expressed as a Greek or Shakespearian comedy – epic and tragic, hopeful and hazardous. Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont -
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30 April 2017
Grayson Perry in Ways of Seeing, at Arter Space for Art, Istanbul
Taking its cue from Ways of Seeing, John Berger's 1972 critical text on visual culture, this exhibition (2 June - 13 August 2017) explores the various formalistic strategies that artists employ to re-configure our perception of the world. Arter Space for Art, Istanbul -
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28 April 2017
Isaac Julien in The Restless Earth, Triennale di Milano
Julien's Western Unions: Small Boats, 2007, is included in The Restless Earth (28 April - 20 August 2017), which borrows its title from a collection of poems by Édouard Glissant, a Caribbean writer who probed the question of how different cultures can coexist. Palazzo della Triennale, Milan -
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27 April 2017
ISelf Collection: Self-Portrait as the Billy Goat, featuring Yayoi Kusama, at the Whitechapel Gallery
Self-Portrait as the Billy Goat (until 20 August 2017) brings together physical, psychological and imaginary self-portraits by a selection of leading international artists. Whitechapel Gallery, London -
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15 April 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors begins its tour of five cities across the US and Canada
A major Yayoi Kusama exhibition, focusing on the evolution of her immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms, begins its North American tour at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (23 February - 14 May 2017). Hirshhorn Museum and tour -
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15 April 2017
NS Harsha: Charming Journey at Mori Art Museum
This mid-career retrospective (4 February - 11 June 2017) encompasses Harsha's major works and explores themes running through his practice. Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
