Block Universe is London’s leading international performance art festival and commissioning body. We bring together cutting-edge performance art at the cross-section of contemporary visual art, dance and music. Held in major institutions and venues across London, previous partners include The […]
Untitled (Mlle Bourgeoise Noire). 1980-83 Mlle Bourgeoise Noire – Ms Black Middle-Class – was the alter ego of Lorraine O’Grady (performance 1980-83). O’Grady turned her anger at the lack of opportunities for black artists to show their work, into this public […]
Pioneering British artist Penny Slinger, creates work in many mediums and is best known for her surreal dreamlike collages, photography and art performance. Slinger came to prominence in the 1960’s with her radical art and feminist perspective. Recently a film […]
By Elena K. Cruz Adelaide Damoah’s body remained rooted to the ground as audience members pressed scissors against her traditional Ghanaian funeral dress. The Black British Female Artist Collective founding member opened her palms and stared forwards as chunks of […]
100 percent Women 100 percent Women 100 percent Women 100% Women kicks off today at the Richard Saltoun Gallery, 1 March 2019. ‘Form, Feminisms, Femininities‘ is Rose ENGLISH’s first solo exhibition with Richard Saltoun Gallery and opens the galleries year long programme of […]
Saturday 3 November: a day and evening of free events on the final day of the Ghost Tide exhibition and your last chance to see the exhibition. Curated by Monika Bobinska and Sarah Sparkes, Ghost Tide explores ghosts of the […]
Adelaide Damoah is a British artist of Ghanaian descent. Damoah’s current practice involves using her body as a printing tool with oil paint as a medium, later adding images and text to the work. She is inspired by a desire […]
This Autumn you can see work by feminist artist Hannah Wilke at the Alison Jacques Gallery, London. The exhibition includes work spanning three decades by Hannah Wilke. Frieze Week: Extended Hours Wednesday 3 October: 10am – 6pm Thursday 4 October: […]
“GATES OF HORN AND IVORY” Kristin Hjellegjerde Berlin with FLORINE DEMOSTHENE LIZETTE CHIRRIME IWAJLA KLINKE Friday 10th of August 18:00-21:00 Performance by Lizette Chirrime 19:30 Kristin Hjellegjerde Berlin Linienstrasse 130, Mitte Berlin Earthy reds and browns mingle with soothing blues […]
This is the first solo show of Ana Mendieta’s work in the UK since Traces at the Hayward Gallery in 2013. This exhibition, at Alison Jacques Gallery, London, focuses on themes of metamorphosis and transformation in Mendieta’s work. Selected works […]
Last night at Shoreditch House we explored the life and art of Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. This anarchic avant garde proto-punk performance artist ran amok in New York in the early 1900’s and was well known in the art and […]
