Phillip King: New public sculpture commission for Guangzhou, China

A new public sculpture commission by Phillip King will be unveiled on the West Square of Taikoo Hui in Guangzhou, China. The work, named after celebrated biologist Charles Darwin who attended the same college at Cambridge as King, will be the artist’s second permanent public sculpture installed in China.

Opening: Thursday, 27 June, 2pm
West Square, Taikoo Hui Guangzhou 

Abraham Cruzvillegas, Anya Gallaccio, John Gerrard,  Jean-Luc Moulène: The Aerodrome, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Michael Stanley, Curator of Ikon before becoming Director of Milton Keynes Gallery and then Modern Art Oxford, who died tragically in 2012. Co-curated with David Austen and George Shaw and structured loosely on Rex Warner’s 1941 wartime novel The Aerodrome, a book that made a great impression on Stanley, it includes many of the artists he worked with.

Ikon Gallery

1 Oozells Square

Brindleyplace

Birmingham 

12 June - 8 September 2019 

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Anthea Hamilton, Glenn Ligon, Hurvin Anderson, Steve McQueen: Get Up, Stand Up, Now, Somerset House, London

A major new exhibition celebrating the past 50 years of Black creativity in Britain and beyond.

West Wing Galleries

Somerset House

Strand

London

12 June - 15 September 2019

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Catherine Opie: Kiss My Genders, Hayward Gallery, London

Spanning the past 50 years, Kiss My Genders brings together over 100 artworks by artists from around the world who employ a wide range of approaches to articulate and engage with gender fluidity, as well as with non-binary, trans and intersex identities.

Hayward Gallery

337-338 Belvedere Rd

Lambeth

London

12 June - 8 September 2019

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Akram Zaatari: Art Basel Unlimited 2019 

Akram Zaatari's The End of Love is on display for Art Basel Unlimited, with Thomas Dane Gallery and Sfeir-Semler Gallery.

Stand: K19 

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John Gerrard: Art and Politics Seminar, IMMA Summer School 2019 

As part of its Summer Shcool, the Irish Museum of Modern Art hosts an all day public seminar, featuring presentations by a range of national and international artists, theorists and critics, focusing on the interface between art and politics.

Tuesday 11 June 

9:15-5pm

Irish Museum of Modern Art

Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Dublin 8

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Ella Kruglyanskaya: 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts

The 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts will present a cross-section of artists from the region (Slovenia, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia and Bulgaria) as well as further afield (China, Iran, Great Britain and the United States) who use graphic languages as part of their diverse practices. In addition to the historical part, the exhibition will also present works by contemporary artists, publishers, theoreticians, activists, new media personalities, stand-up comedians and others.

7 June - 29 September 2019 

Multiple venues

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Amy Sillman: Symposium, Manchester Metropolitan University 

Amy Sillman will particiapte in Funny Peculiar, a symposium that explores contemporary ideas in painting connected to shape, humour and diagrammatic thought.

Thursday 6 June 

1-5:30pm 

Lecture Theatre BS G33

Manchester Metropolitan University Campus

Oxford Road

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Art Basel - Stand: R18

Featuring works by: Terry Adkins, Hurvin Anderson, Lynda Benglis, Walead Beshty, John Gerrard, Anthea Hamilton, Arturo Herrera, Barbara Kasten, Glenn Ligon, Jean-Luc Moulène, Caragh Thuring, Kelley Walker, and Akram Zaatari. 

Preview: 11-12 June 2019 
Public days: 13-16 June 2019

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Anya Gallaccio: NOW, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

NOW is the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art’s three-year series of contemporary art exhibitions. The fifth instalment in the series will be centred on a major survey of work by Anya Gallaccio.

Anya Gallaccio: Artist Talk

Friday 31 May

12:45-1.15pm

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

75 Belford Road

Edinburgh

1 June - 22 September 2019 

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