Gwangju Biennale

Gwangju, South Korea

September 5- November 9, 2014

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Yokohama Triennale

Yokohama Museum of Art and Shinko Pier Exhibition Hall, Japan

August 1- November 1, 2014

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Jerusalem

June 27- September 27, 2014

An online project commissioned and produced by Artangel and The Space, supported by Arts Council England, The Company of Angels, and The Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Here and Elsewhere

New Museum, New York

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At Masterpiece London on display at Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, and open throughout the summer

Admission Free 

Anya Gallacio 

SNAP: Art at the Aldeburgh Festival

Installations in Orford Ness & Snape Maltings, Suffolk

13- 29 June 2014

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Berlin Biennale

May 29- August 3, 2014

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Michel Francois: Pieces of Evidence 

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK

April 30- June 22, 2014

Ikon presents the first UK survey of work by Belgian artist Michel François, comprising sculpture, film and photography. It exemplifies the artist's conviction that the meanings of a work of art are determined through its combination with others in relation to an exhibition space. Visitors to Ikon encounter numerous pieces to be read as a whole, integrated with the entire building.

The exhibition title, Pieces of evidence, refers to François' fascination with a netherworld, drawing comparisons between the ingenuity of artists and criminals. The key installation here involves a projected film in which we see the hands of a magician skilfully examining everyday objects - drinks cans, cosmetic bottles - before revealing hidden compartments and illegal substances within. The objects themselves are exhibited in vitrines nearby. Another work, Stumbling Block II (Wall) (1989), is a large rectangular block of polystyrene secured to the wall with strips of brown tape, a sculptural translation of a convicted smuggler's failed attempt to conceal drugs by strapping them across their body. An art object is likened to contraband.

The idea of crossing international frontiers - illegally or otherwise - is conveyed by Surveying(1993), a video of an inchworm walking over a map of the world. This funny creature signifies the artist's free spirit with respect to art as much as his geographical itinerancy, a kind of energy that spurs us to keep moving, keep looking, and keep asking questions.

Likewise,Golden Cage 1 (2008-2009), considers the notion of frontiers. A large free-standing steel box, from which A4-sized sections have been uniformly cut, it is a structure on the verge of collapse. It is a cage with walls that resemble the gilded left-overs of a manufacturing process, with cut out shapes scattered within. François presents this work as symbolic of human migration across the Mexican/US border, the hollow dreams of finding a better place, the cage being desirable in a way that its contents are not.

A further work, Self-Portrait Against Nature (2002), shows the artist, seen from above, walking around on a hard concrete floor and smoking while empty wine bottles drop and smash around him. It suggests a kind of solitude and self-destructiveness that throw any hints of joy into sharp relief. Broken Neon Lights (2003), has a similar edginess as François stamps his feet through a path of neon tubes, laid widthways, resulting in lots more broken glass. The action is transgressive and the feeling one of anger.

The exhibition is accompanied by a new publication featuring a text by writer and critic Martin Herbert.

Michel François' exhibition Pieces of evidence is supported by The Henry Moore Foundation;Wallonie-Bruxelles International; Lafarge Tarmac; Bortolami Gallery, New York; Galerie Carlier Gebauer, Berlin; Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris; Thomas Dane Gallery, London and Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels.

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Steve McQueen

Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo 

Tokyo, Japan

April 26- August 17, 2014

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