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Artists Film International

Three contemporary film pieces exploring the different approaches to performance and bodily presence. Featuring work from the artists Neha Choksi, Kaia Hugin and Alix Pearlstein.

Whitechapel Gallery, London E1

Thu 23 May

Free / 020 7522 7888

  • 11:00 – 21:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 020 7522 7888

  • 11:00 – 18:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 020 7522 7888

  • 11:00 – 18:00
…and 25 more dates until 23 Jun

Lovely Sky (Participatory Imagineering)

For the duration of the festival, artist Lucy Pawlak will adopt the role of Producer for a narrative feature film. The resulting work will be designed and directed in collaboration with a writing team of imagineers and advisors made up of visitors to the gallery and invited experts. Through constant brainstorming, hot…

Rhubaba Gallery & Studio, Edinburgh

Thu 1 Aug

Free

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Fri 2 Aug

Free

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Sat 3 Aug

Free

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 12:00 – 18:00
…and 17 more dates until 1 Sep

Peter Liversidge: doppelgänger

Peter Liversidge's exhibition for the festival unpicks the powerful and strange story of Ein Handschuh, a suite of etchings from 1881 by the Austrian Symbolist Max Klinger. Klinger's ten prints tell the story of a lost glove, dropped by a beautiful, rollerskating woman, and picked up by the artist, in whose imagination…

Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

Thu 1 Aug

Free / 0131 556 4441

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 2 Aug

Free / 0131 556 4441

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sat 3 Aug

Free / 0131 556 4441

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 52 more dates until 28 Sep

PRODUCT

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop will present new works from three different strands of its residency and curatorial programmes during the festival. A solo show by Kate Owens will present an ambitious new installation and live public performance, the basis of which is a script adapted from a children’s book first published…

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

Sat 3 Aug

Free / 0131 551 4490

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Mon 5 Aug

Free / 0131 551 4490

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Tue 6 Aug

Free / 0131 551 4490

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 11:00 – 17:00
…and 10 more dates until 17 Aug

GARAGE

GARAGE presents new works and collaborations by artists created during a series of micro-residencies in this unique project space which comprises three garages and a garden. The artists exhibiting include Ailie Rutherford, Ary D Cahyono, Belinda Gilbert Scott, Bob Moyler, Christine Hilditch, David MacDiarmid, Emma…

GARAGE, Edinburgh

Sat 3 Aug

Free / 07917 668044

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 12:00 – 16:00

Sun 4 Aug

Free / 07917 668044

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 12:00 – 16:00

Sat 10 Aug

Free / 07917 668044

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 12:00 – 16:00
…and 3 more dates until 18 Aug back to top

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

No other artist has had greater influence on the use of technology in art than Nam June Paik; he prophesied changes that would shape the contemporary world, exemplified in his pioneering ideas, 'Participation TV', 'Random Access Information' and 'Video Commune'. 'Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds' celebrates the…

Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

Fri 9 Aug

Free / 0131 650 2210

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sat 10 Aug

Free / 0131 650 2210

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sun 11 Aug

Free / 0131 650 2210

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 55 more dates until 19 Oct

David Sherry: Humanist Cumulative

New drawings, sculptures and images from the artist whose work investigates codes of everyday behaviour in often very entertaining ways.

Patricia Fleming Projects, Glasgow

Thu 23 May

Free / 0796 806 6708

  • 10:00 – 19:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 0796 806 6708

  • 10:00 – 14:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 0796 806 6708

  • 12:00 – 16:00
…and 15 more dates until 15 Jun

The FAIR Project

Masters of Contemporary Art students from Edinburgh College of Art are the helm of this year's FAIR, which sees the gallery handed over to six groups, each charged with interpreting the concept of 'fair'. The result is a programme of music, comedy, film, performance, exhibition and installation that plays out over three…

Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

Fri 24 May

Free / 0131 650 2210

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 0131 650 2210

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Manchester School of Art Degree Show

Work by final year students at the Manchester School of Art.

Manchester Metropolitan University

Sat 15 Jun

Free / 0161 247 2000

  • 10:00 – 16:00

Sun 16 Jun

Free / 0161 247 2000

  • 10:00 – 16:00

Mon 17 Jun

Free / 0161 247 2000

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 2 more dates until 19 Jun

BMW Tate Live 2013

A series of innovative contemporary live performances and events including live web broadcasts and in-gallery performances, created by a variety of artists in a variety of styles and media.

Tate Modern, London SE1

Thu 23 May

Free / 020 7887 8888

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 020 7887 8888

  • 10:00 – 22:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 020 7887 8888

  • 10:00 – 22:00
…and 188 more dates until 31 Dec back to top

a book is a performance

Group exhibition showcasing the performative aspect of artists' books, with work by Christian Boltanski, Nina Chua, Thomas A Clark, Marcus Coates, Cullinan Richards, Helen Douglas, Alec Finlay, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Richard Hamilton, Sharon Kivland, Li Yuan-chia, Richard Long, Bruce McLean, Simon Morris, Yoko Ono, Hans…

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee

Thu 23 May

Centrespace

Free / 01382 345330

  • 12:00 – 16:00

Fri 24 May

Centrespace

Free / 01382 345330

  • 12:00 – 16:00

Sat 25 May

Centrespace

Free / 01382 345330

  • 12:00 – 16:00

Sun 26 May

Centrespace

Free / 01382 345330

  • 12:00 – 16:00

Jonathan Baldock: A Strange Cross Between A Butcher's Shop And A Nightclub

A sculptural installation of felt, knitted and ceramic sculptures, corn dolly masks and wall prints, exploring themes of ritual and the carnivalesque, culminating in a performance using the objects and costumes from the exhibition.

Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge

Sun 26 May

Free / 01954 718881

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Mon 27 May

Free / 01954 718881

  • 12:00 – 17:00

Tue 28 May

Free / 01954 718881

  • 12:00 – 17:00
…and 40 more dates until 7 Jul

Low Profile: Against All Odds

Art pranksters Low Profile, aka Rachel Dobbs and Hannah Jones, deck the Exeter Phoenix in positivity in an effort to buck up the artgoer and, possibly, themselves.

Exeter Phoenix

Fri 24 May

Phoenix Gallery

Free / 01392 667080

  • 10:00 – 17:30

Sat 25 May

Phoenix Gallery

Free / 01392 667080

  • 10:00 – 17:30

Mon 27 May

Phoenix Gallery

Free / 01392 667080

  • 10:00 – 17:30
…and 35 more dates until 6 Jul

Matthew Lutz-Kinoy: Werk Is Free / Be Free! May Day

Paintings, films, ceramics and music exploring the issue of workers' rights. Opening with a performance in which the artist is joined by music producer SOPHIE.

Outpost Gallery, Norwich

Thu 23 May

Free / 01603 766400

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 01603 766400

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 01603 766400

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Sun 26 May

Free / 01603 766400

  • 12:00 – 18:00

Shaun Gladwell: Cycles of Radical Will

Adapting its title from Susan Sontag's fiery essay collection Styles of Radical Will, this latest exhibition by the Australian artist is his largest in the UK to date. In Mini Ramp Intersection, a skate ramp installed on the roof of the building encourages users either to joust with each other or to avoid colliding.

De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea

Thu 23 May

Free / 01424 229111

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 01424 229111

  • 10:00 – 17:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 01424 229111

  • 10:00 – 17:00
…and 29 more dates until 23 Jun

Takesada Matsutani: A Matrix

Abstract paintings and mixed-media works by the Osaka-born, Paris-based artist and second-generation member of the influential, post-war, Japanese Gutai Art Association. Including a performance of Stream, London, Hauser & Wirth.

Hauser & Wirth, London W1S

Thu 23 May

Free / 020 7287 2300

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Fri 24 May

Free / 020 7287 2300

  • 10:00 – 18:00

Sat 25 May

Free / 020 7287 2300

  • 10:00 – 18:00
…and 45 more dates until 27 Jul

Yoruba Arts Festival

African festival of music, arts and culture with activities and entertainment for all the family.

Clissold Park, London N16

Sat 27 Jul

Free / 020 7249 1222

  • 11:00 – 21:00