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Working For The Organism: Claire Van Lubeek’s Baby Bar

Deborah Holman discusses Claire van Lubeek's Baby Bar project, on display at 1.1 project space, Basel, Switzerland

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The Master In Downward-Facing Dog: Sikh Painting And Cultural Appropriation

In this deep-diving long read, Gurmeet Singh explores the complex interplay of reference and appropriation in Sikh painting, Kundalini yoga, and Western art styles

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Surreal Estate: London Stock At Safehouse Peckham

London Stock, an exhibition by Nick Barrett, unpicks the absurdities of London's housing market

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Folkestone Is An Art School: At The Triennial

John Quin wrestles with sound mirrors and battered cod at the Folkestone Triennial, with work by David Shrigley, Michael Craig-Martin, Antony Gormley, and others

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Painting The American Dream: Jasper Johns At The RA

Fisun Güner finds wonder in the late works of Jasper Johns, currently on display amongst his retrospective at the Royal Academy, London

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Happy-Go-Lucky Surprised Dead Things: Andi Magenheimer Interviewed

Ellen Mara De Wachter talks to artist Andi Magenheimer about painting, personae, and why London is the most "adult" city she's lived in

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Artist Run: The Art In Perpetuity Trust

Hannah Luxton talks to the artist-members at Deptford's Art in Perpetuity Trust about perpetuating artist community amid London's rapid redevelopment

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Artist Run: An Interview With Marc Garrett Of Furtherfield

Cathy Wade interviews Marc Garrett, co-director of artist run gallery and curatorial platform Furtherfield, to discuss how he works within a contemporary context for art responsive to technology and exchange

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Boxed In: Loosening Up The Modernist Grid

Blain | Southern's current group exhibition, Playground Structure, explores a more playful approach to that icon of modern art: the grid

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Five Leaves Left: Jac Leirner At Fruitmarket

John Quin investigates new work by Brazilian artist Jac Leirner at Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh

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Artist Run: The Bad Art Of Anna Choutova

Craft/Work talks to Anna Choutova, artist and curator of the exhibition series Bad Art about her latest show, Let Them Eat Fake, and why humour is the most important aesthetic criteria

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Impressions Of Africa: Matisse And His Things

The Royal Academy's exhibition Matisse in the Studio reveals the French artist through the objects that fascinated him

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Dangling Man: An Interview With Joshua Yeldham

Barnaby Smith talks to Australian artist Joshua Yeldham about the fruits of his latest residency at Tweed Regional Gallery in Murwillumbah

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Say It Loud: The Art Of Black Power

From Tate Modern's Soul of a Nation show to Soul Jazz's Afro-Centric Visions compilation, Geoff Cowart explores the images and sonics of the black power revolution

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Waste Not Want Not: Art And The Atom

Craft/Work investigates nuclear culture by looking at works from contemporary theatre, sound art, and impossible-to-visit installation pieces

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The Power Of The Pathetic: Ragnar Kjartansson And Margrét Bjarnadóttir

Ahead of their collaborative ballet for eight guitar-wielding dancers, artists Ragnar Kjartansson and Margrét Bjarnadóttir talk to Craft/Work about music in space, dancing guitars, and making art in the shadow of Donald Trump

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Factory For The Future: The Barbican Goes Science Fiction

Craft/Work talks to curator Patrick Gyger, curator of the Barbican Centre's current major science fiction exhibition, Into the Unknown

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Look At My Beef Art: Works On Paper By Don Van Vliet

An exhibition at Michael Werner's New York gallery looks at works on paper in watercolour, gouache, and coloured pencil, by American outsider icon Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart

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New York, London, Paris, Munich: Artists Talk About Pop Music

Now, Today, Tomorrow, and Always, a new exhibition at Eastbourne's Towner Art Gallery explores artists approaches to popular culture, with works by Mark Leckey, Jeremy Deller, Phil Collins, and others

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The Illustrated Man: On John Minton’s Centenary

Chichester's Pallant House Gallery celebrates the centenary of English painter and illustrator John Minton

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Remembering The Future: An Interview with Monira Al Qadiri

With a new solo show just opened at Gasworks, London, Kuwaiti artist and member of the Gulf artists collective GCC, Monira Al Qadiri discusses science fiction dreams and her life as a chicken nugget,

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The Space For A Certain Energy: Mehryl Levisse Interviewed

French artist Mehryl Levisse talks dreams, memories, and reflections, the body and the space

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You Gotta Catch ‘Em All: At Frieze Sculpture

For the first time ever, Frieze Art Fair's annual sculpture park in Regent's Park opens not in mid-winter but high summer. Craft/Work investigates

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You Hum It, I’ll Play It: Oliver Beer At Ikon

Sound artist Oliver Beer's solo show at Ikon, Birmingham, turns the acoustic world inside out

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She Comes In Colours: Surrealist Women Artists At The White Cube

Fisun Güner explores the work of Mona Hatoum, Lee Miller, Carina Brandes, and others at the White Cube's Dreamers Awake group show

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I Am A Camera: August Sander Meets Otto Dix In Liverpool

Tate Liverpool's exhibition Portraying a Nation: Germany 1919-1933 draws together two artists of the Weimar Republic, Otto Dix and August Sander

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All The Young Dudes: At The Inaugural Baltic Artists’ Award

Pedro Cabrita Reis, Lorna Simpson, Mike Nelson, and Monica Bonvicini choose works by Jose Dávila, Eric N. Mack, Shen Xin, and Toni Schmale for the only artists' award chosen by artists themselves

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Electric Dreams: An Interview With Haroon Mirza

British sound artist Haroon Mirza takes over a former U-Boat base on the French Atlantic coast

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Do You Dream In Colour? Tal R In Copenhagen

At the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, in Copenhagen, Tal R's paintings and sculptures exhibit something of the emotive non-verbal power of late Rothko

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Radicalism Comes From Content: Steven Parrino In Dallas

In an abandoned warehouse in Dallas, Adam Lehrer re-examines the legacy of punk rock artist Steven Parrino

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Jamaica Is A Visceral Place: An Interview With Ivar Wigan

Miguel Cullen talks to photographer Ivar Wigan about streetlife in Jamaica and pool parties with Elephant Man

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Paper Tigers: Art, Politics, And The Pamphlet

Cathy Wade gets a politically-charged haircut at Radar Projects' For and Against: Art, Politics and the Pamphlet in Loughborough

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Working For The Organism: Claire Van Lubeek’s Baby Bar

The Master In Downward-Facing Dog: Sikh Painting And Cultural Appropriation

Surreal Estate: London Stock At Safehouse Peckham

Folkestone Is An Art School: At The Triennial

Painting The American Dream: Jasper Johns At The RA

Happy-Go-Lucky Surprised Dead Things: Andi Magenheimer Interviewed

Artist Run: The Art In Perpetuity Trust

Artist Run: An Interview With Marc Garrett Of Furtherfield

Boxed In: Loosening Up The Modernist Grid

Five Leaves Left: Jac Leirner At Fruitmarket

Artist Run: The Bad Art Of Anna Choutova

Impressions Of Africa: Matisse And His Things

Dangling Man: An Interview With Joshua Yeldham

Say It Loud: The Art Of Black Power

Waste Not Want Not: Art And The Atom

The Power Of The Pathetic: Ragnar Kjartansson And Margrét Bjarnadóttir

Factory For The Future: The Barbican Goes Science Fiction

Look At My Beef Art: Works On Paper By Don Van Vliet

New York, London, Paris, Munich: Artists Talk About Pop Music

The Illustrated Man: On John Minton’s Centenary

Remembering The Future: An Interview with Monira Al Qadiri

The Space For A Certain Energy: Mehryl Levisse Interviewed

You Gotta Catch ‘Em All: At Frieze Sculpture

You Hum It, I’ll Play It: Oliver Beer At Ikon

She Comes In Colours: Surrealist Women Artists At The White Cube

I Am A Camera: August Sander Meets Otto Dix In Liverpool

All The Young Dudes: At The Inaugural Baltic Artists’ Award

Electric Dreams: An Interview With Haroon Mirza

Do You Dream In Colour? Tal R In Copenhagen

Radicalism Comes From Content: Steven Parrino In Dallas

Jamaica Is A Visceral Place: An Interview With Ivar Wigan

Paper Tigers: Art, Politics, And The Pamphlet

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