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Lux Non Aeterna: The Fleeting Light Works Of Richard Wright

2009's Turner Prize winner floods Glasgow's Modern Institute with irridescence

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The Importance Of Being Earnest: Five Highlights From Documenta 15

John Quin reports on works by Project Art Works, Richard Bell, IkkibawiKrrr and others at the fifteenth edition of the long-running exhibition of contemporary art in Kassel, Germany

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Sound Of The Crowd: The Procession By Hew Locke

A large-scale commission for Tate Britain's Duveen Galleries presents a teeming humanity bursting out of the lacunae of history

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A Spectre Is Haunting Mayfair: Haunted Realism At The Gagosian

Drawing on the work of cultural theorist Mark Fisher, the Gagosian Gallery’s present group show features work by Jenny Saville, Ed Ruscha and Richard Prince, among others

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Billericay Mickie: Michael Landy At Firstsite, Colchester

John Quin returns to England’s most misunderstood county

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Echo’s Answer: New Sound Art From Ireland

An exhibition in Co. Meath explores the contemporary resonances of Alvin Lucier's classic 1969 work, I Am Sitting in a Room

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We Are All Voluptuous: Luchita Hurtado’s Sky Skin Series

An exhibition of previously unseen works provides a portal into the life and artistry of Luchita Hurtado, for Poppy Richler

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Your Head It Simply Swirls: The Otolith Group in Dublin

John Quin gets vertiginous at Xenogenesis in the Irish Museum of Modern Art

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Why Can’t They See? The Lost World Of The Twenties Group

At the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, John Quin is enchanted by neglected work of a group of under-represented and under-privileged artists from early twentieth century Britain

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Network Time: Yuri Pattison Measures The Modern World

For his new exhibition at Mother’s Tankstation, London, Dublin-born artist Yuri Pattison looks at the invisible substrate of the information economy

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The Waves And After: At The Whitstable Biennale

At the Whitstable Biennale, Will Jennings encounters work by Jennet Thomas, Alicia Radage, Dzifa Benson, and more

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Tickling In My Head: ASMR At The Design Museum

With a tingle running down the back of his spine, Ilia Rogatchevski explores the world of ASMR at London's Design Museum

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How Does It Feel To Feel? The Ardent Imagery Of Marlene Dumas

A comprehensive retrospective show at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice

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Manchester Will Haunt Itself: The British Pop Archive Reviewed

At the launch of the British Pop Archive at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Lottie Brazier asks what it means to exhibit Ian Curtis's handwritten lyrics next to Shakespeare and the Gutenberg Bible

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What It Meant To Just Be: Basquiat’s Sisters Interviewed

A new exhibition in New York shows another side of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Amah-Rose Abrams talks to the artist's sisters, Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveax about a childhood spent listening in to basement jam sessions

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Lourdes A Leaping: Laibach x Andrei Molodkin

In an unusual collaboration with dissident Russian artist Andrei Molodkin, Laibach take over the Foundry, a post-industrial art space near Lourdes, France. Words by Jennifer Lucy Allan

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Drugs Without Drugs: Gentrifying Gysin’s Dreamachine

Assemble and Jon Hopkins team up for the Festival of Brexit. Robert Barry dies of cringe

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Against The Current: Surrealism Takes Over The World

There is a contradiction at the heart of the Tate Modern's big Surrealism Beyond Borders exhibition, finds Poppy Richler

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A Handful Of Dust: An Interview With Katie Paterson

With an exhibition of new work currently on display at Edinburgh's Ingleby Gallery, Katie Paterson talks about the anthropocene, deep time, andthe pulse point between science and art

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The Raw & The Cooked: Seth Price’s Uncanny Valley

At Sadie Coles HQ in London, American conceptual artist Seth Price makes canvases that teeter between the virtual and the real

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Off The Wall: Art, Photography, & The Album Sleeve

A new exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery sheds new light on the relationship between records and their covers, finds Ilia Rogatchevski

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The Ghosts Of Mont Pelerin: London’s Museum Of Neoliberalism

Countries throughout the former Soviet Union have their museums dedicated to the horrors of the old communist regimes. But only Lewisham has a Museum of Neoliberalism. Amah-Rose Abrams investigates

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Hearts Of Glass: Contemporary Art Gets Vitreous

A cathedral, a church, a museum, and a former tanning salon host new works made of glass by Ryan Gander, Monster Chetwynd, Katie Paterson, and Pascal Marthine Tayou

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The New Environment: Improvisation In Music & Art At Bergen Kunsthall

Curated by Steinar Sekkingstad, an exhibition in Bergen explores the links between improvised music and visual art from the 1960s to the present day

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The Bookmaker: Gerhard Richter At Ninety

To celebrate Richter’s life in print, museums and archives across Germany join forces to throw a novel 90th birthday party. Geoff Cowart visits Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie for the festivities

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Cruel Intentions: Art & Iconoclasm From Manet To The Chapman Brothers

A gallery show in Mayfair on the creative potential of defacing other people’s work reveals a century and a half of artists coming together – and falling apart

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Making Bank: Art Galleries Get Their Home Work Marked

An exhibition at Berlin’s Neu Galerie explores the notorious ‘Fax-Baks’ of British collective, BANK

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Artist-Run: Inside Peckham’s Rising Sun Collective

Housed in a former pub, the Rising Sun is an artist collective and housing co-op in one. Poppy Richler talks to collective members Chloe Curry, Scott Bowley and Ally Andrews about the power of sharing and taking money out of the equation

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Art Comes In Spurts: Allison Katz’s Artery

John Quin goes with the flow at the Camden Art Centre

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Midnight Marauders: The Grey Organisation Return To The Scene Of The Crime

Thirty-seven years ago, a midnight attack by a provocative art collective shocked London and the swanky dealers of Mayfair. Geoff Cowart takes a trip back in time to The Mayor Gallery

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A Bridge Too Far-Sighted? Exhibition Recalls Collaboration Of Thomas Leer & Robert Rental

In 1979, DIY synth pioneers Thomas Leer and Robert Rental made one album together for Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records. A new exhibition at the Horse Hospital explores the record’s continuing legacy

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Made In The Dark Room: Roy DeCarava Captures Mid-Century New York

With the artist's first exhibition in London for thirty years, Selected Works, currently open at David Zwirner, Amah-Rose Abrams explores the legacy of photographer Roy DeCarava and speaks to his widow, the art historian Sherry Turner DeCarava

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Lux Non Aeterna: The Fleeting Light Works Of Richard Wright

The Importance Of Being Earnest: Five Highlights From Documenta 15

Sound Of The Crowd: The Procession By Hew Locke

A Spectre Is Haunting Mayfair: Haunted Realism At The Gagosian

Billericay Mickie: Michael Landy At Firstsite, Colchester

Echo’s Answer: New Sound Art From Ireland

We Are All Voluptuous: Luchita Hurtado’s Sky Skin Series

Your Head It Simply Swirls: The Otolith Group in Dublin

Why Can’t They See? The Lost World Of The Twenties Group

Network Time: Yuri Pattison Measures The Modern World

The Waves And After: At The Whitstable Biennale

Tickling In My Head: ASMR At The Design Museum

How Does It Feel To Feel? The Ardent Imagery Of Marlene Dumas

Manchester Will Haunt Itself: The British Pop Archive Reviewed

What It Meant To Just Be: Basquiat’s Sisters Interviewed

Lourdes A Leaping: Laibach x Andrei Molodkin

Drugs Without Drugs: Gentrifying Gysin’s Dreamachine

Against The Current: Surrealism Takes Over The World

A Handful Of Dust: An Interview With Katie Paterson

The Raw & The Cooked: Seth Price’s Uncanny Valley

Off The Wall: Art, Photography, & The Album Sleeve

The Ghosts Of Mont Pelerin: London’s Museum Of Neoliberalism

Hearts Of Glass: Contemporary Art Gets Vitreous

The New Environment: Improvisation In Music & Art At Bergen Kunsthall

The Bookmaker: Gerhard Richter At Ninety

Cruel Intentions: Art & Iconoclasm From Manet To The Chapman Brothers

Making Bank: Art Galleries Get Their Home Work Marked

Artist-Run: Inside Peckham’s Rising Sun Collective

Art Comes In Spurts: Allison Katz’s Artery

Midnight Marauders: The Grey Organisation Return To The Scene Of The Crime

A Bridge Too Far-Sighted? Exhibition Recalls Collaboration Of Thomas Leer & Robert Rental

Made In The Dark Room: Roy DeCarava Captures Mid-Century New York

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