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Between Signal And Noise: The Feminist Soundscapes Of Aura Satz

With a newly commissioned work at the Science Gallery's Dark Matter exhibition, Aura Satz speaks to the Quietus about notation, embodiment, and rewriting history

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Is That All There Is To A Fire? Sophie Jung At Block Universe

At this year's Block Universe festival of performance art, Charlie Hardie takes in two performances by Sophie Jung

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This Loud White Noise: Larry Achiampong’s Dividednation

At artist Larry Achiampong's most comprehensive show to date, Allan Gardner finds himself checking his own privilege

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Artist-Run: Modern Finance At Thames-Side Studios

Modern Finance is a large group show at Thames-Side Studios Gallery featuring work by Alice Wilson, David Dipré, Mari Reijnders, Tash Kahn, and many others. Hannah Luxton talks to curators, Howard Dyke and Mike Gittings

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Dossier 37: Unidentified Vibrational Objects On The Plane of Unbelief

With an exhibition of their work currently on view at Arebyte Gallery, London, we present an exclusive extract from the latest book by the group AUDINT. Steve Goodman traces a genealogy of unidentified vibrational objects…

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The Politics Of Extraction: Art Of The Liquid Crystal Display

At Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art's group show, Liquid Crystal Display, Cathy Wade explores work by the Otolith Group, Anna Barham, Jennifer West, Shimibuku and others

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Who Gets To Be The Artist? An Interview With Suzanne Lacy

Barnaby Smith talks to artist Suzanne Lacy about CalArts, the counterculture, and project management

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“We Know Nothing About The Future”: HANNAH By Verdensteatret

A performance by Verdensteatret at this year's Sonic Acts festival is a hybrid work, a mystery, and an astonishing work of performance, finds Colm McAuliffe

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Honey, I Shrunk The Art: Miniscule At Venice

An exhibition of very, very small art works at Venice includes work by Danny Pockets, Liz Sheridan, Ian Thompson, Cathy Gale, Gina Southgate, Gavin Turk, and others

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Decolonising The Museum: Kader Attia At The Hayward Gallery

Kader Attia's show at the Hayward Gallery looks at forms of racialised oppression through architecture, public spaces, museums, and more, finds Fisun Güner

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Necessary Detours: David Salle’s Comic Turn

With a show of new paintings at Skarstedt Gallery in London, the American artist David Salle talks to Robert Barry about humour, music, and process

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The Artist As Brand Manager: Joana Vasconcelos at Serralves

Bárbara Borges de Campos goes to Porto in search of "the Portuguese artist of our generation". What she finds is more like a glitzy shop window, devoid of real content

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Everything Must Go: Mike Nelson Inters British Industry

At Tate Britain, John Quin sees a different kind of corporate raid

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Love Is A Battlefield: The Brutal Visions Of Hyon Gyon

For her first European solo show, Korean artist Hyon Gyon peels back the layers of a tortured and hallucinatory world

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Still Life, With Isoptera: Manny Faber’s Termite Art

Artist and critic Manny Farber once distinguished the big statement "white elephant art" from the more modest ambitions of "termite art". LA MOCA lets him put his money where his mouth is

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Once Upon A Time In America: The Violence Of Cady Noland

John Quin sees a terrific artist making America grate again at the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt

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Marshmallow World: Henry Hudson At Hannah Barry

Allan Gardner steps into a winter wonderland at Hannah Barry Gallery, Peckham

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A Chance To Cut: Ed Atkins Curates Stan Brakhage, David Kamp

John Quin finds the first cut is the deepest at Berlin's Schinkel Pavilion

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The Poetics Of Space: Ana Santos & Carlos Bunga At MAAT, Lisbon

Two new exhibitions at the Museum of Art Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon, showcase Portuguese contemporary artists. Anathema, an exhibition of Ana Santos’s sculptural work and Architecture of Life, a retrospective of the installations and spaces created by Carlos Bunga

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Between Signal And Noise: The Feminist Soundscapes Of Aura Satz

Is That All There Is To A Fire? Sophie Jung At Block Universe

This Loud White Noise: Larry Achiampong’s Dividednation

Artist-Run: Modern Finance At Thames-Side Studios

Dossier 37: Unidentified Vibrational Objects On The Plane of Unbelief

The Politics Of Extraction: Art Of The Liquid Crystal Display

Who Gets To Be The Artist? An Interview With Suzanne Lacy

“We Know Nothing About The Future”: HANNAH By Verdensteatret

Honey, I Shrunk The Art: Miniscule At Venice

Decolonising The Museum: Kader Attia At The Hayward Gallery

Necessary Detours: David Salle’s Comic Turn

The Artist As Brand Manager: Joana Vasconcelos at Serralves

Everything Must Go: Mike Nelson Inters British Industry

Love Is A Battlefield: The Brutal Visions Of Hyon Gyon

Still Life, With Isoptera: Manny Faber’s Termite Art

Once Upon A Time In America: The Violence Of Cady Noland

Marshmallow World: Henry Hudson At Hannah Barry

A Chance To Cut: Ed Atkins Curates Stan Brakhage, David Kamp

The Poetics Of Space: Ana Santos & Carlos Bunga At MAAT, Lisbon

Cloud Sculptors: An Interview With Frederik Nystrup-Larsen

Location, Location, Location: Mark Fell At Focal Point Gallery

Strange Stars: Nwando Ebizie’s Distorted Constellations

Methods Of Dreaming: Grace Wales Bonner

Bread Head: Martin Creed’s Toast At Hauser & Wirth

Sol-Re-Sol: Emma Smith’s All-Singing ConLang

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Free, Liquid, & Soft: Laura Phillips’ Expanded Cinema

Tick, Tick… Boom: Darren Almond Counts Time

The Mercy Seat Is Waiting: Mat Collishaw In Berlin.

Circling Around La Région Centrale: Michael Snow

Images Under Arrest: Kingsley Ifill At LN-CC

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