Through video, photography, installations, drawing, or exhibition projects, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc explores the principles behind the dominant presence of pre-existent elements and events – notably those linked to imperial history and the colonies of so-called developed countries.
Sat 13 Apr - Sun 18 Aug
Cornerhouse, Manchester
Visual Arts
Legendary French artist will attend this major retrospective of his works exhibited in an exhibition featuring a dialogue between enlarged versions of his painting with inspiring works by the Tapa tribes of the Pacific. Discover Morellet’s intimate relationship with these marvels of primitive art and the profound influence of their precision, rigor and geometry on Morellet’s distinct style of abstraction and repetition.
Wed 1 May - Sun 14 Jul
Ikon Gallery Birmingham
Visual Arts
This eccentric exhibition will take the visitor on a fantastical tour of artworks and artefacts that re-imagine our world. It focuses on individuals who work outside of official channels and institutions, such as the unknown genius Marcel Storr who throughout his life has doggedly pursued the scaffolding of an architectural parallel universe, detached from the painful reality.
Picture: Kempf
Tue 11 Jun - Mon 26 Aug
Hayward Gallery
Visual Arts
Kathrine Kressmann Taylor’s classic pre-war text is brought to life in a powerful new production directed by Steve Marmion reuniting theatre and film legends Christian Clavier and Thierry Lhermitte. Performed in French with English subtitles.
Thu 13 - Sat 22 Jun
Soho Theatre
Performing Arts
To be seen in the UK for the first time: the peculiar welded steel sculptures by artist Etienne Viard. Discover his strong body of work exhibited both at the Piper Gallery and outside the Design Centre. Be suprised by the weightlessness of his pieces which seem to defy gravity.
Fri 14 Jun - Fri 26 Jul
The Piper Gallery
Visual Arts
Focusing on the period 1802-40, this exhibition includes outstanding works by Turner, Girtin and Bonington, and other artists who are now less familiar, such as Thomas Shotter Boys and William Callow.
Thu 20 Jun - Sun 15 Sep
The Wallace Collection
Visual Arts
The Courtauld Gallery is putting together a special exhibition of works by Paul Gaugin, collected together by Samuel Courtauld in the 1920s.
Thu 20 Jun - Sun 8 Sep
Courtauld Gallery
Visual Arts
This double header brings two uncompromising artists together as part of the Shubbak Festival. Massi’s plaintive tones are as seductive as ever while Taha, the king of ‘rock ‘n’ raï’ has come roaring back in his best form with this year’s Zoom album.
Sat 22 Jun
Barbican
Contemporary Music
One of France’s senior artists Jean-Marc Bustamante will take part in a panel exploring the rise of large-scale colour photographic ‘pictures’, and the effect on photography’s place in the museum and its value as art. Other panel speakers include Joanna Lowry and Tamara Trodd. A speaker-led seminar will allow to explore these issues in greater detail.
Sat 22 Jun
Tate Modern
Visual Arts