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Champagne Life

As the Saatchi Gallery marks its 30th anniversary with its first all-women exhibition, a new generation of female artists seems confident about what the next three decades will bring
When silence falls

This is a group exhibition of work by contemporary artists exploring humanitarian crimes. It presents us with alternative perspectives on history, including those of minority groups or people with little power, and the exhibition is an example of how the…
An artist who is changing sculpture: Katrina Palmer

Lisa Le Feuvre, the head of sculpture studies at the Henry Moore Institute, tells the fascinating tale of London’s Necropolitan Railway, the inspiration for Katrina Palmer’s sculptural installation, which takes visitors on a one-way journey
Liz Magic Laser: ‘I’m interested in throwing a well-rehearsed script into a precarious scenario’

The multimedia artist talks about being critical of TED talks, studying US presidents, treating the child as an emblem of the future, and other artists who have had most significance for her
Carole Robb: ‘It was the harsh Scottish weather that shaped the internal life of my imagination’

As a child, she drew on her bedrooms walls. As an adult, she has won the Prix de Rome and a Fulbright Scholarship. Born in Scotland, she has lived in Rome, New York and London. Here, she talks about her…
Ivan Sotnikov: Painting of the 20th – 21st Century

A private museum in St Petersburg showcases the works of an important local artist who died last year
Anthony Pearson: ‘I am seeking an inventive form as opposed to a clearly conventional one’

The artist, known for his refined sculptures and reliefs, explains why he moved from photography to sculpture, why he likes flaws and idiosyncrasy to be part of his work, and why he bans artificial light in his studio, stopping work…
Francesca Woodman: On Being An Angel

Influenced by surrealism and the Gothic revival, as well as speaking to the contemporary 1970s feminist zeitgeist, Francesca Woodman’s photography offers a timeless representation of a young woman on the cusp of adulthood
Margaret Harrison: ‘You have to have a strategy to draw people into the work’

Pioneering artist Margaret Harrison shares memories of her early career as an activist for equal rights and pay and fair working conditions for women
Paul Huxley: ‘I have more fun making sculpture than making paintings, but I’ve made paintings all my life’

The artist talks about his career, from visiting Robert Motherwell and Lee Krasner in New York in the 1960s, to his wall drawings for the Azerbaijan pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, to his new work for a forthcoming show…
Munch: Van Gogh

This thorough exhibition explores parallels in the lives and works of Vincent Van Gogh and Edvard Munch, two artists whose lives were plagued by anguish, but whose works are loved for their colour and humanity
Emilia Kabakov: ‘The idea behind this work is that reality can never been seen straight on, but is always obscured either on purpose or by necessity’

Emilia Kabakov, who collaborates with her husband, Russian conceptual artist Ilya Kabakov, talks about working together, their exhibition at Pace Gallery, and other projects they are planning
Risk

From the work of Bas Jan Ader, who disappeared while crossing the Atlantic in a tiny boat, to the political statements of Ai Weiwei, to Lucy Wood’s improbably dangerous glass trampoline, this exhibition explores risk in art
Yevgeniy Fiks: ‘Any utopia is queer by nature, because it takes you from the present and directs you to a strange time and place’

Artist and curator Yevgeniy Fiks talks about his work with curator Olga Kopenkina for the exhibition Future Queer Perfect, which looks at the utopian aspirations of Soviet experience and its connection to artistic and cultural concerns
Amelia Critchlow & Evy Jokhova: ‘The conversation, in many ways, will probably continue perpetually’

The artists talk about their year-long collaboration and how they learned from each other’s different working styles, while also pushing their own practices to the limits
Shigeo Anzaï: Index I

This solo show explores the archives of photographer Shigeo Anzaï, looking at his role in documenting artists making and installing works in exhibitions in Japan between 1970 and 1976, starting with the 10th Tokyo Biennale
Rose Blake: ‘I have always found it easier to express a thought through a picture rather than words’

The illustrator and artist talks about her recent exhibition at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery, drawing by hand and directly into the computer, the perils of being freelance – and why being Peter Blake’s daughter can be embarrassing
IC-98: Drawn into Tomorrow

Finnish duo IC-98’s large-scale projections, combining intricate hand drawing with digital animation, take us into a maelstrom of waves, ruin and woodland, leaving us to contemplate the treachery of nature, and our tiny place in the world
Niamh McCann: ‘I consider making a form of thinking’

The internationally acclaimed Irish artist talks about her latest show, Just Left of Copernicus, how she has been influenced by the work of German architect Hans Poelzig, and whymaking is the true test of one’s ideas
Art Basel Miami Beach 2015

Although its subtext was sales, fair week provided a swirl for the senses. A dizzying array of work was attended by more than 35,000 artists, curators, collectors and viewers (77,000 if you include the satellite fairs). ABMB 2015 remained, by…
Eva Langret: ‘As more and more exhibitions are produced in Africa, by African curators, the need for the rest of the world to “get it right” will become redundant’

Eva Langret, head of exhibitions for London’s Tiwani Contemporary gallery, discusses the current surge of interest in Africa’s contemporary artists and calls for an end to reductive, pan-African exhibition frameworks and more recognition of the individual artist
Making Africa: a continent of contemporary design

This exhibition explores the impact new technology has had on the work of African artists, designers and architects, and Guggenheim Bilbao curator Petra Joos talks about its implications
Ruth Root: ‘I love to see how artists create such a joy from colour’

The painter talks about her first US solo exhibition, at the Aldrich Contemporary Museum of Art, her love of colour and Photoshop, and making a huge change in her work
Crossing the Line 3: Global Drawing

(including Contemporary Australian Drawing #5 and A Global Audit: Drawing Everywhere) Florence was the venue for the third of the Crossing the Line conferences, which explore the role of the artist in society. It also included two exhibitions, one of…