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  • Steven Appleby: interview

    Studio International visited the artist Steven Appleby’s studio in south London. Appleby, whose work is sometimes described as absurdist, is primarily known for his weekly cartoon strip, Loomus, in the Guardian

  • The British Line: Group Show

    What defines the British national character? The British Line, an exhibition at the Robin Katz gallery of monochrome drawings by some of the greatest British artists from the 20th century to today, hopes to answer that question

  • Pieter Vermeersch

    In his latest solo exhibition, Belgian artist Pieter Vermeersch casts a minimal eye over the fragmentation of time and space, bringing serenity through simplicity

  • Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography

    This retrospective of the work of American photographer and film-maker Paul Strand spans six decades of his career, including his candid street portraits, films and artist’s books

  • Faig Ahmed: ‘Collision of old and new is one of the concepts in my works’

    The Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed talks about his exhibition Fluid Forms, how he reinterprets the process of carpet-making, and the fact that traditional weavers were not happy producing carpets with gaping holes

  • Zarina: Descending Darkness

    In her works on paper and installations, the artist Zarina, who left her birthplace in India more than 50 years ago, explores the idea of home while living elsewhere

  • Gretchen Bender

    In a mesmerising and disquieting exhibition, Tate Liverpool showcases the prophetic work of video artist Gretchen Bender, who railed against the rise of consumerism and the political appropriation of mass media

  • Allen Jones

    Risking the wrath of many, London’s Royal Academy of Arts is playing host to a long-overdue thematic overview of the controversial works of British pop artist Allen Jones.

  • Roxy Paine interview: ‘The best ideas come out of long gestation’

    Roxy Paine’s Checkpoint is the latest of his meticulously crafted dioramas. He talks about how he fuses industry and nature in his work and why, despite the vast scale of some of his pieces, he still makes everything by hand

  • Marni Kotak interview: ‘I wanted to have my son’s birth as a performance’

    US artist Marni Kotak talks about her performance of everyday events in real life as way to raise awareness of self-destructive emotions that ruin women’s lives and often go unnoticed

  • Adeline de Monseignat: interview

    Dutch-Monagesque artist Adeline de Monseignat’s work is greatly influenced by Sigmund Freud’s concept of the uncanny. For her current exhibition, Home at the Ronchini Gallery, she has created a large-scale installation exploring childhood memories

  • Hayal Pozanti interview: ‘Materials and processes are pushing the boundaries of what constitutes a painting physically’

    Hayal Pozanti interview: ‘Materials and processes are pushing the boundaries of what constitutes a painting physically’

  • Fabrizio Poltronieri: Iconic Theogonies – The presentation of Computational Gods

    The 20 prints in this show are a product of pure chance, says Fabrizio Poltronieri, who as both artist and programmer, positions himself in the tradition of truthful and direct computational experimentation between man, code and computer

  • From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia

    Canadian artist Emily Carr, born near the end of the 19th century, recorded the relics and landscapes of the indigenous people of British Columbia. Through her work, this exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery provides a vividly illustrated history lesson

  • E.V. Day interview: ‘I stiffened 200 thongs to look like jet fighters and strung them in the atrium of Philip Morris’s. That would not have happened in the 70s.’

    Best-known for her 3D installations, artist E.V. Day talks about using Barbie dolls, ripped clothing, skulls, monofilament and light to explore sexuality and feminism, and why she’s glad the humour shows in her work

  • Agathe Sorel: studio tour

    Agathe Sorel talks to Studio International about the work in her retrospective exhibition at the Studio of Contemporary Art, Forest Hill, London. Her work has been principally interested in the line, and its 3D – or even 4D – properties,…

  • Piotr Ukla&#324ski interview: ‘I think of death all the time’

    The New York-based Polish artist Piotr Uklański talks about the influence of the second world war on his work, dealing with death as a subject, and his eternal pessimism

  • Frieze London 2014

    The 12th edition of Frieze London brought many changes. Yet while curators and exhibitors took creative risks, the Frieze formula continues to succeed in bringing the best galleries and artists to London each year

  • Christian Thompson interview: ‘My work does not need to be read through the optical lens of my race’

    Janet McKenzie: Christian, you were born in South Australia, travelled extensively with your family while growing up, but consider your home to be in Queensland, where your great-great-great-grandfather was a senior tribesman of the Bidjara people. Can you describe your…

  • Ethereal

    This exhibition of contemporary art from South Asia displays an impressive range of materials and styles, traditional and modern, but stays within an all-embracing fold of the ethereal

  • Age of Wonderland

    One of the highlights of this year’s Dutch Design Week was Age of Wonderland, in which young artists and designers from across the world came to the Netherlands to develop their visions on social innovation and co-creation, and exchange ideas…

  • What Marcel Duchamp Taught Me

    One hundred years after Marcel Duchamp produced his first readymade, more than 50 artists, including Peter Blake, Michael Craig-Martin and Janet Laurence, show how he influenced their work

  • Cut to Swipe

    With works from the 1980s to the present that appropriate, and sometimes manipulate, images and sound from television, film, the internet and radio, MoMA’s Cut to Swipe explores the rapidly changing nature of visual culture across digital and social media

  • Anselm Kiefer

    Anselm Kiefer, who was born in Germany in 1945, studied law before beginning his art education in Karlsruhe and then Düsseldorf. Now seen as one of the most successful artists of his generation, he represented his country at the 39th…