Author: jaywp
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Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss, and the Cycle of Life
Despite the vast differences in the style and intention of their work, this exhibition attempts to show how Munch’s imagery entered Johns’s psyche and then lay dormant for years, only to resurface transformed
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Sophie Jung: ‘I don’t trust language’
The performance artist talks about Chinese encyclopaedias, the Austrian feminist playwright Elfriede Jelinek, and her family of actors
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City Sculpture Projects 1972
Two of the 14 original sculptures are accompanied by other work from that time, alongside maquettes and models, and documentation from a special edition of Studio International produced to accompany the 1972 project
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Anselm Kiefer: Walhalla
Anselm Kiefer weaves myth and the modern era into a characteristically apocalyptic show. But is it all doom and gloom?
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Karen Russo: ‘I’ve always liked the idea of making films that were somehow outside of time’
The artist talks about her two most recent films, Haus Atlantis and TET-Stadt, which centre on the buildings and ideas of the German expressionist architect and Nazi sympathiser Bernhard Hoetger
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Franciszka Themerson: Lines and Thoughts
This exhibition reveals Themerson’s ability to conjure life and emotion out of a single line in her drawings, or convey a whole interior landscape through her rich, densely worked paintings
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David Kohn: ‘In trying to broaden what architecture could be, it feels like there is room to breathe’
From a house extension modelled on a fox, to a new quad for an Oxford college, to a hotel in the air, Kohn has tackled them all, with – as he explains – a little help from some very strong-minded…
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Pat Steir
This dramatic selection of the American artist’s painting from 1990-2011 marks her first London show for 26 years
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Emma Elliott: ‘Being human is the most important thing. Just being human and not fighting’
The Passion For Freedom ambassador talks about her current project, which brings together the stigmata of the crucifixion and the Holocaust, seeking to create a dialogue of unity and reconciliation within a fractured society
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Jiang Dahai: ‘There are universal values shared among artists and scholars around the world’
The Chinese-born artist unfolds his search for abstraction in all art, his pursuit of musicality and why all art should be judged by the same standards regardless of nationality
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Laura Owens
Laura Owens’s dynamic abstract paintings, accompanied her own quirky audio guide, ensure there is never a dull moment in this vibrant exhibition
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Intrigue: James Ensor by Luc Tuymans
Ensor’s star has remained dim in the UK. This small exhibition of his works, selected by fellow Belgian and lifelong admirer Tuymans, establishes Ensor as a major figure of his era
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Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Rêveries Urbaines
Dreaming of new ways to connect humans to cities, the Paris-based brothers have sidestepped architectural rhetoric to ignite imaginations with a handful of inspired, three-dimensional sketches
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Magnus Plessen: ‘I try to undo or confuse any preconceived ideas while working on a painting’
The German artist talks about his latest show at White Cube in London, which includes paintings done in the past two years as part of his continuing project, 1914, looking at the horrors inflicted on first world war soldiers
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Monica Bonvicini: ‘It is not merely a display of sculptures and objects but a praxis about what it means to produce, show and display’
The Italian artist talks about her survey show at Baltic and how bringing together her works in new combinations helps her see them in different ways
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Wael Shawky: ‘When you invert language, you make it even stronger’
With two exhibitions of his work opening in Italy this month, Wael Shawky talks about his film-making, connecting literature with myth and history, and why he uses marionettes and children as his protagonists
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In Focus: Stanley Spencer – A Panorama of Life
This bite-size exhibition offers a concise but surprisingly thorough overview of the artist’s life in, and love for, Cookham; his complex personal relationships; and his dedication to depicting everyday domestic life through a religious lens
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Anthea Hamilton: ‘There is something quite liberating about knowing that you can’t always resolve things because it gives you the freedom to go for it’
The Turner Prize-nominated artist talks about her experience of reimagining the Kettle’s Yard collection at the University of Cambridge in a contemporary and collaborative fashion
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Cheng Ran: Diary of a Madman
For his first solo US exhibition, the Chinese artist presents his view of New York through a multimedia installation. It’s a fascinating insight into the city seen through the eyes of a stranger
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Century: 100 Modern British Artists
The UK may be struggling with its identity in a globalised world, but the artists of the past century knew exactly who we were, as seen in this joyous and playfully curated sweep through 20th-century British art
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György Jovánovics: ‘A relief shows a dynamic promise, which is more than what one can see at first glance’
The Hungarian neo-avant-garde relief artist unravels his enduring interest in the abstract possibilities of drapery, his belief that reliefs should be afforded the status of a fine art in their own right, and the difficulties of staying connected to contemporary…
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Donna Huanca: ‘Memory is perhaps the most permanent architecture’
The Chicago-born artist discusses shedding skin, the idea of permanence, and being involved in Manifesta 11
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Maureen Gallace: ‘I wasn’t straining to do anything clever with such an odd or seemingly unfashionable way of painting’
For her third solo exhibition at Maureen Paley, London, the New York-based painter shows a group of new works that continue to mystify with their enigmatic portrayals of secluded houses and nature scenes
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Peter Wächtler: ‘It’s a strange mixture of respect, and total disrespect’
The Berlin and Brussels-based artist discusses the benefits of repetition, grappling with tradition, and being an extra in a film with Tom Cruise
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