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Aesthetica engages with contemporary art, contextualising it within the larger cultural framework. Founded in 2002, Aesthetica Magazine is one of Britain's leading art publications. www.aestheticamagazine.com.

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Image and Identity in Iran | Bi Nam | Ffotogallery | Penarth

Curated by Amak Mahmoodian, Bi Nam is a group exhibition exploring image and identity in Iran. This is the first show in the UK representing the work of a group of contemporary Iranian...

May 15, 2012 Like

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Daniel Linehan: Zombie Aporia | Lilian Baylis Studio | Sadlers Wells Theatre | London

Text by Grace HendersonZombie means living and dead. Aporia means logical contraction. The title of choreographer and performerDaniel Linehans latest work is a hybrid of two words that have never...

May 4, 2012 Like

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Sara Greavu & Phil Hession: Titanic Toast | Golden Thread Gallery | Belfast

Text by Angela Darby Of the many urban myths surrounding the Titanic’s legacy one predominant legend describes how Protestant dock workers in Belfast chalked the letters NPH (“No Pope Here”) on the...

May 3, 2012 Like

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ASFF 2012: ONE MONTH TO GO! SUBMIT TODAY TO SCREEN YOUR FILM

Its now only one month until the deadline for The Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2012 (ASFF) and here in the Aesthetica offices, were getting very excited. Weve already had some excellent entries...

May 2, 2012 Like

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The Viewer as Spectator, Subject or Performer | The Catlin Art Prize 2012 | Interview with Poppy Bisdee

Text by Bethany RexThe Catlin Art Prize, an annual event showcasing the most promising art school graduates one year on from their degree exhibitions, opens tomorrow at the Londonewcastle Project...

May 2, 2012 Like

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Dialogues With The Physical | The Space Between | Tate Britain

Text by Travis RileyFacing out from the entrance of The Space Between, (the title given to the recent rehang of the Tate’s contemporary collection) kneels a disfigured male, with disarmingly large,...

Apr 27, 2012 Like

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Art Doesnt Act and Doesnt Work | Forget Fear | The 7th Berlin Biennale For Contemporary Art

For the curator of the 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Polish-artist Artur Żmijewski, the concept of the Biennale is simple - presenting art that has a transformative impact on society,...

Apr 26, 2012 Like

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Big Brother is Watching You: David Dunnico: 1984 Looks Like This | Salford Museum & Art Gallery

Text by Liz BuckleyGeorge Orwell’s enigmatic novel 1984, first published in 1949, got the world thinking; was this a prophecy, or simply science fiction? First written not so much as a prediction...

Apr 25, 2012 Like

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Currents 106: Chelsea Knight | Saint Louis Art Museum | Missouri

Text by Laura Elizabeth BaroneChelsea Knight’s current solo-exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum, Currents 106: Chelsea Knight, is a two-part, show, split up into two galleries on opposite...

Apr 24, 2012 Like

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Miró: Sculptor | Yorkshire Sculpture Park | Wakefield

Text by Elizabeth Holdsworth The sky is wide in Wakefield, or at least it appears so. Shouldering this weight of blue, Joan Mirós bronze sculptures trample the neat lawns of the Yorkshire Sculpture...

Apr 23, 2012 Like

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A New Art Fair for Yorkshire | Saltburn Arts Fair | 3 - 5 August 2012

Saltburn-by-the-Sea still has a pier, making it a seaside resort in the traditional and best sense. This time last year, the local creative community was preparing for The Exhibitionists , an...

Apr 23, 2012 Like

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Interview with Satis House Project Space Belfast curators Eoin Dara and Kim McAleese

Over the next two years contemporary art in Northern Ireland will experience developments progressively on par to other successful regions in the UK. In 2013 the prestigious Turner Prize will be...

Apr 21, 2012 Like

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The Transcendental World of Photographer Jordan Sullivan | Roadsongs | Clic Gallery | New York

Text by Bethany RexBrooklyn-based photographer Jordan Sullivan was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Ohio, Michigan, and Indonesia. He studied at the University of Michigan and University...

Apr 20, 2012 Like

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Contemporary Street Art From Israel | Broken Fingaz Crew: Crazy Eye Hotel | Shop 13: The Old Truman Brewery | London

Text by Bethany RexBroken Fingaz are a pioneering, multidisciplinary street art collection from Haifa, Israel. Heralded as the first crew to emerge from their homeland, their widely acclaimed and...

Apr 20, 2012 Like

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Navigating Contemporary Oddities, Ideas & Ideologies | Shezad Dawood: Piercing Brightness | Modern Art Oxford

Text by Asana GreenstreetPeople are always wishing, hoping for some sort of transformative experience from art. Gazing at a Gainsborough is all well and good, transporting the viewer back through...

Apr 19, 2012 Like

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Piers Rawson: Small Moments: The Human Face of Semana Santa | Forest Arts Centre | New Milton

Carrying just a single, unobtrusive camera, photographer Piers Rawson spent several days on the streets of Seville during the Semana Santa Easter celebrations.Rawson was looking for the more...

Apr 19, 2012 Like

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Sarah Browne: How to Use Fools Gold | Ikon Gallery | Birmingham

Text by William DavieOne of the current exhibitions at Ikon Gallery is Sarah Brownes exhibition How to Use Fools Gold. This exhibition is the first UK solo exhibition by the Dublin-based artist and...

Apr 18, 2012 Like

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A Celebration of British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age | V&A | London

In preparation for the Summer Olympics and in conjunction with a trend of promoting British culture, the Victoria & Albert Museum explores the many facets of British contributions to modern design....

Apr 17, 2012 Like

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Bridging the Gap Between Landscape and Abstraction | David Wightman: Paramour | Halcyon Gallery | London

Born in Stockport, David Wightmans first exposure to art was through the Manchester Art Gallery where he became captivated by the pre-Raphaelite collection and the fantasy worlds of William...

Apr 16, 2012 Like

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Hans-Peter Feldmann | Serpentine Gallery | London

Text by Travis RileyDespite having gained a considerable reputation across Europe, and having won the $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize in New York (2010), this is Hans-Peter Feldmann’s first show in a...

Apr 16, 2012 Like

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Jim Dow: American Studies | Robert Klein Gallery | Boston

Jim Dow’s (b. 1942) photographs focus on the passage of time as it is recorded in landscapes from North Dakota to Great Britain to Argentina. Using an 8 x 10 inch view camera, Dow turns his lens to...

Apr 13, 2012 Like

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Art or Meme? | Eva and Franco Mattes | Carroll/Fletcher | London

Text by Bethany RexEva and Franco Mattes current exhibition at Carroll/Fletcher was Anonymous, untitled, dimensions, variable on Wednesday, Building Stories on Thursday and todays exhibition title...

Apr 13, 2012 Like

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El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa | North Carolina Museum of Art | Raleigh NC

Text by Sarah RichterEl Anatsui is widely recognised as one of Africas foremost contemporary artists. Most well known for his signature bottle cap sculptures, his artistic practice is punctuated by...

Apr 12, 2012 Like

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Anthony Earnshaw: The Imp of Surrealism | Cartwright Hall Art Gallery | Lister Park | Bradford

Text by Daniel Potts Cartwright Hall sits in the award-winning Lister Park - an appropriate venue in terms of its relatively close proximity to the birthplace of the artist. The survey of the work...

Apr 12, 2012 Like

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A Season of Artists Film and Video | Ben Rivers: Ode to the Flâneur | S1 Artspace | Sheffield

Weve been keeping a close eye on S1 SALON: a series of artists film and video screenings that take place at S1 Artspace in Sheffield. Now in its sixth cycle, S1 SALON 2012 presents three new...

Apr 11, 2012 Like

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The Formation of Identity | Shilpa Gupta: Someone Else | Arnolfini | Bristol

Text by Regina PapachlimitzouIn her first major solo exhibition in the UK, Mumbai-based artist Shilpa Gupta uses an eclectic variety of media to explore some of the themes most central to her work:...

Apr 11, 2012 Like

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Public Faces and Private Lives | Gillian Wearing | Whitechapel Gallery | London

Text by Daniel BarnesBefore the mundane and grotesque content of anybody’s life could be accessed at a mere click, there was Gillian Wearing, who made subtle, engaging art about people. Her early...

Apr 10, 2012 Like

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Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski | Danse-moi vers la fin de lamour | French Riviera | London

Text by Bethany RexDanse-moi vers la fin de lamour is the culmination of a two year project by the artists Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski. The project explores the freedoms that result from...

Apr 5, 2012 Like

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A New Space for the Creative Community in the North-East | BALTIC 39 Opening | Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Text by Rachel Van Greuning BALTIC 39 a new hub for Contemporary Art in Newcastle upon Tyne opens to the public on Friday 6 April. Aesthetica spoke to BALTIC Director Godfrey Worsdale on the...

Apr 4, 2012 Like

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Image and Identity in Iran | Bi Nam | Ffotogallery | Penarth

Daniel Linehan: Zombie Aporia | Lilian Baylis Studio | Sadlers Wells Theatre | London

Sara Greavu & Phil Hession: Titanic Toast | Golden Thread Gallery | Belfast

ASFF 2012: ONE MONTH TO GO! SUBMIT TODAY TO SCREEN YOUR FILM

The Viewer as Spectator, Subject or Performer | The Catlin Art Prize 2012 | Interview with Poppy Bisdee

Dialogues With The Physical | The Space Between | Tate Britain

Art Doesnt Act and Doesnt Work | Forget Fear | The 7th Berlin Biennale For Contemporary Art

Big Brother is Watching You: David Dunnico: 1984 Looks Like This | Salford Museum & Art Gallery

Currents 106: Chelsea Knight | Saint Louis Art Museum | Missouri

Miró: Sculptor | Yorkshire Sculpture Park | Wakefield

A New Art Fair for Yorkshire | Saltburn Arts Fair | 3 - 5 August 2012

Interview with Satis House Project Space Belfast curators Eoin Dara and Kim McAleese

The Transcendental World of Photographer Jordan Sullivan | Roadsongs | Clic Gallery | New York

Contemporary Street Art From Israel | Broken Fingaz Crew: Crazy Eye Hotel | Shop 13: The Old Truman Brewery | London

Navigating Contemporary Oddities, Ideas & Ideologies | Shezad Dawood: Piercing Brightness | Modern Art Oxford

Piers Rawson: Small Moments: The Human Face of Semana Santa | Forest Arts Centre | New Milton

Sarah Browne: How to Use Fools Gold | Ikon Gallery | Birmingham

A Celebration of British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age | V&A | London

Bridging the Gap Between Landscape and Abstraction | David Wightman: Paramour | Halcyon Gallery | London

Hans-Peter Feldmann | Serpentine Gallery | London

Jim Dow: American Studies | Robert Klein Gallery | Boston

Art or Meme? | Eva and Franco Mattes | Carroll/Fletcher | London

El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa | North Carolina Museum of Art | Raleigh NC

Anthony Earnshaw: The Imp of Surrealism | Cartwright Hall Art Gallery | Lister Park | Bradford

A Season of Artists Film and Video | Ben Rivers: Ode to the Flâneur | S1 Artspace | Sheffield

The Formation of Identity | Shilpa Gupta: Someone Else | Arnolfini | Bristol

Public Faces and Private Lives | Gillian Wearing | Whitechapel Gallery | London

Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski | Danse-moi vers la fin de lamour | French Riviera | London

A New Space for the Creative Community in the North-East | BALTIC 39 Opening | Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The Art Collective | Gallery 40 | Brighton | Interview with Finn Dean

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