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FIRST MAJOR CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY ACQUISITION FOR UK MUSEUM BY AWARD-WINNING GHANAIAN ARTIST IBRAHIM MAHAMA

Eight photographic C-prints by Ibrahim Mahama that consider the internal migration of workers in Ghana and the extractive mining industry in the South of the country have been acquired by the Contemporary…

Nao Matsunaga, Hybrid of sorts/Hybrid of Thoughts

Friday Dispatch – 7 October 2022 Nao Matsunaga, Hybrid of sorts/Hybrid of Thoughts Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix, Spitalfields 23 September – 12 November 2022   “Deep down I want to make…

Teresita Fernández: Caribbean Cosmos

Friday Dispatch – 30 September 2022 Teresita Fernández: Caribbean Cosmos Lehmann Maupin, South Kensington 14 September – 5 November 2022   New York-based conceptual artist Teresita Fernández’s poetic installations –…

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CAS Acquisition: Yinka Shonibare’s Unstructured Icons

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Unstructured Icons, 2018 A set of six woodblock prints with fabric collage on Somerset Tub sized satin 410gsm paper in a limited edition of 25. 84…

Carolee Schneemann: 1955-1959 and Body Politics

Friday Dispatch 9th September 2022 Carolee Schneemann: 1955-1959 Hales Gallery, London 17 September – 29 October 2022 — Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics Barbican Art Gallery, London 8 September 2022 –…

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This summer, MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, stages the largest solo exhibition of Lubna Chowdhary’s work to date at a critical moment in her practice. Chowdhary ’s work demonstrates…

CAS Acquisition: Phoebe Collings-James Clay Painting Gifted to York Art Gallery

Phoebe Collings-James practice comes from a desire to work with clay as a live sculptural surface, and from previous paintings she had produced on canvas. These two ways of making…

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Rosalind Nashashibi: A Trilogy of Films Part One, Part Two and Part ThreePier Art Centre Read More…   Around the UK: – Shifting Perspectives Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, 27…

Consultancy: Art on the Elizabeth Line

Prior to joining Contemporary Art Society, Head of Consultancy, Colin Ledwith, developed the Crossrail Art Programme Cultural Strategy. Colin went on to deliver commissions for the Elizabeth Line with artists…

CAS Acquisition: Carlos Bunga’s Sculptures Gifted to Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea

This gift of two sculptures by Carlos Bunga to Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is an important addition to their collection.  It supports their ongoing work with local and international contemporary…

Anya Paintsil: We Are All Made of You