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As part of SOAS's ongoing series of Artist Talks, Yinka Shonibare CBE will be joined in conversation by Dr. Gus Casely-Hayford (Director, V&A East) on Monday 25 January, 5–7pm. The event will be chaired by Dr. Polly Savage (SOAS School of Arts). 

'I'm' at The Contemporary, Austin is the first institutional solo exhibition in Texas by Austin-based artist Deborah Roberts. To coincide with the exhibition, the artist has also created a new figurative mural on the exterior of the Jones Center building. 

Art Fund are calling on the public to join #togetherformuseums to help empower Britain's institutions to adapt and innovate during this time of crisis. All those who make a donation to the campaign can choose an exclusive reward inspired by the project. British artist David Shrigley has contributed a set of two 100% cotton tea towels, designed specially for the campaign.

A captivating public sculpture by Tom Friedman, 'Looking Up', 2020 is now on view in midtown New York City at the entrance of Rockefeller Center’s Channel Gardens, 5th Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets. 

Ilona Keserü features in the group exhibition ‘Tracing the Fragments’, co-presented by K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai and Q Contemporary, Budapest. Situating Central Eastern European and Chinese contemporary art in dialogue, the works selected explore the idea of timescape, as well as the formation and interpretation of memories.

We are delighted to announce the launch of David Shrigley’s latest edition. Pricing will be tiered, starting at £750 (excl. framing, shipping and applicable taxes). To secure a copy of this print please call the gallery on +44 (0) 20 7494 1434 from 9am (GMT) on Monday 11 January. 

This group exhibition celebrates half a century of printmaking at Tama Art University. Bringing together a wide variety of works by artists and designers affiliated with the institution, this presentation demonstrates the versatility and multidisciplinary potential of printmaking as a medium. Amongst the works on display are Jiro Takamatsu's lithographic prints, 'Japanese Letters' and 'English Words'. 

'Material (SG) II', by Yinka Shonibare CBE, which forms part of the artist’s 'Wind Sculpture' series, will be unveiled in 2021 at the outdoor plaza at the new office building, 360 Rosemary. The sculpture was commissioned in collaboration with Related Companies, The West Palm Beach Art in Public Places (AiPP) Program and city of West Palm Beach. 

Public Art Fund was invited by Empire State Development to develop and direct a program of ambitious art installations for three prominent sites within the new Moynihan Train Hall, to be launched in January 2021. These very different commissions, by Stan Douglas, Elmgreen & Dragset, and Kehinde Wiley, demonstrate each artist’s ingenuity and vision.

Jim Hodges' new mirrored-glass artwork is now on view above the busiest entrance at Grand Central Station. Located near the 42 Street entrance, on the landing and mezzanine levels of the stairs and escalator that connect Grand Central Terminal with the subway station, the expansive work is comprised of over 5,000 pieces of glass in more than 70 different colours. 

This new monograph represents the first in-depth survey of the life and work of one of America's most celebrated contemporary artists. 

The Queen's New Year Honours list recognises the achievements of a wide range of outstanding individuals from across the United Kingdom. We are pleased to announce that this year Denzil Forrester has been awarded an MBE for services to Visual Arts.

As 2020 ends and another year begins, DRAF's 'Broadcasts: On Screen' programme also draws to a close. After screening fourteen works from the David Roberts Collection so far this year, DRAF leaves us with a final edition, the aptly symbolic 'Light Switch' by David Shrigley. 

'K.I.P' brings together emerging and international artists in an annual project which spans the outdoor public spaces of Puurs-Sint-Amands. For its third iteration, Kendell Geers presents 'Pro Deo et Patria', a sculpture in which two police batons are placed side by side in the sign of a cross. A tool of neither church nor state, this provocative sculpture embodies Geers' faith in the power of art to "change the world – one perception at a time."

‘Winter Dreams’ is a presentation of five collection paintings by Hulda Guzmán, Chris Johanson, and Firenze Lai. Displayed 24-hours in a street-facing vitrine, ‘The Nightmare’, from the series 'Be Kind To Your Demons', 2018 by Hulda Guzmán presents a number of scenes in which female characters carry out mundane activities in the company of devil-like creatures. 

'Photographic Images and Matter: Japanese Prints of the 1970s' is a travelling exhibition of Japanese prints and editions, which opened at Salah Taher gallery in the grounds of the Cairo Opera House in December 2020. The exhibition explores how artists employed myriad printmaking techniques to express the tumult of contemporary Japanese society at the time. 

'Las Palmas: Apofenia' is part of 'Chain reaction', an ongoing collaboration between Fidelidade Arte and Culturgest, Porto where the exhibition travels in spring 2021. Amongst the works on display are new sculptures by Holly Hendry that were created for 'Busy Bodies', the British artist's solo project for Frieze London 2020.

Claire Barclay has been commissioned by Tideway, London to create artworks for the new public realm site at Putney. In response to the heritage theme ‘Recreation to Industry: Society in Transition', Barclay has developed a series of three works: three bronze oars to be incorporated into the foreshore balustrade in the form of lengths of handrail; text integrated within the inlaid University Boat Race (UBR) marker line in the form of raised cast lettering; and a graphic pattern waterjet cut into the granite walling of the foreshore kiosk.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts marks one year since the 2019 unveiling of Kehinde Wiley’s ‘Rumors of War’, presenting both outdoor and virtual events to "pay tribute to the sculpture’s power, beauty, and prophetic relevance". 

Artist Deborah Roberts joined Evelyn Hankins (Senior Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden) for an online discussion on power, identity, and challenging cultural myths and stereotypes. This virtual event is part of 'Talking to Our Time', the Hirshhorn’s online series of free artist talks featuring a diverse group of artists and collectives. The talk is also part of #HirshhornInsideOut, the Museum’s initiative to bring art into your home.