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For his first exhibition in Norway, Jonathan Baldock presents a new body of works.  In an essay commissioned specially for the show Chris Bayley (Curatorial Assistant, Barbican Art Gallery, London) writes, "Baldock’s immersive exhibition encourages the viewer to enter a psychological world that revels in the performative properties of sculpture and is imbued with a magical, ritualistic power. It seduces and repels in equal measure."

“As a Brighton resident, it was an honour to be the Guest Director of Brighton Festival in 2018 and to see how much joy it gave to people. I was extremely saddened that Brighton Dome was forced to close and Lemn Sissay’s Festival cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. By helping to support this campaign it gives us all a glimmer of hope that we will be able to enjoy live art events again in the city." – David Shrigley 

'Into the Labyrinth' is an online group exhibition which brings together works on the theme of the labyrinth by contemporary artists including Alice Channer, Dorothy Cross, Tonico Lemos Auad, Helen Mirra, Alison Turnball, Mark Wallinger and Carey Young. The exhibition features two textile works by Tonico Lemos Auad. 

Two person exhibition ‘True Blue’ features artists Sky Glabush and Johannes Nagel. Both artists allow the process of creating their works to be somewhat improvisational, resulting in works that emerge as a conversation between materials, colours, textures, and composition.

'A Museum for All, a Museum for Dogs' is a group exhibition at MMCA that invites dogs to visit the Museum alongside their human companions. Included in the exhibition is David Shrigley's characteristically playful animation, 'Hello There', which was created to coincide with the release of the British artist's book 'How are you Feeling?' in 2012. 

Caroline Walker features in the group exhibition ‘Everyday Heroes’, presented in the outdoor spaces around the Hayward Gallery and the Southbank Centre, London. Celebrating ordinary people through art and poetry, this open-air exhibition highlights the vital contributions that key workers and frontline staff have made during the coronavirus pandemic.

M WOODS presents two film works by British-born Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE in the museum's Temple Galleries in Beijing, China. Shonibare's films 'Odile and Odette' and 'Addio del Passato' are shown within specially reconstructed Ming dynasty temples. 

Syracuse University Art Museum hosted Director & Chief Curator Vanja Malloy and contemporary artist and graduate of Syracuse University Deborah Roberts for an online conversation on Thursday 20 August. The event is the culmination of a series of exciting virtual conversations that connect contemporary artists and their work to friends and alumni of Syracuse University. 

'When Sun Comes Out' is Blank Forms' first benefit exhibition, initiated in response to the challenges raised by the Covid-19 pandemic for the arts and the performing arts in particular. The exhibition features works by over 40 artists who are collaborators or friends of the non-profit organisation, including Ugandan artist Leilah Babirye.

The art of Scottish drawing is celebrated in 'Lines from Scotland', a group exhibition featuring three generations of painters, sculptors, textile designers, musicians and makers including rarely seen works by Elizabeth Blackadder, Andy Goldsworthy, Dorothy Hogg, David Shrigley and Inge Thomson.

Located in the Unesco World Heritage Centre of the Dolomites, Biennale Gherdëina is centred on a dialogue between contemporary art and the valley's cultural heritage as a centuries-old site for the creation of wooden sculpture. The Biennale features a selection of sculptural and textile works by Brazilian artist Tonico Lemos Auad. 

To celebrate the launch of our new online shop, Stephen Friedman Gallery is giving you the opportunity to win this vibrant limited-edition artwork by David Shrigley, in a competition judged by the artist himself. 

Black Rock Senegal artist residency application cycle for Year 2 is open between 5–31 August 2020 to artists of all mediums and all nationalities. 

We are delighted that Arts Council Collection has acquired works from Jonathan Baldock's 'Maske' series. These wall-based ceramics are amongst the 38 works by 21 artists recently acquired by the Collection with the aim of supporting and promoting British artists at a critical stage in their career. 

‘Art on the Grid’ is a multi-platform exhibition featuring 50 artists’ reflections on the pandemic at 500+ locations across New York. Public Art Fund invited 50 emerging New York-based artists to reflect on the current situation as a way to help communities process the challenges that they face together. Ugandan artist Leilah Babirye’s contribution was unveiled as the sculpture 'Namaganda owe Mbogo (Among the Beautiful Girls from the Buffalo Clan)', 2020. 

Titled 'Binnenskamers' (Inner Spaces), the 7th Biennial of Painting brings together a wide selection of modern and contemporary paintings by both Belgian and international artists. The works included display the diversity of the medium and encompass a thematically wide range of 'inner spaces', from the studio and domestic interiors to the inner realm of the imagination.

Yinka Shonibare CBE’s ‘The Bird Catcher’s Dilemma’ is inspired by the story of Papageno, the bird catcher, in Mozart’s opera 'The Magic Flute'. This sculpture was commissioned for Salzburg Museum to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Salzburg Festival of music and drama as part of the group exhibition 'Great World Theatre - 100 Years of the Salzburg Festival'.

'Unstructured Icons - Aristocrat I' by Yinka Shonibare CBE is one of several works donated to a campaign auction held by Sotheby’s to support those facing food poverty as a result of the COVID-19 crisis (Lots 880-887). 

'INHUMAN (DISUMANO)' is a group exhibition at Barletta Castle in Puglia curated by the institution's Artistic Director, Giusy Caroppo. Located in the basement rooms of the castle, the exhibition brings together works by international artists Kendell Geers, Oleg Kulik and Andres Serrano to explore the dehumanization of man through acts of violence and the misuse of power.