Le Mostræ della Laguna - Goethe Institute, Venice
Alumna Eleanor Morgan is showing in Le Mostræ della Laguna in partnership with the Goethe Institute and Sale Docks, at Dorsoduro 265, 30123 Venice, from 5 November - 20 December 2021 and March - 29 May 2022. See the for opening hours and details.
Home Court project - Icon Magazine
Read about the Home Court, the outcome of Thomas Morgan Evans' Concrete Canvas initiative, funded by a UCL Beacon Bursary, in this month's
Chemical City - MIMA
Onya McCausland is showing in Chemical City at MIMA, Centre Square, Middlesbrough TS1 2AZ, from 26 November 2021 - 24 April 2022. See the for details.
Slade 150: Past, Present, Future - UCL Octagon Gallery
What is it like to be a student at the Slade School of Fine Art?
Run by artists for artists since 1871, the School celebrates its 150th anniversary by capturing the real experiences of its students in a unique year.
This snapshot exhibition is artist-led, with Slade students reflecting on how their art school’s past and its present could inform its future. Students on programmes from BA to PhD level, across all artistic disciplines, explore ideas of tradition and heritage, and ask how new generations can challenge and disrupt these.
Full details on our Slade 150 page.
Making Colour Symposium - Slade 150
Making Colour is an afternoon symposium of presentations and poetry readings from within the arts and sciences that celebrate the colours of the rainbow. It takes place online on Wednesday 8 December 2021, 1-4pm. Free, book via . Full programme on Slade 150.
Felix Slade Tondo - Portico Magazine
Professor Kieren Reed celebrates an enigmatic icon of the Slade School of Fine Art, the Felix Slade Tondo, in November's edition of .
Untangling the Perils that Tangle Us - The Koppel Project Hive
Current MFA student is showing in Untangling the Perils that Tangle Us at The Koppel Project Hive, Morley House, 26-30 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BP , from 15 November–17 December 2021. See .
Graduate online Q&A event
To replace our usual Slade Open Days, this live online Q&A event is an opportunity to ask a panel of Slade graduate tutors about the MA/MFA programme. Our final postgraduate online event is 8 December, please book via Eventbrite:
Further information on our Online Graduate Q&A webpage.
My Life in Trees - The Birmingham & Midland Institute
Monica Perez Vega has a solo show, My Life in Trees, at The Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret St, Birmingham, B3 3BS, from 1–26 November 2021.
Breezy - Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery
Gabriela Giroletti has a solo show, Breezy, at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, 533 Old York Road, London SW18 1TG, from 19 November–18 December 2021. See the .
Evangelia Dimitrakopoulou and Francisca Sosa López
PEER presents the work of Evangelia Dimitrakopoulou and Slade alumna Francisca Sosa López, two artists completing a year-long studio residency at Acme’s Warton House studios in 2021 after graduating from MA courses at London-based art colleges. The show takes place at PEER, 97-99 Hoxton Street, London N1 6QL, from 1–18 December 2021. See the for details.
(Adrian Carruthers Award, 2020/21) work addresses the complicated relationship that she has with her home country of Venezuela and its socio-political issues such as the current migration crisis, which has to date seen 6 million people displaced from their country. Her practice expresses her personal feelings, reactions, disappointments and affections towards her country.
Screening and Conversation: Foxfire Eins - UCL European Institute
Four short films, Foxfire Eins, by Jayne Parker, lasting 30 minutes in total is showing as part of the Screening and Conversation: Foxfire Eins co-hosted by the UCL European Institute and UCL IAS (Institute of Advanced Studies), on Thursday 25 November 2021, from 5–7 pm. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Jayne, academic, filmmaker and musician Graham Riach and librarian-musician Tabitha Tuckett. Places limited due to covid restrictions. .
SHE KEEPS ME DAMN ALIVE - arebyte Gallery
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley has a solo show, SHE KEEPS ME DAMN ALIVE at arebyte Gallery, Java House, 7 Botanic Square, London E14 0LG, from 19 November 2021–19 January 2022. See the for details.
Spineless Wonders: 12 November
Small Press Artists Books; The Global Book; Materials, Materiality and Process conference on Friday 12 November, online via Zoom. Booking is free, tickets via .
The first of a 3-day series of events presenting research on small press publications, raising questions for contemporary and future publication through returning to early histories of word and image.
Full programme on our Spineless Wonders event page.
Word as Art: Beauty in the Archives - UCL Special Collections
UCL Special Collections’ online exhibition ‘Word as Art: Beauty in the Archives’ is now online! Inspired by the Slade 150th anniversary, Word as Art celebrates the way we have embellished the word. It includes items from their collection and work from Malgorzata Dawidek, Yifan He and Abi Ola, students/alumni from the Slade School of Fine Art.
Visit the Word as Art website.
UCL Anthropocene - COP 26
With COP26 now fully underway, UCL Anthropocene have launched a new section on their website dedicated to the conference. Simon Faithfull has provided a series of drawings that contextualise our place on the planet for the website's blog.
Charlotte Jennings
We are saddened to learn of the passing of artist , aged 86. She studied painting at the Slade from 1955 - 1958.
Film Collectives and Political Liberation in the UK - The Castle Cinema
The , which includes alumna Reman Sadani, is hosting three events that look at Film Collectives and Political Liberation in the UK on 7, 20, 27 November 2021 at , First Floor, 64 - 66 Brooksby's Walk, London E9 6DA.
Survey II - Jerwood Arts
Shenece Oretha and Katarzyna Perlak are showing in Survey II, presenting new commissions by ten of the most outstanding early-career artists in the UK. The show is at , Jerwood Space,171 Union Street, Bankside, London, SE1 0LN, from 1 October - 11 December 2021, then , from 12 March - 5 June 2022.
Sutapa Biswas: Lumen - Kettle's Yard
Sutapa Biswas: Lumen is showing at Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ, from 16 October 2021 - 30 January 2022. See the for further information.