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Viewing Camberwell College of Arts Postgraduate Show

The Wick Culture - Camberwell College of Arts Postgraduate Show

Above Camberwell College of Arts Postgraduate Show

Camberwell College of Arts Postgraduate Show
Camberwell College of Arts

3 – 8 July
graduateshowcase.arts.ac.uk/c/camberwell-college-of-arts

Join the tastemakers as they descend on this year’s MA graduate shows in the hunt for the next talent. With alumni such as Richard Long, Chantal Joffe, Annie Morris, and Amy Sharrocks, Camberwell College of Art’s Postgraduate Show is a likely hot spot. So dig out your tube map and journey across London to Peckham as UAL unveils a range of Fine Art courses, including specialities in Computational Arts, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Illustration. The dynamic show stretches boundaries as curator Dan Howard-Birt, Director of Kingsgate Workshops, transforms the space into a world of creativity and imagination.

The renowned art and design college’s courses encourage their emerging artists and designers to develop and think about their social responsibility while evolving their critical and making skills. Camberwell’s belief that art and creativity have the power to have a positive social impact is integral to the Postgraduate Show, where the graduates utilise their skills and talent to create new and exciting perspectives.

As these aborning artists fly the nest, catch them before another does.

Viewing Maxim Zhestkov: Simulation Hypothesis

The Wick Culture - Installation view of Maxim Zhestkov: Simulation Hypothesis, courtesy of Unit London

Above Installation view of Maxim Zhestkov: Simulation Hypothesis, courtesy of Unit London

Maxim Zhestkov: Simulation Hypothesis
Unit London

20 June – 22 July 2023
unitlondon.com/exhibitions/maxim-zhestkov-simulation-hypothesis/

Dropping with a big bang in London this week is digital artist Maxim Zhestkov’s debut solo exhibition at Unit London. ‘Simulation Hypothesis’ builds on Zhestkov’s creative journey in digital simulations and the exploration of crafting digital environments and architecture. Presenting a new body of work, Zhestkov explores ideas of entropy and structure in the world’s evolution and creation process.

Breaking and manipulating the rules of physics and mathematics to create environments and works that otherwise would not exist in the physical world, Zhestkov advances the evolution of creation in art and the age of technology. Taking over the ground floor of Unit London Mayfair gallery space, be immersed and mesmerised by the art experience in a futuristic view of tomorrow that draws on past realities. Join the crowd pushing the boundaries of technology and drop by this weekend.

Viewing National Portrait Gallery reopening

The Wick Culture - The new main entrance hall at the National Portrait Gallery, London featuring Reaching Out by Thomas J Price (2021), Nelson Mandela by Ian Homer Walters (2008) and Louis Franqois Roubiliac attributed to Joseph Wilton (1761). Photograph© Gareth Gardner for Nissen Richards Studio

Above The new main entrance hall at the National Portrait Gallery, London featuring Reaching Out by Thomas J Price (2021), Nelson Mandela by Ian Homer Walters (2008) and Louis Franqois Roubiliac attributed to Joseph Wilton (1761). Photograph© Gareth Gardner for Nissen Richards Studio

The Wick Culture - A view through the Art, Science and Society display at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph © Gareth Gardner for Nissen Richards Studio

Above A view through the Art, Science and Society display at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph © Gareth Gardner for Nissen Richards Studio

The Wick Culture - The new doors at the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery, London, designed by Tracey Emin. Photograph: © Olivier Hess

Above The new doors at the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery, London, designed by Tracey Emin. Photograph: © Olivier Hess

The Wick Culture - The National Lottery Fund Gallery at the. National Portrait Gallery, London, Photograph: © Jim Stephenson

Above The National Lottery Fund Gallery at the. National Portrait Gallery, London, Photograph: © Jim Stephenson

The Wick Culture - The Contemporary Collection in The Weston Wing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph© Gareth Gardner for Nissen Richards Studio

Above The Contemporary Collection in The Weston Wing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph© Gareth Gardner for Nissen Richards Studio

The Wick Culture - Ross Place Entrance and the new forecourt at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph © Olivier Hess

Above Ross Place Entrance and the new forecourt at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph © Olivier Hess

The Wick Culture - The Blavatnik Wing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph © Jim Stephenson

Above The Blavatnik Wing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph © Jim Stephenson

The Wick Culture - The Contemporary Collection in The Mary Weston Gallery in The Weston Wing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photo© David Parry

Above The Contemporary Collection in The Mary Weston Gallery in The Weston Wing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photo© David Parry

Above A view through the Art, Science and Society display at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph © Gareth Gardner for Nissen Richards Studio

Above The new doors at the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery, London, designed by Tracey Emin. Photograph: © Olivier Hess

Above The National Lottery Fund Gallery at the. National Portrait Gallery, London, Photograph: © Jim Stephenson

Above The Contemporary Collection in The Weston Wing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph© Gareth Gardner for Nissen Richards Studio

Above Ross Place Entrance and the new forecourt at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph © Olivier Hess

Above The Blavatnik Wing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photograph © Jim Stephenson

Above The Contemporary Collection in The Mary Weston Gallery in The Weston Wing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photo© David Parry

National Portrait Gallery reopening

22 June – ongoing
www.npg.org.uk/

In case you’ve missed it, The National Portrait Gallery has officially reopened following a three-year closure. With it they have unveiled ‘The Doors’ 2023, a series of engraved bronze doors by Tracey Emin featuring 45 female faces in Emin’s signature style, which celebrate women from history. The most significant revamp since 1896, the gallery aims for a more diverse representation in one of the world’s most signification portraiture collections, including new acquisitions such as Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Mai (Omai)’ and Everlyn Nicodemus’ self-portrait, the first portrait painted black female.

Bringing historical and contemporary trailblazing female figures to the fore, the reopening of NPG was the first chance to witness ‘Reframing Narratives: Women in Portraiture.’ In partnership with CHANEL Culture Fund and led by curator and previous Monday Muse, Flavia Frigeri, the project delves into the gallery’s collection to unearth hidden narratives while acquiring and commissioning portraits of females who have and are shaping history.

This Saturday, 24 June 2023, NPG will launch its First Look Festival, a series of curator talks, workshops and in-conversations with cultural figures like Paul McCartney and Stanley Tucci. They will also unveil its line-up of major exhibitions for the 2023-24 season. Among them are ‘Yevonde: Life and Colour’ (22 June – 15 October), an exhibition showcasing the captivating work of Yevonde Middleton, and ‘Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm’ (28 June – 1 October), a display of the legendary Beatles icon’s previously unseen photography.