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Viewing Rauschenberg’s unprecedented project of art as a tool for change is revived in London

ROCI was a seven year cultural exchange programme in the form of a touring exhibition, funded by Robert Rauschenberg with ambitions of promoting world peace and understanding. The American artist created works in each host country and so the exhibition evolved as it travelled to ten different countries over the course of seven years. Called The Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange – known as ‘ROCI’ (pronounced Rocky, after the artist’s pet turtle), the final exhibition took place in Washington D.C in 1991. This exhibition at Ropac’s gallery in Ely House is the first time the project has been shown since. Of ROCI, Rauschenberg maintained that “if the attitude of ROCI is going to work, we are dependent on a one-to-one contact with as many people as possible because the most dangerous weapon we have is a lack of understanding.”

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Dates
24 April 2024 — 15 June 2024

Viewing Sukaina Kubba turns Scottish carpets into cross-cultural conversations

Iraqi-born, Toronto-based artist Sukaina Kubba’s previous works have been inspired research into Persian rugs, but during a recent residency at Dundee Contemporary Arts, she visited major Scottish collections of carpets and textiles – including the Stoddard-Templeton Design Archive at the University of Glasgow; the National Museum of Scotland; and Morton Young Borland Lace Mill in Ayrshire. The large-scale, monochrome works she created in response – ranging from paper pulp casting, embossing and laser engraving to screen prints made on DCA’s large-format press, will be part of the artist’s first institutional solo exhibition in the UK, which opens this week at Dundee Contemporary Arts.

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Dates
27 April 2024 — 04 August 2024

Viewing A surreal and sexy show explores the meaning of breasts in art

Boobies – some of us have them, most of us love them – and they remain a perennial subject in art. This exhibition proves our long and ongoing fascination, through artworks from 1500 to today. Breasts of all shapes and sizes, and with a myriad meanings are seen in works by thirty artists, are sculpted, painted, photographed and drawn, including by the likes of Marcel Duchamp, Cindy Sherman, Laure Provost and Irving Penn, to name but a few. Curated by Carolina Pasti to coincide with the opening of the 60th Venice Biennale this week, Pasti has partnered with Fondazione IEO-MONZINO, to donate 30% of the catalogue funds to support the foundation’s cause and essential research, and the exhibition hopes to promote awareness of breast cancer to a broader public through the channel of art. Lingerie and clothing Italian brand, Intimissimi, are the exhibition’s main sponsor, too. “Breasts” is sure to be playful and punchy, irreverent and intelligent, surreal and sexy.

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Dates
18 April 2024 — 24 November 2024
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The Wick Culture - Gallery view of the 2025 Summer Exhibition
Photo: © David Parry/ Royal Academy of Arts

Happenings RA Summer Party

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The Wick Culture - Katy Wickremesinghe at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Happenings Rachel Jones at Dulwich Picture Gallery

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The Wick Culture - Katy Wickremesinghe at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Happenings Rachel Jones at Dulwich Picture Gallery

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The Wick Culture - The Weston Collections Hall at V&A East
Storehouse, including over 100 mini
curated displays ‘hacked’ into the ends
and sides of the storage racking. Image by Hufton + Crow for V&A

Happenings V&A East Storehouse

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The Wick Culture - Shezad Dawood

Happenings Chain of Hope at Saatchi Gallery

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The Wick Culture - Daniella Celine Williams and Yube Huni Kuin from the Amazon. Photo by Nick Harvey.

Happenings Sacred Land at Saatchi Gallery

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