A.R. PENCK : I THINK IN PICTURES
Jun 28 - Nov 3, 2019
This is the first solo museum exhibition of A.R. Penck's in the UK in over 30 years.
A.R. Penck was an internationally acclaimed German artist,best known for his work in painting, drawing, print and sculpture. His interests in systems theory and cybernetics, as well as pre-historic cultures and science fiction, guided his art towards an investigation of the relationships between man and society. This is his first solo museum exhibition in the UK for 30 years. It features work from the '70s and '80s that represent the artist's energetic style, focusing on the motif of the stick figure.
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EXCHANGE
Jul 5 - Sep 22, 2019
Artists Rhiannon Armstrong, Monica Bonomo & Susan Stockwell respond to the theme of Exchange and all of its potential meanings.

EXCHANGE : DESIGNED FOR LIFE
Jul 5 - Sep 22, 2019
Celebrating the traditional exchange of weaving.

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SHEZAD DAWOOD: LEVIATHAN
Jul 6 - Oct 13, 2019
Shezad Dawood’s epic film series Leviathan comes to Bluecoat this summer as part of a season examining society and migration. Presented alongside paintings, resin sculpture, and woven textiles, Leviathan follows migratory patterns between Europe and Africa. The works combine marine biology, climate change, political systems and mental health to show how human activity and marine ecologies are intertwined.

GRACE NDIRITU: THE ARK
Jul 6 - Oct 13, 2019
Following exhibitions in 2010 and 2017, Ndiritu returns to Bluecoat with a new exhibition drawing on her 2017 research and live art project, The Ark: Center For Interdisciplinary Experimentation which took place at Les Laboratories Aubervilliers, Paris. Scientists, artists, gardeners, economists, a chef and spiritual workers joined the artist for an intensive, intimate 10-day experience focusing on the role of art, science, spirituality and politics. The resulting exhibition features archival material, costumes, signs and research materials.

NEW ART BLUECOAT
Jul 6 - Dec 31, 2019
Archive exhibition showcasing Bluecoat’s long history as an arts centre, the first in the UK.

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WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
May 18 - Sep 8, 2019
Discover awe-inspiring images capturing the incredible diversity of the natural world, from extraordinary animal behaviour to breathtaking landscapes. Uncover the surprising and sometimes challenging stories behind the photographs

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LOIS WALPOLE : WEAVING GHOSTS
May 24 - Sep 8, 2019
Lois Walpole: Weaving Ghosts is an exhibition that focuses on ghost gear*, basketry skills and sustainability. The work of Lois Walpole is intrinsically linked to the materials used to create it, and tells a powerful story of our attitude to the environment, exploring the artist’s personal history to express universal issues. Using ancient and almost forgotten basketry techniques, Walpole’s cheerful, colourful vessels belie a deeper truth and stand as silent testaments to the problems facing our planet.

RICHARD CLARE : YOU LEFT THE DOOR WIDE OPEN ALL NIGHT
May 24 - Sep 8, 2019
You Left the Door Wide Open All Night represents a small selection of the work Richard Clare has produced since settling in Letchworth in 2010. Previously an abstract painter while living in Barcelona, Clare’s recent work has become more figurative, developing a cast of characters and motifs that inhabit the artist’s ‘other world’, a psychologically skewed universe that, although dreamlike, they are given a realness and authenticity through expressive and intuitive mark-making.

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HOW CHICAGO! IMAGISTS 1960S & 70S
Jun 15 - Sep 8, 2019
The first significant exhibition in the UK in almost 40 years of work by the Chicago Imagists.

LAUREN GODFREY: GROUP HAT
Jun 15 - Sep 15, 2019

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BACK CATALOGUE : MASTERPIECES OF UK EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY
Aug 1 - Sep 14, 2019
UK and European Documentary, Portrait and Landscape work 1950s - 2012
 
'Bus Lane Archaeology' – disabled artists’ sculpture & photography from 03.10 - 09.11.201
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COOKING SECTIONS
to September
East Gallery have commissioned spatial practitioners Cooking Sections to create a new public art work which will be presented in a coastal location in September.

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OLIVER TIRRÉ & GARETH PROSKOURINE - BARNETT : COMMON GROUND
Jul 16 - Aug 25, 2019 FINAL WEEK
Oliver Tirré and Gareth Proskourine-Barnett have been selected for the Common Ground Residency at the New Art Gallery Walsall. They will be resident in the Artists’ Studio from 4 June – 14 July 2019, leading to a post residency presentation of work in progress from 16 July–25 August 2019.

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REAL WORK
Jul 12 - Oct 6, 2019
Featuring Liz Magic Laser and Candice Breitz. Presents 15 people’s stories about precarious and unrecognised forms of work.
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DAY TRIPPER : LIZ ARNOLD, MARIA FARRAR AND SAMARA SCOTT
Jul 20 - Oct 13, 2019
The posthumous exhibition of Liz Arnold paired with two contemporary artists Maria Farrar and Samara Scott, will consider the impact of Arnolds time in Southend, her aspirations and dedication to her practice.

VISION VERTICALE : MONSTER CHETWYND
Jul 20 - Oct 13, 2019
Big Screen Southend is pleased to present ‘Vision Verticale’ by Monster Chetwynd. As part of the associate programme for ‘Day Tripper’, the film will be screened each day throughout the exhibition at 10.00am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm and 4.00pm.

SAMARA SCOTT : ONE SUMMER
Jul 20 - Oct 13, 2019
Focal Point Gallery is pleased to present a new temporary public artwork for its annual railway bridge commission on Southend High Street. This year, artist Samara Scott has been invited to create a brand new large-scale artwork which will adorn either side of the bridge’s façade in the centre of the town. Visible for a half mile along the town’s main shopping thoroughfare to the sea, the work will launch on 20 July and remain on view until 13 October 2019.

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COOKING SECTIONS: THE EMPIRE REMAINS SHOP FRANCHISE AGREEMENT
Jun 14, 2019 - Jun 1, 2022
A rotating programme of small-scale visual and sound installations in the future home of Grand Union.
The Empire Remains Shop Franchise Agreement is an invitation for institutions, collectives, or individuals to construct their own counterpart: to reflect on imperial legacies and the commodification of their own structures and infrastructures.

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ARTIST ROOMS ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Jul 13 - Sep 7, 2019

NDACA AT THE GRUNDY
Jul 13 - Sep 7, 2019
'Art, Anger and Rights from the Disability Arts Movement'.

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TAL R : EVENTUALLY ALL MUSEUMS WILL BE SHIPS
Jul 6 - Oct 13, 2019
Tal R (b.1967), an Israeli-born Danish artist based in Copenhagen, is one of the most important contemporary artists working today. Internationally renowned, Tal R presents paintings, drawings and sculpture in Hastings this summer, including new works that seem to echo Hastings Contemporary’s seaside context in this exhibition Tal R: eventually all museums will be ships.

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UNCONSCIOUS LANDSCAPE. WORKS FROM THE URSULA HAUSER COLLECTION
May 25 - Sep 8, 2019

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YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE INTERNATIONAL
Jun 22 - Sep 29, 2019
For Yorkshire Sculpture International at The Hepworth Wakefield, a series of new commissions and debut UK presentations will be presented by established and emerging artists from around the world including Tarek Atoui, Nairy Baghramian, Jimmie Durham, Wolfgang Laib and Tau Lewis.

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NEW GEOGRAPHIES
Mar 1 - Dec 1, 2019
An Arts Council England funded project creating a new map of the East of England based on personal thoughts, reflections and stories.
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BARBARA HEPWORTH : ARTIST IN SOCIETY 1948-53
Mar 23 - Sep 8, 2019
This major exhibition explores a short but significant period in the life of one of Britain’s most celebrated artists.

STUART WHIPPS : REFLECTIONS ON THE DEATH OF A PROCUPINE [SIC]
Jun 26 - Aug 31, 2019
Artist Stuart Whipps presents his research into a number of sites in Essex and Hertfordshire, with particular focus on New Town architecture and the lives that interplay around these sites. You will have an opportunity to see some of the research from local archives, photography and conversations with residents.
This is part of the New Geographies project, which aims to redraw the map of East England. In the summer of 2017 people were invited to nominate places in East Anglia that resonated due to personal stories or sites that were overlooked or unexplored. Artists are now developing artworks in respond to some of the nominated locations, and in spring/summer 2019 there will be events and activities relating to these commissions. Keep an eye out on our website and social media.

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THE AERODROME
Jun 12 - Sep 8, 2019
Co-curated with David Austen and George Shaw and structured loosely on Rex Warner’s war-time novel The Aerodrome (1941), a book that made a great impression on Stanley, it includes a wide variety of work and features many of the artists he worked with.

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