Ai Weiwei, Modern Toss, The Turner Prize: this week’s new exhibitions
From Ai Weiwei’s show at Blenheim Palace to The Turner Prize in London, Skye Sherwin and Robert Clark find out what’s happening in art around the country
Posts Tagged 'exhibitions'
Killer Heels: the art of the stiletto – in pictures
From traditional Japanese stacked sandals to weird rubber creations by Zaha Hadid and Prada tongues in flames, high-heeled shoes tower provocatively above all other footwear in women’s – and men’s – imaginations. A new exhibition traces their first steps in the 16th century through to modern designers’ erotic flights of fancy
- Killer Heels is at Brooklyn Museum, New York, from 10 September to 15 February 2015
London fashion week: Sam Taylor-Johnson show reveals ‘spirit’ of Chanel
Second Floor exhibition aims to create psychological portrait of late designer in form of 34 photos of preserved Paris apartment
Oxford’s Ashmolean exhibition reveals real curse of Tutankhamun
‘Discovering Tutankhamun’ returns visitors to the Tut mania that followed 1923 excavation of the boy king’s tomb
Subversive design, radical Germans, and cultured holidays – the week in art
The V&A celebrates design as a form of protest, Isa Genzken brings her radical vision to Edinburgh, and we showcase the best exhibitions to catch on your summer travels – all in your weekly art newsletter
Radical geometry: South America’s surprising art
All eyes are on Brazil’s World Cup but a new Royal Academy exhibition showcases a different kind of South American artistry, and makes a stunning case for the continent’s geometric art