Top Ten Shows from the UK and Ireland
What to look forward to in February, from a new body of work by Harare-based painter Misheck Masamvu to a retrospective by Hong Kongese filmmaker Wong Kar Wai
Our February round-up of must-see shows and online projects tackles everything from the realities of living with a disability to what happens we invite our ancestors for dinner. Here are the exhibition highlights from across the UK and Ireland this month.
Misheck Masamvu,
Thoughts before the Rain, 2020, oil on canvas, 174 × 235 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Goodman Gallery, London/ Cape Town
What happens when we invite our ancestors for dinner, asks Misheck Masamvu in his first UK solo show, ‘Talk to Me while I’m Eating’. In a 2018 feature for
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Published 18 December 2020
Young people s programme manager, South London Gallery
Concluding our series of posts from our five Museum of the Year winners, South London Gallery’s Paul Crook tells us how the gallery’s young people’s group have been engaging in complex conversations about heritage and history.
As Young People’s Programme Manager at the South London Gallery (SLG) I work with my colleague Tommie Introna to run the gallery’s young people’s group, the Art Assassins. The group is made up young people aged 14-21 from across south London who meet weekly at the gallery to collaborate on projects with artists, curators and other professionals.