The Glass Heart: Art, Industry and Collaboration
The stunning stained-glass window within Two Temple Place was surely the inspiration to show a collection of arresting glass art at the museum this year. The exhibition, curated by Antonia Harrison, brings together works from across the UK to celebrate 170 years of glassmaking. Among the contemporary makers are Chris Day, Pinkie Maclure, and Louis Thompson.
27 January – 21 April 2024 at Two Temple Place, London
Clay is My Canvas
Curated by Nick Duxbury, this exhibition gathers ceramic artists that use painterly techniques to give their work an expressive visual language. Following on from Italian Renaissance-era maiolica and the painted ceramics of Picasso and Marc Chagall, the selected artists show how they use different techniques to move seamlessly between clay, canvas and other media.
20 January – 7 April 2024 at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester
Yinka Shonibare
It’s set to be a packed year for Yinka Shonibare, who will be contributing to the Nigerian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and showing work in this self-titled solo exhibition at the Serpentine. Expect explorations of cultural identity and post-colonialism through sculptures, quilts, woodcuts and the batik fabric he is best known for. The show will also include installations on the theme of boundaries ‘whether psychological, physical or geographical’.
12 April – 1 September at Serpentine South, London