Julian Stair: Art, Death and the Afterlife
A meditative study of the relationship between art, loss and the human body, Julian Stair's upcoming exhibition features a series of monumental clay vessels. Each one incorporates the ashes of people who lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic. The ceramics will be shown alongside a selection of objects from the Sainsbury Centre Collection that speak to the universality of death, including ancient Cycladic marble figures and drawings by Alberto Giacometti.
18 March – 17 September at the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
Tartan
For its first major self-curated exhibition, the Scottish outpost of the V&A is focusing on none other than tartan. The show will document the complex – and sometimes troubling – story of this iconic woven textile, told across the spheres of fashion, art, design, film and more. One not to miss, we think.
2 April – 3 September at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Dundee
Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery
This major Lucie Rie exhibition is spending the first few weeks of this year at Middlesbrough’s MIMA, before moving over to Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge and finally to the Holburne Museum, Bath. Showcasing over 100 ceramics, the show spotlights Rie’s artistic output across her six-decade long career: from the modernist tableware she created in pre-war Vienna to the painterly pieces she made after settling in London.
Until 12 February at MIMA in Middlesbrough
4 March – 25 June at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
July 2023 – January 2024 at the Holburne Museum, Bath