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British Art Show 7 - In the Days of the Comet

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Sarah Lucas + Matthew Darbyshire + Brian Griffiths + Wolfgang Tillmans + Charles Avery + Phoebe Unwin + Roger Hiorns + The Otolith Group + Spartacus Chetwynd

Wednesday, 16 February 2011 - Sunday, 17 April 2011

Hayward Gallery, Belvedere Road, Southbank, SE1 8XX

How Much: £8.00 (Tickets)

Taking place every five years since 1979, British Art Show at the Hayward is usually one of the most significant and influential shows in the UK contemporary art calendar.

This year Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton curate an exhibition examining the motif of the comet, as well as space and time more genrally. There's work across a range of media - painting, drawing, performance art, video, installation etc - by 39 artists and groups, including Roger Hiorns, Sarah Lucas, Wolfgang Tillmans and The Otoloth Group.

Until 17.04.11.

Read Tom's review of British Art Show 7 at The Hayward.
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