February: London Exhibitions

February: London Exhibitions

by: Spoonfed Team

The Spoonfed Arts Team pick out the biggest exhibitions opening in London this February.

From 1st February
Susan Hiller @ Tate Britain
Susan Hiller read anthropology at university before becoming disillusioned and becoming an artist. In spite – or because – of this fact, her work is marked by a a fascination with both anthropology and psychoanalysis. This spring Tate Britain presents a selection of Hiller's work from the 1970s to the present day, placing particular emphasis on her interest in the subconscious.


4th-6th February
Kinetica Art Fair @ Ambika P3
After two triumphant years, the UK's only fair dedicated exclusively to kinetic art returns this February. Kinetica Art Fair features all manner of computerised, mechanical and robotic art contraptions; both enthralling and bemusing. At Kinetica Art Fair you can expect to see weird and wonderful works by some of the world's leading kinetic artists, including Maholy Nagy, Tim Lewis, Jean Tinguely, Alexander Calder and good old Marcel Duchamp.


From 16th February
Brit Insurance Designs of the Year @ Design Museum
The most interesting designs of the year have been shortlisted for the Brit Insurance Designs Award, with products and designs in the following categories: Architecture, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Interactive, Product and Transport. All of the shortlisted works are on display and the winners will be judges by a panel of judges chaired by Stephen Bayley.


From 16th February
British Art Show 7 @ Hayward Gallery
Taking place every five years since 1979, British Art Show at the Hayward is a big event 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 generally. There's work across a range of media by 39 artists and groups, including Roger Hiorns, Sarah Lucas, Wolfgang Tillmans and The Otoloth Group.


25th-27th February
Ceramic Art London 2011 @ RCA
Probably the biggest date in the ceramics calendar, Ceramic Art London is a huge event attended by pretty much everyone who's anyone in the wide world of ceramics. This is a great chance to see what the ceramic students from the Royal College of Art get up to, and an opportunity to view (and buy) works by 75 leading contemporary ceramic artists.


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Spoonfed Team