Some of our favourite artists are having major shows this year and we have gone through the almost impossible task of selecting five we think you should add to your calendar. You might need to book flight tickets to visit some of them, but they are definitely worth it!
Grayson Perry: Posh Cloths
Victoria Miro, London | 3rd February - 25th March
Grayson Perry, Sacred Tribal Artefact (2023), on display at Victoria Miro, London
Courtesy Victoria Miro
Posh Cloths brings together a body of work spanning over the last eight years. Tapestry and textiles have been a constant method of communication throughout Perry's career and have allowed the exploration of core themes such as classical myths, religion, politics and consumerism to be depicted.
Coinciding with this show, Victoria Miro is also holding a Grayson Perry Exhibition in Venice (11 Feb - 2 April) comprising of works in silver and bronze, ceramics, and works on paper.
And if that isn't enough, you will also be able to visit Grayson's Art Club: The Exhibition from 8th February - 16th April at Midlands Arts Centre and at the Scottish National Gallery from 1st April - 1st January 2024, an exhibition that covers his 40-year career.
"I wanted to make something from the stuff of normal life, money, commuting, marriage, the internet."
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry, Large Expensive Abstract Painting (2019), on display at Victoria Miro, London
Courtesy Victoria Miro
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David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller and Further Away)
Lightroom, London | 22nd February - 4th June
It seems 2023 will be a busy year for David Hockney with shows in the UK, Germany and Tokyo.
Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller and Further Away) has just opened at the Lightroom in Kings Cross, London and has been a smash. This immersive experience allows you to be drawn into Hockney's paintings that have been pivotal in his road to success and spans his 60-year career.
Installation view of Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller and Further Away) at Lightroom, London
Courtesy King's Cross Central Limited Partnership
“The world is very very beautiful if you look at it, but most people don’t look very much. They scan the ground in front of them so they can walk, they don’t really look at things incredibly well, with an intensity. I do.”
David Hockney
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You can also find Hockney at...
Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney | The Wallace Collection David Hockney: A Year in Normandie in dialogue with Works of The Würth collection | Museum Würth 2, Künzelsau, Germany David Hockney | Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
Yayoi Kusama: You, Me and the Balloon
30th June - 28th Aug 2023
Later this year at Factory International in Manchester, you will be able to have an immersive experience celebrating three decades of Yayoi Kusama's inflatable artworks. Think pumpkins, tentacles, psychedelic creations and of course, polka dots.
Inflatable artworks by Yayoi Kusama
Photo via FACTORY INTERNATIONAL
“I create art for the healing of all mankind.”
Yayoi Kusama
You can also find Kusama at...
| Yayoi Kusama: 1945 - Now |
| M+, Hong Kong | 12 Nov 2022 - 14 May 2023 |
This retrospective includes more than 200 works dating back to drawings from when she was a teenager in the second world war to her most recent immersive artworks. |
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Pop Masters: Art from the Mugrabi collection, New York
HOTA, Queensland, Australia | 18th Feb - 4th June
Described as an international blockbuster exhibition, Pop Masters brings together the icons from New York to paint a picture of Pop Art over the past 60 years.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol and Keith Haring will remain the poster boys of this exhibition however, it will also feature works from Katherine Bernhardt, Mickalene Thomas, KAWS and more.
Installation shot of Pop Masters: Art from the Mugrabi Collection at Home of the Arts, Australia.
Photograph by Shannon Johnson / Risen Film / Courtesy of HOTA
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Derrick Adams: I Can Show You Better Than I Can Tell You
The FLAT Art Foundation, New York | 13 Jan - 11 March
The American visual artist's new solo exhibition has just opened in New York. Comprising of 16 large-scale works that focus on the convergence of film, TV and media. His works refer to the different stages of film-making. From close-up shots, billboards, trailers and story-boarding.
Adams has made his name in depicting African culture and beaming light on moments of joy, leisure and day-to-day life.
Derrick Adams, Weeee the People (2021), currently on show at I Can Show You Better Than I Can Tell You.
Credit via Derrick Adams and LGDR
"With 16 paintings on view, this show is museum-worthy. It widens the view of Adams’s central theme, which is—as he has frequently said—Black joy."
Roberta Smith in The New York Times
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| The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century |
Baltimore Museum of Art | April 5, 2023- July 16, 2023 Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip hop, The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century captures the extraordinary influence hip hop has had on contemporary society through more than 90 works of art and fashion by some of today’s most important and celebrated artists. |
| Additional projects for fall 2022 through spring 2023: |
The City Is My Refuge, 2023, a large-scale installation for New York’s Penn Station concourse (January 19 - June 2023) The Last Resort, an artist retreat for Black creatives, Baltimore, MD (Spring 2023). |
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