Chisenhale Gallery

Canada and Estonia lead the race to name 2026 Venice Biennale artists

Abbas Akhavan will represent Canada, while Merike Estna flies the flag for Estonia

The shape of water—artist Alia Farid on the impact of extractive industries in Iraq and Kuwait

The Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist and Artes Mundi nominee explores the Arab diaspora in Puerto Rico in Chisenhale Gallery show

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Art crowd attends Piccadilly church for Rachel Jones’s new opera piece

Hey, Maudie draws on classical tropes, West African traditions, jazz and gospel

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

From Adham Faramawy's contemplative film on the migration of plants to Abbas Akhavan's ancient Syrian colonnades

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As 2021 beckons.... I crave new art in the new year more than ever

With talk of vaccines dominating the airwaves, a return to regular contact with the latest works and upcoming artists may be on the horizon

‘If they don’t have a story behind them, what’s the use?’ Elijah Pierce's woodcarvings portray America in the 20th century

Images of the Kennedys, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Watergate scandal go on show at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia

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A brush with... Zoe Whitley

The new director of London's Chisenhale Gallery recommends her favourite book, music, and Instagram account

'Galleries are not for me’: Imran Perretta on state surveillance and his difficult relationship with art spaces

As his latest film exploring the treatment of young Muslim men tours the UK, opening at Baltic in Gateshead this weekend, Perretta explains how he never wanted to be in the art world

Interview by Louisa Buck

Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend

From imperturbable colourful calm at White Cube Bermondsey to Mandy El-Sayegh's information overload at the Chisenhale Gallery

Lydia Ourahmane sends out vibrations at the Chisenhale

Patrons and friends felt the tremors of an hour-long soundscape emanating from beneath the floor

Three to see: London

From photographs of real northern soul to Lydia Ourahmane's golden teeth and trembling floor

Lydia Ourahmane on why she made a work about her grandfather pulling all his teeth

The Algerian-British artist explores her family’s experiences living in the shadow of colonialism