The Buck stopped here
The Buck stopped here is a weekly blog by our contemporary art correspondent Louisa Buck covering the hottest events and must-see exhibitions in London and beyond
In Scotland, two pioneering arts outreach models enrich their communities
Jupiter Artland sculpture park boasts an expansive education programme, while studio-cum-community workshop Sculpture House in Paisley allows artists to socially engage with their surroundings
Stretchmarks and all: motherhood and its complexities explored in two UK surveys
Both Women in Revolt and Acts of Creation treat maternity as a source of creativity, rather than a patriarchal trap or the enemy of good art
Mark Bradford makes a surprise speech at Adriano Pedrosa's artist dinner
The artist, who represented the US in 2017, spoke about the artistic director's “generosity and quiet power to change things”
Powerhouse south London art organisation Gasworks celebrates 30 years
The exhibition space, international residency and workshop has given early platforms to now major names like Tania Bruguera, Sonia Boyce and Subodh Gupta
Radical reboot of Black presence in art explored in three London shows
The white, Western canon is being reassessed at the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Academy and the Dulwich Picture Gallery
Subversive stitch: textile shows across UK unravel histories and weave new tales
From Lubaina Himid's colonial cotton at the Holburne Museum to a group survey at the Barbican, the once maligned medium is in the spotlight
Martin Creed's full-throttle London pub performance reminds us that music is central to the maximalist maestro's career
Martin Creed and His Band blasted away the January blues, playing to a packed room this month
Tate Britain invites you to eat the patriarchy—literally
For the museum's landmark survey of British feminist art, Bobby Baker has reconstructed her 1976 edible work of a life-sized family made from cake and biscuits
Marina Abramović passes the baton on to a new generation of performers
A group of London shows, performances and events organised around the pioneering artist sees her extend her legacy
The Bloomsbury Group, re-examined through their garments
A new book and UK exhibition by Charlie Porter explores the sartorial choices of Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and the rest of the Charleston set
Lactating breasts and farting bottoms: unruly bodies run rampant in exhibitions across London
Our leaky, creaky, capricious corporeal vessels are the subject of shows at Somerset House, Goldsmith's CCA and the Design Museum
Nocturnal festival Art Night takes a trip to Dundee, with a rave in a car park and a show in wheelbarrows
It is the first time the one-night-only event takes place outside London
Anne Collier turns her eyes towards the illustrious history of Lismore Castle in Ireland
The American artist's exhibition of images of female eyes sourced from comics, films and advertisements is now on show at the historic home of the Dukes of Devonshire
Weird sisters are doing it for themselves: Sarah Lucas curates show of 23 female peers across generations
Plus, a show at Gagosian Paris brings together three British big-hitters
From career suicide to cause for celebration: how the art world is finally embracing parenthood
Mark Wallinger launches digital art project to raise legal funds for London pollution group
The Islington-based campaigners Nocado are fighting to prevent retailers Ocado and Marks & Spencer from setting up a depot adjacent to a primary school
Art down to the atom: Cornelia Parker discusses her work with a quantum physicist
The British installation artist sat down with scientist Carlo Rovelli to discover their two disciplines have more in common than one might think
Summer of discontent: two London shows pose burning environmental questions amid UK heatwave
Hew Locke reimagines Birmingham's controversial Queen Victoria statue for an anti-imperialist age
A number of artists—including Amy Ching-Yan Lam and Rajni Perera—have created work that challenges the city's colonial legacy as it gears up to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Move over Venice! Sunderland reveals its heart of glass with four new artist commissions in north-east England
Girls girls girls: Simone Rocha curates all-women group show at Lismore Castle in Ireland
Thomas Dane exhibition in Naples explores the power and precarity of ceramics
Lynda Benglis and Magdalene Odundo join historical figures like Lucio Fontana in a group show that pushes at the limits of what clay can do
Hew Locke's carnivalesque Tate Britain commission tells disturbing colonial histories with flamboyance
The Procession, installed in the Duveen Galleries, references the museum's historic links to the sugar industry and slavery