Ben Jeans Houghton Born 1984, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Ben Jeans Houghton is an artist whose diverse practice includes sculpture, installation, film, photography, drawing, and performance. He has exhibited internationally in Germany, Greece, Japan, North Africa and South Asia, whilst regularly exhibiting in the UK with organisations such as BALTIC, CrASH, SpaceInBetween, CIRCA Projects, Globe Gallery, CORNERHOUSE, ACA and Waygood. With Matthew Giraudeau he is a founding member of the ARKA Group; a fluid collective of creative collaborators who aim to make scientific and philosophical concepts tangible to a wider audience through the delivery of innovative and poetic Visual Art.
Ben Jeans Houghton Born 1984, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Ben Jeans Houghton is an artist whose diverse practice includes sculpture, installation, film, photography, drawing, and performance. He has exhibited internationally in Germany, Greece, Japan, North Africa and South Asia, whilst regularly exhibiting in the UK with organisations such as BALTIC, CrASH, SpaceInBetween, CIRCA Projects, Globe Gallery, CORNERHOUSE, ACA and Waygood. With Matthew Giraudeau he is a founding member of the ARKA Group; a fluid collective of creative collaborators who aim to make scientific and philosophical concepts tangible to a wider audience through the delivery of innovative and poetic Visual Art.
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Making Futures 2026: International Research ConferenceOctober 29–31, 2026For its 2026 international conference, Making Futures (TM) will explore the relationship between objects, material intelligence and the emotional encounters we design with and through the natural world around us.
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Lotta Antonsson: I Am EverythingApr 25 – Nov 29, 2026One of Sweden’s leading contemporary photographers, Lotta Antonsson, is coming to Fotografiska with I Am Everything. In this exhibition, the artist explores themes of gender, identity, and objectification within a visual world
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untame flow stay releaseAug 31 – Nov 29, 2026untame flow stay release presents artistic practices undertaken in response to unjust, environmentally toxic and ableist structures – systems that continue to suppress individuals and communities by individualizing violence...
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Shenzhen Art and Technology BiennaleMay 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2027The inaugural edition of the Shenzhen Art and Technology Biennale (SATB) opens to the public from May 30, 2026, to April 30, 2027 at Shenzhen International Museum of Art (SIMoA). With its theme A Glimpse of the Infinite, this edition is directed by Zikang Zhang.
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Mohammed Sami: HostlessOct 3, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027In his new body of work Hostless, Mohammed Sami focuses predominantly on internal spaces. The paintings become a site for mnemonic processes, mental operations in which abstraction falters and something unsettling begins to seep through.
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World Press Photo 2026Winners & ExhibitionsWorld Press Photo is an independent non-profit organization that champions the power of photojournalism and documentary photography to deepen understanding of the world’s complexities, promote dialogue, and inspire action.
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The Art of SolitudeMark FearnleyDiscover this fascinating photography book with works by London-based Fine Art Photographer Mark Fearnley. His extraordinary images range from street photography to abstract textures and geometric compositions....
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Emma PortnerDancer / ChoreographerDance is my life. It has kept me alive. Performance is a natural extension of it and through it. I’ve made my most cherished human connections. The more I perform, the more I understand what it is to choreograph...
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Aesthetica Film Festival 2026November 4–8, 2026Aesthetica Film Festival announces its most expansive programme to date, with York set to become a meeting point for the people shaping the future of film, television, art, sound, games and immersive media this November.
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American Icon: The US Flag in ArtJun 6 – Dec 6, 2026
Across generations, the Stars and Stripes has inspired pride, protest, and profound artistic expression. From battlefields to modern cultural movements, our flag’s journey through art reveals a nation constantly redefining itself.
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Lise SarfatiPhotographerBorn in 1958 in Oran, Algeria Lise Sarfati lives and works between Paris and Los Angeles and is represented by Yossi Milo Gallery, NY, Rose Gallery, LA, La Galerie Particulière, Paris.
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Miles AldridgePhotographerMiles Aldridge’s hyperreal women have long been a focal point of his instantly recognizable color-blown images. With a bulging portfolio of more than two decades’ work, he has shot everyone from models of the moment Siri Tollerød and Cara Delevingne, to supermodel iconoclasts, such as ex-wife Kristen McMenamy.
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Visionary LandscapesOct 1 – Dec 16, 2026Swedenborg House is pleased to announce Visionary Landscapes, an exhibition exploring the relationship between landscape, imagination and visionary states. Curated by Museum Director Stephen McNeilly, the exhibition brings together historic works in dialogue...
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Relic 4: Larry AchiampongOct 16 – Dec 12, 2026This autumn, Larry Achiampong will present his new film Relic 4 (2026) at KARST, revisiting the cinematic universe of the Relic Traveller project after a six-year hiatus. Exploring themes of fallen empire, class, and displacement...
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Our 9th Year AnniversaryArtpil / Prescription 176Here we are again, this time, rounding out our ninth year with 7,000 pages of Articles, Profiles, and Announcements in our growing archive and over 10 million visits strong. A very exciting journey it has been ...
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Imagining an ArchipelagoJul 11, 2026 – Jun 6, 2027Art connects islands across thousands of miles in “Imagining an Archipelago: Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Their Diasporas.” The visually stunning exhibition brings together more than 40 contemporary artists...
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I Want To See A Lighthouseby Gary Briechle
Gary Briechle’s practice is disciplined, almost monastic. Every day roving around Rockland, Maine in an SUV loaded with chemicals, looking at the same mundane scenes and subjects, but expecting different results.
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Todd Hido: #2424-1, 1999 / #3878, 2005from the series Between the TwoPrinted Matter is thrilled to announce the second [#2424-1, 1999] and third [#3878, 2005] in a series of three fundraising Risograph-print editions by the artist Todd Hido. These two images bookend Hido’s most recent Risograph print...
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