New Art West Midlands, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham
Now in its third year, this group show is produced in partnership with Turning Point West Midlands and presents work by new graduates from across the region. Selected by Amna Malik (senior lecturer in Art History, Slade School of Fine Art) and artists Bedwyr Williams and John Newling, there’s more new work on show at Wolverhampton Art Gallery (until 25 April) and Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry (until 31 May).
Until 17 May 2015, newartwestmidlands.org
Made in China: A Doug Fishbone Project, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Can you tell the difference between an Old Master painting and a contemporary replica? Now’s your chance to find out. Doug Fishbone has replaced a work from Dulwich Picture Gallery’s collection with a recent painting sourced from an artists’ workshop in China. Hung in the frame belonging to the original, visitors have three months to guess the fake, after which the two will hang side by side.
Until 26 July, www.
John Virtue, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
The first major exhibition of John Virtue’s work in over five years focuses on a new series of paintings depicting the vast, dark expanse of the North Sea. Known for his monochrome landscapes, the works range here from large canvases to paintings of a few square inches and a group of monotypes.
Until 12 April, www.
Stanley Royle, Graves Gallery, Sheffield
One of the area’s most popular painters, Sheffield’s Graves Gallery presents this retrospective of Stanley Royle (1888-1961). Featuring stunning scenes of the city and surrounding countryside from the early part of the 20th century that capture a landscape threatened by industrialisation.
Until 30 May 2015, www.museums-
The Decorator and The Thief (…), Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
This group exhibition asks us to consider the importance of collecting and how issues of taste, questions of judgement and ideas around beauty are ideologically bound. Artists include Keith Arnatt, Claire Barclay, Paul Becker, Angela Bulloch, CommonRoom, Peter Davies, Leo Fitzmaurice, Barry Flanagan, Ian Giles, Susie Green, Margaret Mellis, Jacqui Poncelet, Yelena Popova and Giorgio Sadotti.
Until 16 May 2015, www.ngca.co.uk
Selections chosen by Jack Hutchinson
