Sunday, September 4, 2022, 2:00 pm–6:00 pm 

The international exhibition centres on the role of arts during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648). Named Bellum et Artes (War and Art), the exhibition unravels the complex interplay between conflict and artistic expression.  Bellum et Artes explores an early large-scale conflict in Europe through the warring parties’ strategic employment of the arts as a military propaganda tool and […]

Curated by Cathy Lane. Abdullah Al Othman (KSA) / Asma Ghanem (PALESTINE) / Alexia Webster (S.AFRICA) Christopher Marianetti (USA) / Angus Carlyle (UK) / Jananne Al Ani (UK / IRAQ) / Louise K Wilson (UK) / Martin John Callanan (UK) / Nour Sokhon (LEBANON) / Open Group (UKRAINE) / Shirin Neshat / (IRAN) / Thomas […]

Laura Bruce Martin John Callanan Nick Crowe & Ian Rawlinson Loreum Sophio Medoidze Just press the handle08 May 2022 – 05 June 2022 The title of the first exhibition, like the name of the gallery itself, is taken from the Brothers Grimm’s retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. The village of Wiepersdorf has a long-standing […]

What has brought people in Europe together across the centuries? What traces can we find of these past interactions in our lives today? “INTERACTIONS” reveals stories about people moving and meeting, about traveling ideas and goods, about encounters and exchange, offering a kaleidoscopic view of Europe’s cultural history. “INTERACTIONS” is a meeting place: It invites […]

Candice Nembhard writes: Intense political climates such as Trump’s Administration and Brexit negotiations often mobilize visual, performative, and conceptual responses among artists. In an age of the closely documented and widely circulated, consumers are often inundated with updates and headlines, discussing a breadth of facts and fiction. Centrum’s group exhibition ‘Shades of Today: Picking Up […]

William Kherbek writes: It has become almost something of a cliche to reference the 1992 Francis Fukuyama book, The End of History and the Last Man, which argues that the fall of the Berlin Wall and the communist dictatorships that ruled Eastern Europe during the Cold War signaled the triumph of liberal democracy and vindication […]

Shades of Today: Picking up the Pieces Post-Truth, 30 June – 23 July 2017Martin John Callanan / Max Grau / Emma Waltraud Howes / Jae Kyung Kim / Erkan Öznur / Benedikt PartenheimerOpening: Friday, 30 June, 7pm – with a performance by Kirstin Burckhardt, 8pmSmell Transplant: Friday, 14 July 6-9pm – Olfactory Workshop by Klara RavatFinissage & Film Screening: Sunday, 23 […]

Chris Hong writes: There are more thoughtful pieces such as Wars During My Lifetime, which is a newspaper by Martin John Callanan listing all wars between 1982-2014 and read aloud by a town crier at various times throughout the day. It is a sobering and thoughtfully simple piece that highlights the number of conflicts and […]

BCB Radio, the Sound Art Show on BCB which aims to make sound art more accessible to mainstream audiences in the Bradford district. Tracklist: Late, Jim Scott Pulse, Michelle Lewis-King Ja Ja Ja Ne Ne Ne, Joseph Beuys Wars During My Lifetime (1982 – 2013), Martin John Callanan

The 7th Whitstable Biennale 31 May to 15 June 2014 Rosa Ainley • The ARKA Group • Bronwen Buckeridge • Martin John Callanan • Collaborative Research Group • Louisa Fairclough • S Mark Gubb • Neil Henderson • Susannah Hewlett • Max Leonard Hitchings • Ben Judd • Fiona James • Una Knox • Hannah […]

A new work made for screen, Wars During My Lifetime, will be streamed live online Friday 28 March at 6pm Whitstable time. Wars During My Lifetime collects together wars that have taken place all over the world during one individual’s lifetime. A fascinating list, the film makes no comment, but quietly brings the list to […]

A century of conflict The first world war can seem hopelessly remote to the 21st-century mind. And yet, this war ushered in modernity and set the pace for the most murderous century of human history. It ripped through Europe, dissolved empires, changed the nature of warfare and continues to define global relationships. For After a […]

Invited by Daniel Laufer. A Box of Editions made by Provinz Presentation and film screening Motto Berlin 7.30pm Thursday 24 October 2013 film program starts at 8pm. “Invited by Daniel Laufer” brings together a greater group of artists, who all contribute to a box of editions. The box is of A4-format (roughly 21 x 31 […]

IWM North Saturday 12 October 2013 – Sunday 23 February 2014 How do artists contribute to our perceptions of war and conflict in an age where our understanding is shaped by the media and the internet? This autumn, in Manchester, IWM presents its first major exhibition of its national collection of contemporary art produced since […]

[youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/XDmisVfE-qw” width=”900″ height=”506″ showinfo=”no” autoplay=”yes” loop=”yes” rel=”no” theme=”light”] Artist Martin John Callanan, whose work features in IWM North’s latest exhibition, brings a special performance to the museum – featuring a town crier. Set against the backdrop of Daniel Libeskind’s award-winning building, representing a globe shattered by conflict, expect to be led around the museum […]

27 September – October 2013, noshowspace, 13 Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green, London noshowspace is pleased to present Departure of All, Martin John Callanan’s first solo exhibition in London. Callanan is intrigued by systems present in society that shape our lives yet remain largely unobserved. In a process of research he makes simple and direct requests to […]

Performances: Saturday 21 September 2013 11:00 Dane John Gardens 12:30 Whitefriars 14:00 24 Burgate In a time when war is still being waged around the world a Peace Pavement in our Cathedral City of Canterbury strikes a note of hope. It is now twenty years since the European Peace Pavement was installed in Dane John […]

Article and interview with Pau Waelder in Art.es #53 Download the full article as PDF