Contemporary Art Society

This week’s Friday Dispatch, written by the CAS's Curator of Digital Lydia Figes, looks at the latest solo show at Phillida Reid gallery by Celia Hempton. 📸 Installation image by Benjamin Westoby. Courtesy the artist and Phillida Reid, London.

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In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Debbie Meniru, independent writer, editor and curator, visits artist Kemi Onabulé’s fictional island at her show ‘Solastalgia’ at Sim Smith. Read the full essay here: contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Dr Paula Zambrano, Curator of Programmes at the CAS delves into the queering of history, time, and identity in the work made by Ming Wong on his residency at the National Gallery. Read the full essay here: contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Christine Takengny, The Roden Senior Curator at the CAS meditates on the skilful simplicity and tranquility in Rana Begum’s paintings currently on display at Galerie Christian Lethert. Read the full essay here: contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

ZSL and CAS *Consultancy are pleased to announce that the pioneering artist Linder has been commissioned to create a new permanent, site-specific artwork to mark ZSL’s 200th anniversary. Stay tuned to find out more about this exciting commission. #Linder #PublicArt #CAS #ZSL

In this week's Friday Dispatch Lisa Slominski, Senior Art Producer at the Contemporary Art Society and PhD candidate at Kingston School of Art, celebrates the milestone win of Nnena Kalu for this year's Turner Prize. Read the full essay here contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

In this week’s Friday Dispatch Caroline Douglas, Director of the Contemporary Art Society, visits SOAS Library, University of London to catch the show We Sinful Women curated by Manmeet K Walia and Salima Hashmi. Read the full essay here: contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

In this week's Friday Dispatch Paula Zambrano, Curator of Programmes at the Contemporary Art Society, looks back to the CAS Museum Members trip to Artes Mundi last week. Read more here: contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

In this week's Friday Dispatch, Christine Takengny, The Roden Senior Curator at the CAS speaks of the enduring urgency of El Anatsui's practice, as a preserver of traditional West African knowledge systems and art forms. Read the full essay here: contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

This week's Friday Dispatch, written by curator Ned McConnell, shines an optimistic light on the resistance of London's ever-changing gallery scene. Read the full essay here:contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Dr Paula Zambrano, Curator of Programmes at the CAS visits Rember Yahuarcani’s show ‘Here Lives the Origin’ at Josh Lilley. Read more: contemporaryartsociety.org/e… 📸 Ben Westoby / Fine Art Documentation

In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Lydia Figes, Curator of Digital at the CAS visits the Gilbert & George show at the Hayward Gallery. Read the full essay here: contemporaryartsociety.org/e… 📸 Mark Blower. Courtesy of the Hayward Gallery.

At the start of every month, the Contemporary Art Society publishes a thorough list of exhibitions and private views opening in London.🔮 Read the full list here: contemporaryartsociety.org/o… Wolfgang Tillmans, studio light (Detail), 2006 ©️ the artist and Maureen Paley

In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Lydia Figes reflects on the exhibition Dirty Looks which foregrounds mud, sweat, ruin and bodily vulnerability to reconsider fashion as both cultural practice and critical art form. Read more here contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Christine Takengny explores the ‘sonic cartography’ of Matanzas, Cuba, made in collaboration between María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Neil Leonard. Read the full essay here buff.ly/N4syHnh © Tate Photography (Reece Straw)

We are hiring 🌟 The Curator of Digital leads on the development of online content, including social media and the website. This is a 9 month fixed term, full-time position, starting in January 2026. Application deadline: 8/10/2025. Find more info here buff.ly/p3xWnFR

In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Dr Paula Zambrano, Curator of Programmes at the CAS looks to Ali Cherri's use of myth as resilience to political violence in his solo show 'How I Am a Monument' at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. Read more here contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Lydia Figes, Curator of Digital at the CAS shines light on the significance of the ever-growing art scenes in regional towns across the UK. Read more here contemporaryartsociety.org/e…

In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Chloë Ashby, author and art critic, relishes in the dreamlike softness of Maeve van Klaveren's solo show Rhythms in the Everyday at Kristin Hjellegjerde. Read the full essay here: contemporaryartsociety.org/e… © Maeve van Klaveren

In this week’s Friday Dispatch, Tom Denman, art critic and writer, looks to the experienced dis/embodiment within Diamond Stingily's solo show May 29 at Cabinet. Read the full essay here: live-contemporary-art-societ… Courtesy Diamond Stingily & Cabinet. Photography by Mark Blower.