Steve McQueen: Soundtrack of America, The Shed 

Soundtrack of America opens The Shed with a five-night concert series celebrating the influence of African American music on contemporary culture with performances by emerging musicians. Conceived and directed by Steve McQueen, Soundtrack traces a musical “family tree” of spirituals and blues, jazz and gospel, R&B, rock and roll, house, hip hop, and trap that has inspired a new generation of artists who continue to develop that legacy. 

The Shed

West 30th Street between
10th and 11th Avenues
New York

5 - 14 April 2019 

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Abraham Cruzvillegas: Hi, How Are You, Gonzo?, The Contemporary Austin

Abraham Cruzvillegas’s practice begins with the concept of autoconstrucción—loosely defined as “self-construction,” an idea rooted in transformation, exchange, and play. During the exhibition, a series of site-specific, assemblage sculptures will be enlivened through music, performances, workshops, cooking, storytelling, art making, skateboarding, and more, in “activations” led by the artist’s collaborators from Mexico City and invited community partners from Austin. 

The Contemporary Austin 

Jones Center 

700 Congress Avenue 

Austin, Texas

30 March - 14 July 2019 

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Art Basel Hong Kong - Stand: 1C02

Featuring works by: Hurvin Anderson, Lynda Benglis, Anya Gallaccio, John Gerrard, Arturo Herrera, Phillip King, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Bob Law, Glenn Ligon, Jean-Luc Moulène, Xie Nanxing, Albert Oehlen and Akram Zaatari. 

Preview: 27-28 March 

Public days: 29-31 March 

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Glenn Ligon: In Conversation with Donatien Grau and Anne Lafont, Institut national d'historie de l'art

Following the opening of Glenn Ligon's 'Some Black Parisians' at the Musée d'Orsay, Glenn Ligon will be in conversation with Donatien Grau, head of contemporary programs at Musée d’Orsay, and Anne Lafont, Director of Studies at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. 

Galerie Colbert, Auditorium
Institut national d'histoire de l'art
6, rue des Petits-Champs ou 2, rue Vivienne 
75002 Paris

Wednesday 27 March 2019 

6:30pm

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Glenn Ligon: Some Black Parisians, Musée d'Orsay

Ligon's new commission from Musée d'Orsay, Some Black Parisians, consists of 12 large scale neons which highlight the names of some of the models, performers and writers who appear in important French works of art from the 19th and early 20th centuries. 

Musée d'Orsay
Allée centrale des sculptures

1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur,

75007 Paris

26 March - 21 July 2019 

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John Gerrard: Beijing Art Summit 

John Gerrard will participate in the Panel B discussion, Front Lines On-Line, at the Beijing Art Summit. 

This conversation will debate the multiple directions and impacts, to date, of digital technology on art and culture, in China and globally — from both international and Chinese perspectives. Artists and curators give in depth reflections on the peer-to-peer culture, fluidity of identity and representation and new modes of thinking and art that are evolving now. In the field of art, where it’s all about relationships, how is the Digital Age shifting personal relationships?

Auditorium 

UCCA

Sunday 24 March 2019

11:45 - 1:15pm 

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Paul Pfeiffer: Lecture - 'On Double Consciousness', University of Massachusetts Amherst 

Spring Lecture: Paul Pfeiffer

John W. Olver Design Building, Room 170

Department of Architecture

University of Massachusetts Amherst  

210 Design Building
551 North Pleasant Street

Thursday 21 March 2019

4:00pm 

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Akram Zaatari: The Script

Modern Art Oxford presents a solo exhibition of works by Akram Zaatari. The exhibition includes the major new work, The Script (2018), and the video installation Dance to the End of Love (2011). Also on view is a photo-transfer installation devised onsite at Modern Art Oxford by Zaatari that extends his ongoing series, Studio Practices. 

Akram Zaatari: The Script is a touring exhibition by New Art Exchange, Nottingham, in partnership with Turner Contemporary and Modern Art Oxford. Funded by Arts Council England. 

Modern Art Oxford

30 Pembroke Street
Oxford, UK
OX1 1BP

23 March - 12 May 2019

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Abraham Cruzvillegas, Paul Pfeiffer: Honolulu Biennial 2019

Across various locations, the Honolulu Biennial 2019, 'To Make Wrong / Right / Now', showcases 47 artists and collectives from Hawai’i and the countries and continents linked by the Pacific.

8 March - 5 May 2019

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Barbara Kasten, Akram Zaatari: Sharjah Biennial 14

Sharjah Biennial 14, Leaving the Echo Chamber, will showcase three unqiue exhibitions, curated by Zoe Butt, Omar Kholeif and Claire Tancons. 

Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Art Museum

Al Shuwaiheen

Arts Area, Sharjah

7 March - 10 June 2019

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