The Oberhausen Profiles are traditionally dedicated to the works of outstanding filmmakers, some of whom have dealt with short films for decades. For the seventy-second iteration of the international short film festival, Gernot Wieland has been selected to personally present ten films from the last twenty years.

 

The festival commences on Tuesday 28th April and will run until Sunday 3rd May.

 

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Grillostraße 34
46045 Oberhausen
Germany

 

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Gernot Wieland’s solo exhibition at THE PILL Paris will open on Friday 24th April.

 

Gernot will be showing Ink in Milk (2018) and Family Constellation with a Fox (2025).

 

opening times: Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm

 

THE PILL
4 Place de Valois
75001 Paris
France

 

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Falko Alexander Cologne will particpate at Art Brüssel showcasing the works of Tim Berresheim & Dominik Halmer.

 

The fair will take place between Thursday 23rd April and Sunday 26th April. There will be an exclusive preview between 11am – 4pm on the opening day, followed by a vernissage from 4pm – 9pm. The fair will operate between 11am – 7pm on Friday and Saturday, and from 11am – 6pm on Sunday.

 

tickets available here

 

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Dr. Jo Melvin presents a programme for schools and the public alongside her curated exhibition Sculpture Speaks Louder Than Words – Barry Flanagan (Saturday 21st February – Sunday 24th May) at Palazzo Collicola.

 

As part of the public programme, Toby presents his new performance work flamespeak, exploring the delicacy of the printed word and the malleability of the ground that anchors it. Projecting onto structures and surfaces of Palazzo Collicola, flamespeak sees text, shadow and speech coalesce, where quivering flames transmit multiple indefinite voices, for a new collaborative incantation.

 

flamespeak will be held on Saturday 18th April, 4pm – 4:45pm.

 

Palazzo Collicola
06049 Spoleto
Perugia
Italy

 

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Hanna Mattes’ collective, Dead Darlings, return to Athens on Saturday 18th April for the twenty-second edition of their anonymous art auction.

 

Resurrecting a mixture of artworks from Athens-based and international artists, these formerly discarded works receive their moment in the spotlight as they are offered up at a low symbolically low starting price. The name of the maker will only be revealed live after the sale, adding excitement to the moment, while ensuring people bid for a work they connect to intuitively. All the relevant information (except of course the name of the artist!) for each piece can be found in the online catalogue and the printed auction guide.

 

Entrance is free, the atmosphere is focused but casual, and you are invited to come and go as you please.

 

Agios Votanikos will be taking care of the bar for the evening, with homemade kombucha, local wine and beer, and a special Dead Darlings Cocktail.

 

Doors open at 4pm and the auction will take place between 6pm and 8pm.

 

Haus N
Kairi 6
10551 Athens
Greece

 

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Drawing Room celebrates its twelfth edition of the Drawing Biennial with more than 300 newly commissioned drawings by leading international artists. The free exhibition will culminate in a two-week online auction fundraiser, with bidding starting at £400.

 

Each artist has been invited to produce a new drawing on A4 paper, using any medium. Selected by a committee of Drawing Room’s co-founders and directors alongside invited curators and collectors, participating artists respond to themes spanning ecology, identity, spirituality, politics and imagined worlds.

 

Toby Christian will participate with Stringer Study (Dear Toby…) (2025).

 

Since 2021, Toby has been developing Stringer, an application that generates a suspended, fraying digital string sculpture whose composition is dictated by the user’s statement. Emerging slowly from darkness before fading away, each string form is made from an expanding archive of physical string works in his studio, digitally remodelled and interwoven with each interaction. Stringer Study (Dear Toby…) is a drawing of what resulted after he inputted the letter of invitation to contribute to the Drawing Room Biennial 2026.

 

The exhibition will open on Thursday 16th April and will run until Tuesday 23rd June. The online auction will commence at 12pm on Tuesday 9th June, and bidding will end at 9pm on Tuesday 23rd June.

 

Drawing Room/Tannery Arts
Unit 1b New Tannery Way
Bermondsey
London
SE1 5WS

 

opening times: Wednesday – Sunday, 12pm – 6pm

 

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In 1978, facing the dawn of their self-demolition, Malcolm McLaren sought to stylise and fictionalise the rise and fall, the blaze and burn of the then indecorous, now forever notorious Sex Pistols.

 

Recruiting a motley team of Pistols, porn stars and train robbers, The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle becomes a visual how-to, journeying through set piece acts, animation, videos and footage to uncover the truth and triumph behind the name.

 

Directed by Julien Temple, cinematography was composed by Adam Barker-Mill, renowned and admired for his skill in naturalistic lighting within the seminal and miscellaneous British experimentation films of the late ‘60s and ‘70s.

 

It is now forty-six years since the initial release, so right about time that Belmacz and Light House invite you to an evening with this inimitable Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle.

 

Following a screening in the Light House club room, Adam Barker-Mills will be in conversation with Adrian Dannatt as he reflects and responds to this unparalleled work and world.

 

Studying at the London School of Film Technique on Electric Avenue in Brixton, Adam went on to become cameraman to some of the most innovative, independent British directors of the era, shooting both Oscar winning films to politically radical footage. In 1985, Adam chose to rest this mode of light, devoting himself entirely to the sculptural light works he began in the ‘60s. The Colour Theory exhibition at Belmacz is the latest showcase of Adam’s technical though mystical interventions into such variation and viability.

 

Joe Corré’s Light House, formerly a derelict chandelier workshop, now a fashion house, atelier and members bar, interrupts Soho’s reduction with a redemptive attention to small designers, fetishwear designers and made to order apparel.

 

The screening will take place at 6:30pm on Wednesday 15th April. If you would like to attend do send an rsvp to gallery@belmacz.com. Please note space is limited.

 

Light House
48 Berwick Street
London
W1F 8JD

 

Further information on the Light House may be found here.

Curated by Francesco Giaveri, CCA Andratx present a group show in Kunsthalle I.

 

Gernot Wieland will participate with “Hello, my name is…”…and…”Yes, I´m fine.” (2016) and Ink in Milk (2018).

 

The opening will take place on Wednesday 1st April, 5 – 8pm, and the show will run from Thursday 2nd April to Wednesday 17th June.

 

Estanyera 2
07150 Andratx
Mallorca
España

 

opening times: Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 6pm

 

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