News

16 February 2022 Martin Firrell / Out of the Ordinary

Channel 4 has commissioned public artist Martin Firrell to create a portrait of the people of Leeds and Bradford to mark the arrival of the new Channel 4 HQ.

3 December 2020 Jewyo Rhii, Love Your Depot . L O C U S X

Announcing the launch of L O C U S X 5pm Thursday 3rd December 2020

27 October 2020 Jewyo Rhii, Love Your Depot_LDN

We are very happy to announce the online preview and performance of Jewyo Rhii's Love Your Depot_LDN in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Centre and Globe gallery.

5 October 2020 Enid Rogers 1938-2020

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of colleague and dear friend Enid Rogers.

17 September 2020 Jewyo Rhii, Love Your Depot

The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK), London and Locus+ are delighted to present the solo
exhibition Love Your Depot from Seoul-based artist Jewyo Rhii, marking her nomination as ‘2020
Artist of the Year’ - the KCCUK’s major annual award programme.

25 October 2018 Douglas Gordon, Portrait of Janus (divided states)

Douglas Gordon's Portrait of Janus (divided states), the newly produced film with live performance by Okkyung Lee and in conversation with David Holmes

20 April 2018 Anya Gallaccio / dreamed about the flowers that hide from the light

We are pleased to announce the opening of a new work for Lindisfarne Castle

19 January 2018 Anya Gallaccio / Lindisfarne

We are delighted to announce our new commission with Anya Gallaccio and the National Trust for Lindisfarne 2018.

21 November 2017 Douglas Gordon / Portrait of Janus (divided states)

We are extremely proud to be able to announce the following screenings of our new commission, Portrait of Janus (divided states), a new film and performance by Douglas Gordon and Okkyung Lee.

18 September 2017 Arts Council England withdraws support

Reluctantly, we have taken the decision to write directly to the Chair of Arts Council England on this matter and have been overwhelmed by your support.

30 August 2017 Douglas Gordon / Portrait of Janus

The Art Newspaper has published a preview of our new Douglas Gordon film Portrait of Janus prior to its screening for the first time at Art Sonje Center in Seoul in November and the Korean Cultural Center in London, January 2018

27 February 2017 Monica Ross: A Critical Fine Art Practice

Private view and book launch

15 February 2017 Richard Grayson / The Magpie Index

Locus+ and The Photographers' Gallery are proud to announce a special screening of Richard Grayson's film portrait of Roy Harper, The Magpie Index, as part of Conspiracy Week 10-19 February 2017

16 December 2016 Season's greetings

All at Locus+ wish you a very merry Christmas & a peaceful New Year

14 September 2016 Katie Paterson / Book launches

We are delighted to announce the following dates for the launch of Katie Paterson's monograph.

9 September 2016 Christian Barnes / at Blackwell

We are delighted that The Bathymetric Atlas of The English Lake District is to be shown at Blackwell 10th - 17th September 2016

22 August 2016 Katie Paterson publication /

Our forthcoming monograph on Katie Paterson is at the printers - Kerber Verlag in Bielefeld, Germany.

21 June 2016

25 May 2016 Wolfgang Weileder / Transfer Laban

18 May 2016

5 May 2016 Katie Paterson / Future Library

Engaging and articulate as ever David Mitchell talks about Future Library

5 May 2016 Chris Burden / Documentary

A preview of the long-awaited documentary on Chris Burden

27 April 2016 Kate Paterson /

Totality: Somerset House, London
Syzygy: The Lowry, Manchester

21 January 2016 A Bathymetric Atlas of The English Lake District / Christian Barnes

A Bathymetric Atlas of The English Lake District is being exhibited as part of Picture Book an exhibition exploring artist's books at The Tetley.

11 May 2015 Chris Burden RIP

It is with a great sadness that we have to announce artist Chris Burden died yesterday at home in Topanga Canyon.

23 February 2015 Artist's Talk / Katie Paterson

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to hear the award-winning artist talk about the project and her practice

28 January 2015 Jonathan Monk / A copy of Richard Hamilton Whitley Bay 1965

Jonathan Monk's edition project consists of a series of 12 postcards, sent on a monthly basis during 2015.

17 December 2014 Season's Greetings!

We are delighted to have worked with Jonathan Monk for this year's artist's Christmas card commission.

24 November 2014 Ron Geesin and Peter Holden in conversation

Don't miss this opportunity to hear Ron Geesin and Peter Holden talk about our commission, Blackbird Quadralogue, amongst many other fascinating things...

24 September 2014 Ron Geesin / Blackbird Quadralogue

Locus+ and the De La Warr Pavilion are pleased to invite you to the launch of a new co-commission by Ron Geesin entitled Blackbird Quadralogue.

18 September 2014 Second Moon to return...

Second Moon is scheduled to arrive back at the Great North Museum: Hancock this Saturday after completing its year-long voyage around the planet.

4 September 2014 The Final Orbit

Katie Paterson's Second Moon has now embarked on orbit #13: It's final orbit.

14 July 2014 A Bathymetric Atlas of The English Lake District / Christian Barnes

Our latest commission will be unveiled this Wednesday 16th July at our offices. All welcome.

6 March 2014 Second Moon shortlisted for ACE award

Katie Paterson's Second Moon has been shortlisted for the Arts Council Award at the Journal Culture Awards.

6 March 2014 Douglas Gordon / The End of Civilisation

The End of Civilsation will take centre stage at the opening of his exhibition in Paris this evening.

27 February 2014 Adelaide Festival / Katie Paterson

Our Katie Paterson commission Second Moon is part of Worlds in Collision, the Adelaide Festival 2014 which opens this Friday 28th February until 16th March.

28 January 2014 Congratulations Katie Paterson /

Katie Paterson has won this year's visual arts prize at the Sky Arts Awards

20 December 2013 Jane and Louise Wilson / new commission

Blind Landings (H-bomb Test Site, Orford Ness) #3
2013, Photo collage, 360 x 360mm, Variation of 4

17 October 2013 Sarah Pickering / Aim & Fire

We are delighted to announce the opening of Aim & Fire, the first solo exhibition of work by Sarah Pickering in the North East.

2 October 2013 Chris Burden / Ghost Ship at the New Museum

Our 2005 commission with Chris Burden, Ghost Ship is centre stage at the incredible Extreme Measures, an impressive and long-overdue retrospective at the New Museum, New York.

11 September 2013 Second Moon in China

K.atie Paterson's Second Moon is now three days into its first orbit

12 August 2013 Katie Paterson / Second Moon

We are extremely excited to be launching a new commission with Katie Paterson on the 8th September 2013.

5 July 2013 We have moved...

Locus+ has finally moved into new offices.

29 May 2013 Douglas Gordon / new multiple

We are delighted to be unvailing our newly co-commissioned artist's multiple: An edition of 13 silver spoons, with a sharpened bowl by Douglas Gordon at the Ludoteca Luna nel Pozzo, in Venice this week.

16 May 2013 20th Anniversary / Venice

Locus+ are celebrating 20 years of innovative visual arts projects and publications at the 2013 Venice Biennale. At the Ludoteca La Luna nel Pozzo, we will be launching a special limited edition print portfolio by five outstanding artists as a fundraiser to enable us to commission more exciting projects in the future.

8 May 2013 Catalyst Arts Fund

Locus+ are proud to announce that in partnership with Great North Run Culture, we have been successful in our application to Arts Council England's Catalyst Arts: building fundraising capacity scheme.

18 December 2012 Suzanne Treister / new commission

DIY Drone / Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV): 'ArduCopter 3DR Hexa'
Watercolour on paper, 210 x 150 mm, 2012

5 October 2012 Print Portfolio

Locus+ are proud to announce a limited edition print portfolio, available in 2013, to celebrate twenty years of innovative projects.

30 August 2012 Douglas Gordon / New York screening

We are proud to announce new dates for the screening of Douglas Gordon's The End of Civilisation in New York

4 July 2012 Education: Douglas Gordon's The End of Civilisation

The educational aspect of our new commission The End of Civilisation by Douglas Gordon has been in two parts.

23 May 2012 Douglas Gordon: The End of Civilisation

Filming finished this week on our new commission The End of Civilisation by Douglas Gordon.

27 April 2012 The Magpie Index - Glasgow Screening

Locus+ and Street Level Photoworks are proud to announce a special screening of Richard Grayson's film portrait of Roy Harper, The Magpie Index, as part of the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art.

23 March 2012 Artist's talk

We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Schipper will be giving an informal talk at the Tyneside Cinema about his work as our commission Slow Motion Car Crash comes to an end.

8 March 2012 Jonathan Schipper / Slow Motion Car Crash

Jonathan Schipper's Slow Motion Car Crash continues to gather momentum

21 February 2012 Jonathan Schipper / Slow Motion Car Crash

We will be launching our new commission Slow Motion Car Crash by Jonathan Schipper as part of the AV Festival on the 2nd March.

7 February 2012 Cornelia Hesse-Honneger / Print Portfolio

We are delighted to announce that Cornelia Hesse-Honneger has been here for a few days working on her print for our up and coming Print Portfolio.

13 January 2012 Archive / Richard Grayson

To coincide with Richard Grayson's The Magpie Index, 2010 showing at Matt's Gallery in London we have dug deep into the vaults of The Locus+ Archive to digitise two works on Umatic tape by the artist from the early 1980s.

9 January 2012 Richard Grayson / The Magpie Index

Locus+ are proud to announce that The Magpie Index by Richard Grayson will be showing at Matt's Gallery in London from 18th January to 12th February 2012.

17 October 2011 The Locus+ Archive / Seeing in the Dark

A selection of material from The Locus+ Archive will form part of the group show - Seeing in the Dark curated and presented by CIRCA.

10 October 2011 Alan Haydon (1949-2011)

It is with great sadness that we have to announce that Alan Haydon, the Chair of the Locus+ Board and Director of the De La Warr Pavilion has passed away after a short illness.

1 September 2011 Cerith Wyn Evans / Permit yourself...

29 July 2011 Shane Cullen / IMMA

5 July 2011 Leo Fitzmaurice / Post Match / Cube

Leo Fitzmaurice's Post Match opens at CUBE gallery in Manchester later this week.

24 May 2011 Cerith Wyn Evans / Venice

Locus+ will be exhibiting a newly commissioned work by Cerith Wyn Evans

22 May 2011 Conrad Atkinson / 11 Downing Street

30 March 2011 National Portfolio Announcement

Arts Council continues to invest in Locus+

18 December 2010 New Locus+ Edition: Fiona Banner Ingot

Locus+ are proud to announce the latest edition to our multiples: a limited edition aluminium ingot by Fiona Banner.