New Contemporaries

From the NC Archive: Harry Fletcher, Squeeze it, hug it, thump it, hump it, 2015 hand carved marble, concrete skin, plastic swimming rings which featured in the 2016 New Contemporaries exhibition. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

From the NC Archive: Jack West, A purely functional obsession which featured in the 2016 New Contemporaries exhibition. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

From the NC Archive: Bunmi Agusto, Labour of Self-Love which featured in the 2023 New Contemporaries exhibition. See more of Bunmi's work at #Frieze. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

From the NC Archive: Sandra Poulson, Presidential Suit, 2020, Installation which featured in the 2021 New Contemporaries exhibition. Sandra is part of the Echoes in the Present curated section at #Frieze 2025. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

Congratulations to James Jordan Johnson who is the recipient of the New Contemporaries Studio Residency at FormaHQ! 🙌 Over the next year James will have access to a studio space in Bermondsey, AV equipment and bookable spaces at Forma, as well as dedicated curatorial and communications support. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eRd4SniF #NewContemporaries

🌿 Artist Residency Open Call 🌿   The Royal Parks charity and UP Projects are excited to announce a brand-new opportunity.   We’re offering a 6-month paid residency for an early to mid-career artist with a socially engaged practice, starting January 2026.   📍 Based at St Mary’s Lodge in the heart of Greenwich Park  💷 £22,000 artist fee & on-site studio space  📅 Open call: 23 September – 2 November 2025   The residency invites an artist to develop their socially engaged practice through creative community engagement and build connections with Greenwich Park’s diverse local communities across Greenwich, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets.    We’re looking for early to mid-career artists who have:    🌿 A socially engaged practice  🌿 Sensitivity to barriers faced by the park’s underserved communities  🌿A close connection to the borough of Greenwich, Lewisham or Tower Hamlets  🌿 An understanding of the social and cultural value of urban green spaces   🔗 Find out more and spread the word https://lnkd.in/ei4Zgm3H

From the NC Archive: Laure Prouvost, Burrow Me, 2009, video, 13 min which featured in the 2010 New Contemporaries exhibition. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

From the NC Archive: Mohammed Sami, Burden of remembering, 2017 Acrylic on linen which featured in the 2018 New Contemporaries exhibition. Mohammed has been nominated for Turner Prize 2025. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

Ahmet Öğüt’s ‘Saved by the Whale’s Tail, Saved by Art’ is now on view at Stratford station. The artwork takes inspiration from a remarkable event in 2020 near Rotterdam, when a derailed train was miraculously caught by a sculpture of a whale’s tail, preventing disaster. For Öğüt, this surreal moment became a powerful metaphor for how art can, literally and figuratively, be lifesaving. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4G533pe #NewContemporaries #ArtOnTheUnderground This project is generously supported by Reed and the Henry Moore Foundation. Images: GG Archard

From the NC Archive: Yuko Obe, Interconnectivity of Life – Time, 2017, screen print on paper which featured in the 2018 New Contemporaries exhibition. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday