The British Art Show 7 exhibition includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, installations, video, film and performances from 39 artists and is a great opportunity to view work by both established artists and rising stars of the art world. Christian Marclay and Haroon Mirza recently won the Golden Lion and Silver Lion Awards at the 54th Venice Biennale, while George Shaw and Karla Black have been nominated for this year’s Turner Prize. The event employs a motif of the comet to explore and draw together a set of concerns that thread their way through the practices of the selected artists. [Read more…]