Alice Sharp

What a week for the wonderful @baamtii who opened 'Sacred Groves' at @southlondongallery and is now participating at the @labiennale at the Arsenale. She has created monumental new spiritual sculptures for SLG, the new scale of her ceramics means they look down on you; unfired in the first room and in the second feel like people in conversation. Lily Tonge has done a brilliant job curating including her smaller vessels upstairs in which she has plucked out the clay to bring the inside out and a new video installation which brings her deep connection with nature into a meditative reflection. I'm thrilled to see her work at Venice. We open her first permanent artworks which are set through trees by a lake at Kierikki as part of 'Climate Clock' which I'm curating for Oulu26 in June. It was great to see Margot, meet Audrée and David from James Cohan and the inimitable Sam Collins (pic). Sam is supporting the artists with their ambitious public installations in Oulu. @invisible_dust @jamescohangallery @pelhamcomms @oulu2026official #BiennaleArte2026

On #EarthDay2026 delighted 'Climate Clock' is covered by @nytimes . Claudia, Antti and I were interviewed by David Belcher, thank you for a great article! Seven wonderful artists creating a pause to reconnect us to nature's time: Ranti Bam (Nigeria/UK), Rana Begum (Bangladesh/UK), Takahiro Iwasaki (Japan), Gabriel Kuri (Mexico/Belgium), Antti Laitinen (Finland), Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (Finland and Germany/Finland) and SUPERFLEX (artist group, Denmark). Opening 13th June, Oulu Finland European Capital of Culture 2026. @laitinen_antti @ranabegumstudio @baamtii @gabrielkuri1970 @superflexstudio @studiokalleinen @anomaly_tokyo @oulu2026official @visitoulu #oulu26 @claudiawoolgar @pelhamcomms

Delighted to share Alberta Whittle, Licida Vidal and Letícia Ramos screening and talk @gifestival ! I am so thrilled that ‘The Ocean’s Edge’ Brazilian artists Letícia Ramos and Licida Vidal, alongside Alberta Whittle who represented Scotland at Venice in 2022 will screen their films and be in conversation with myself. Thanks @helennisbet ! Lets step out from 'The Ocean's Edge' to uncover Rachel Carson, the Atlantic Ocean from Scotland to Brazil, weaving together poetry, decolonial ancestral knowledge, climate change and marine science. Friday 5 June, 4-6pm at the Kelvin Hall Cinema, Glasgow. Part of the British Council and Instituto Guimarães Rosa UK/Brazil official Season of Culture 2025–26 with the Consulate General of Brazil in Edinburgh. ‘The Ocean’s Edge’ is a collaboration of Pivo and Invisible Dust with TBA21-Academy. Images: Alberta Whittle, 'Where the tide greets memory', 2023. Photo: National Galleries of Scotland. Artists headshots (l-r) Letícia Ramos, Alberta Whittle, Licida Vidal; Alice Sharp. @gifestival @purebred.mongrel @luis_maluf @leticiaramos.studio @samsmarinescience @institutooceanograftico @cove_park @icaufpa @pivosalvador @pivoartepesquisa @tba21academy @brbritish @britishcouncil @balticgateshead @laco_iousp @brazilembassyuk @cgedimburgo @glasgow.life @invisible_dust

So delighted that Ranti Bam is participating in #BiennaleArte2026! Ranti’s extraordinary undulating clay vessel sculptures are created through her own embrace, and embody spiritual and physical rest; a theme within #InMinorKeys by Koyo Kouoh. Ranti who grew up in the UK sees clay as a as a living entity, it becomes shared ground, a reminder that humans and landscapes are materially entangled. Alongside Venice Ranti will be opening permanent works as part of ‘Climate Clock’ on 13th June at #Oulu26. I first encountered her work in a churchyard at Liverpool Biennial in 2023; a site charged with the memory of slavery. I was struck by the contrast between her organic shapes in warm, colours of ochre, red and black and the cold grey weathered carved gravestones. I imagined the clay to be fragile and ephemeral. After visiting Oulu’s Kierikki Stone Age Centre with Ranti I realised how wrong I was. As Ranti says clay ‘holds time’ and lasts for thousands of years, it is often the first sign of humans in archeological digs and in this case the Kierikki Stone Age, ceramic pots are seven thousands years old. For 'Climate Clock' her sculptures will retain the marks of making, becoming intimate hearths where the everyday and the sacred meet and a substance that carries memory across generations, the fragments marked by hands long gone. I’m intrigued to see what @baamtii creates for Venice! 📸: Ranti at Kierikki photo by Kevin Kallombo, Ranti Bam, Tommerup Ceramic Workshop, Tommerup, Denmark, 2025. courtesy of Ranti Bam, photo by Alix Marie, Kierikki ceramic pots, Ranti Bam, ‘Ifas, 2023’ photo by Rob Battersby, courtesy Liverpool Biennial. The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia – 'In Minor Keys' by Koyo Kouoh – will run from May 9 through November 22, 2026, at the Giardini, the Arsenale and various locations #BiennaleArte2026 #InMinorKeys #RantiBam #JamesCohan @baamtii @Invisible_Dust @LiverpoolBiennial @Oulu26 @venicebiennale26 @jamescohangallery

Hockney's 'Year in Normandie' – how art connects us with nature's time His paintings and digital artworks are celebrated for their close observation of seasons, slowness of nature, changing weather and light; this reconnection with our natural surroundings and temporality is a common theme we have been developing with the 'Climate Clock' artists. David Hockney will present 'A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting' at @SerpentineUK London (opening 12 March 2026), including his monumental 'A Year in Normandie' 90-metre frieze (2020-21), inspired by walking along the Bayeux Tapestry and capturing the changing seasons at the artist’s former studio in Normandy, including this timbered thatched Seventeenth century farmhouse, alongside a number of new works. "Hockney believes that everyday cycles, like a sunrise, are worth celebrating...[his] digital painting tools allow him to capture the essence of each scene, skilfully recording changes in light and weather en plein air." Hockney is also creating a new Sunley Window commission at @turnercontemporary , opening 1 April 2026, which will transform the gallery’s iconic floor-to-ceiling window overlooking Margate’s beaches and the North Sea. Follow #ClimateClock – the permanent art trail opening this June in Oulu, Finland, curated by @AliceWSharp of @Invisible_Dust for @Oulu2026official – intertwining art, science and nature to inspire environmental awareness and a renewed connection with nature’s time.

Painted forests, imagined animals, fragile terrains. Magic Jungle brings together works that move between real landscapes, personal memory and myth, asking how we live with, imagine and extract from the natural world. Presented by @JhaveriContemporary for Condo 2026, the exhibition is hosted by @TheSundayPainter , London (17 January–14 February 2026). Works by Vasantha Yogananthan, (@vyogananthan ) Joydeb Roaja (@joydebroaza ), Muhanned Cader (@muhannedcader ) and Suleman Aqeel Khilji (@suleman_khilji ) explore the tension between care and exploitation, intimacy and distance, across photography, painting and works on paper. The show is part of Condo 2026: an unmissable collaborative exhibition by 50 galleries across 23 London spaces. Images: installation views and selected works, Magic Jungle, London (full credits in comments) #InvisibleDustHighlights #LondonExhibitions #ArtAndEcology #ArtAndNature

An exhibition not to be missed: Karimah Ashadu, 'Tendered’ at @camdenartcentre Recent winner of the prestigious Silver Lion award at #VeniceBiennale, @karimahashadu presents three powerful moving-image works that observe people and landscapes as bearers of Nigeria’s history. These include a beautiful and moving portrayal of a man who cares for high-class horses, including a wonderful scene where he rides into the sea. A tense portrait of Lagos' muscle builders, showing close-ups of the stresses their bodies go through, some of whom view their increased strength as protecting them from street gangs (particularly as they work as nightclub bouncers). A third film depicting an abattoir and shot through coloured plastic, shows the poor conditions of those who work in the industry. 'Tendered' continues until 22 March 2026 Images: Alice Sharp, Artistic Director @invisible_Dust with 'The Ocean's Edge' artists Alberta Whittle (@purebred.mongrel ), and Christian Noelle Charles at Ashadu's exhibition @camdenartcentre Karimah Ashadu, MUSCLE (still), 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Camden Art Centre, Fondazione In Between Art Film, Sadie Coles HQ and The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago.

🌎 "One of the year’s most significant productions where art, science and nature converge” – Euronews names #ClimateClock in the 10 unmissable exhibitions and art events of 2026, alongside the Bayeux Tapestry at the @britishmuseum and Frida Khalo at @tate Including artists from across the world; Ranti Bam (Nigeria/UK), Rana Begum (Bangladesh/UK), Takahiro Iwasaki (Japan), Gabriel Kuri (Mexico/Belgium), Antti Laitinen (Finland), Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (Finland/Germany) and SUPERFLEX (Denmark). Climate Clock will launch this June in Oulu, Finland, curated by @AliceWSharp of @Invisible_Dust , as part of @oulu2026official ’s European Capital of Culture programme. "Six permanent artworks by renowned artists will dot locations across Haukipudas, Kiiminki, Oulu city centre, Oulunsalo, Yli-Ii, and Ylikiiminki, forming a public art trail. Alongside this, "The Most Valuable Clock in the World" by Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (co-created with local communities) will travel around the region. Set against the Arctic landscape, it's a chance to experience how culture can meaningfully engage with environmental crisis whilst reconnecting us with nature's rhythms." Images: Frida Kahlo, Untitled [Self-portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird], 1940 View of Koiteli, Oulu, a location for Climate Clock, Oulu2026. Photo by Harri Tarvainen. The Bayeux Tapestry, AP Photo

Happy New Year from snowy Scarborough! A beautiful start to the year and I’m feeling the Winter connection with Oulu Finland which has just started its European Capital of Culture year. @oulu2026official #europeancapitalofculture Festival starting on 16th Jan #oulu26. - #ClimateClock’ opening in June! New artworks by @ranabegumstudio @baamtii @laitinen_antti @gabrielkuri1970 @studiokalleinen #takahiroiwasaki @superflexstudio (with @oulu2026 @claudiawoolgar & Sam Collins) curated by @invisible_dust

"There is more to life than increasing its speed" – Mahatma Ghandi Oulu, Finland is the European Capital of Culture 2026! @Oulu2026Official . The image shows the wonders of Oulu's frozen Koiteli rapids in Kiiminki, where ice and snow contrast with the remaining flow of the dark river; rapids rarely freeze completely because of turbulence, which mixes warmer water from below with the colder surface water and the conditions are altering with climate change. @AliceWSharp , artistic director of @Invisible_Dust is curating the #ClimateClock artwork trail, where artists Ranti Bam, Rana Begum, Takahiro Iwasaki, Gabriel Kuri, Antti Laitinen, Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen and SUPERFLEX, will encourage us to pause and reconnect with nature's time, and consider how we are losing our sense of nature and seasons intrinsic to being human. Finnish artists Tellervo and Oliver (@studiokalleinen )'s 'The Most Valuable Clock in the World' will complete the trail of six permament artworks. A large-scale mechanical-electronic artwork has been developed over the past two years in collaboration with the people of Oulu. The Clock will travel around the region, displaying valuable moments donated by local residents through moving images. It includes moments of local nature in winter (such as the rapids pictured), reflecting natural landscapes and created with climate and environmental scientists. This enables the hour hand to reflect moments from Oulu’s annual cycle. Alongside the minute hand are precious everyday moments donated by local people, and the second hand which captures brief, joyful glimpses of life. Happy New Year from Invisible Dust! Read more at invisibledust.com

An Arctic city in full creative bloom for its 2026 Capital of Culture year @bbc_travel "A centrepiece is Climate Clock, a seven-piece public art trail created by leading Finnish and international artists in collaboration with scientists. Each installation reflects themes of creativity, climate change and our connection to "nature's time", echoing the city's broader effort to encourage slower, more mindful travel." 'Climate Clock' is curated by @AliceWSharp @invisible_dust , rooted in Oulu’s cultural identity and celebrating its distinctive histories, communities and natural environments, the project marks a major new international contemporary art landmark in Northern Finland. Join us in Oulu, June 2026! @oulu2026official Read the full article at /travel

Concluding the Raqs Media Collective Trilogy 🌊 “We like to think of our work as a conversation, sometimes a cacophony, sometimes a thoughtful, measured exchange of thoughts and signals. ” – @raqsmediacollective Doors just closed to Raqs Media Collective's exhibition 'Cloud Messengers' at @_seed130 , in the heart of London's financial district, curated by @JeanineLGriffin and @alicewsharp . This concludes a trilogy of works made by the Delhi-based collective in collaboration with Invisible Dust. Exploring the deep entanglement of unquiet water, trade, risk and human emotion, across London and beyond, the trilogy began with 'The Waves are Rising' at the Royal Docks and Thames Barrier Park in 2023, continuing with 'The Tides of Our Tears' at Richmond’s Thames Tideway in June 2025, and culminating in 'Cloud Messengers', the trilogy powerfully interweaves rigorous research with poetic and speculative thinking. Images: Raqs Media Collective, Cloud Messengers at Seed130, 2025 photo © Lucy Dawkins; The Waves are Rising at The Royal Docks, 2023, photo © Tian Khee Siong; The Tides of Our Tears at Richmond's Thames Tideway, 2025, photo © Jeanine Griffin ‘Cloud Messengers’ @_seed130 London was supported by a partnership with @Futurecity_culture and @FrithStreetGallery 'The Tides of Our Tears' was part of @richmondartsandideas 2025 'The Waves are Rising' was part 'At the Docks' 2023 @yourroyaldocks