LEEDS.- Every five years, the British Art Show, organised by Hayward Touring, provides a vital overview of the most exciting contemporary art being produced in the UK.

On its eighth edition, the British Art Show is accompanied by a richly illustrated publication that includes the work of 42 artists whose practices span sculpture, painting, installation, drawing, film, video and performance. In images, essays and a wealth of discussions with the artists themselves, British Art Show 8 explores their engagement with the material world at a time of increasing convergence between the real and virtual spheres.

Beautifully designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio, the publication also includes two essays by Anna Colin and Lydia Yee, curators of the show, as well as works, texts and preparatory material from artists such as Caroline Achaintre, Aaron Angell, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Pablo Bronstein, Simon Fujiwara, Ryan Gander, Melanie Gilligan, Linder, Rachel Maclean, Yuri Pattison, Ciara Phillips, Laure Prouvost, James Richards, Daniel Sinsel, Cally Spooner, Patrick Staff and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

The exhibition opens at Leeds Art Gallery on 9 October and will travel to Edinburgh, Norwich and Southampton over the course of fifteen months.

Full list of artists: Åbäke, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Caroline Achaintre, John Akomfrah and Trevor Mathison, Aaron Angell, Pablo Bronstein, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, Andrea Büttner, Alexandre da Cunha, Nicolas Deshayes, Benedict Drew, Simon Fujiwara, Martino Gamper, Ryan Gander, Melanie Gilligan, Anthea Hamilton, Will Holder, Alan Kane, Mikhail Karikis, Linder, Rachel Maclean, Ahmet Öğüt (with Liam Gillick, Susan Hiller and Goshka Macuga), Yuri Pattison, Ciara Phillips, Charlotte Prodger, Laure Prouvost, Magali Reus, James Richards, Eileen Simpson and Ben White, Daniel Sinsel, Cally Spooner, Patrick Staff, Imogen Stidworthy, Hayley Tompkins, Jessica Warboys, Stuart Whipps, Bedwyr Williams, Jesse Wine and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.