Victoria Miro’s London galleries are closed 19–22 April for the Easter holiday and will re-open on Tuesday 23 April
Image: Chantal Joffe, Violets (detail), 2019, oil on board, 20.1 x 14.1 cm, 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in
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The latest from Victoria Miro artists around the world
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Gallery Exhibition
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3 April 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, opening soon at Victoria Miro Venice
The exhibition features the most recent works from the artist's acclaimed, ongoing series “The Beautyful Ones”. Victoria Miro Venice -
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Interview
Posted
6 April 2019
Chantal Joffe talks to Rowan Pelling in The Telegraph
‘You spend 30 years working out life – then everything falls away’ Rowan Pelling, The Telegraph -
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News story
Posted
16 April 2019
Tickets are on sale for Grayson Perry at Union Chapel
An evening (29 April 2019) 'of bitter ranting and gross generalisations about those awful, other people' in aid of two local charities. Union Chapel, Islington -
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Review
Posted
12 April 2019
The Art Newspaper recommends NS Harsha’s new exhibition
'Harsha’s work alludes to the conflicting dynamics that arise in the efforts to modernise a vast subcontinent filled with very particular ancient traditions and varying social structures.' The Art Newspaper -
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Publications
28 March 2019
Chantal Joffe: The Front of My Face
Published on the occasion of a new exhibition at Victoria Miro Mayfair, this new book follows a new series of Self-Portraits by the artist Chantal Joffe – accompanied by a new text by Olivia Laing. Victoria Miro, 2019Chantal Joffe: The Front of My Face£ 15.00 -
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News story
Posted
8 March 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Stan Douglas are included in La Biennale di Venezia, 58th International Art Exhibition, May You Live In Interesting Times
The 58th International Art Exhibition is curated by Ralph Rugoff and will be open to the public from 11 May to 24 November 2019. Venice, Italy -
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Exhibition
Posted
17 April 2019
Now open: Adriana Varejão: Por uma retórica canibal at the Museum of Modern Art, Salvador
Curated by Luisa Duarte, this major exhibition (17 April–15 June 2019) features works created from the early 1990s to present, with an emphasis on the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil's rich cultural history, and its many references in the artist's work. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil -
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News story
Posted
29 March 2019
Artforum reports on Isaac Julien’s appointment to the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz
Julien and independent curator and writer Mark Nash will work together on developing the Isaac Julien Lab at the UC Santa Cruz campus, which will provide students with the opportunity to assist Julien with project research and the production of moving-image and photographic works. Artforum -
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Exhibition
Posted
6 April 2019
Conrad Shawcross features in Negative Space: Trajectories of Sculpture at ZKM, Karlsruhe
Slow Fold Inside a Corner, 2018, is on view as part of as part of Negative Space: Trajectories of Sculpture (6 April–11 August 20190. The exhibition is a continuation of a show first staged at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris in 1986, that sought to question 'what is modern sculpture?'. Karlsruhe, Germany -
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Exhibition
Posted
2 April 2019
Summer with the Averys (Milton, Sally, March), opening soon at Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut
Featuring landscapes, seascapes, beach scenes, and figural compositions – as well as rarely seen travel sketchbooks – the exhibition (11 May–1 September 2019) takes an innovative approach to the superb work produced by the Avery family. Along with canonical paintings by Milton Avery, the show offers a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the remarkable art created by Avery’s wife Sally and their daughter March. Greenwich, Connecticut -
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News story
Posted
29 March 2019
As reported in the Guardian, the V&A announces its acquisition of Grayson Perry’s Matching Pair
'They did, as I predicted, end up looking quite the same,' Perry said. 'Which is a good result, it shows that we all have much more in common than that which separates us.' Mark Brown, The Guardian -
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Exhibition
Posted
19 March 2019
Soul of a Nation, featuring Howardena Pindell, travels to The Broad
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (23 March–1 September 2019) shines light on a broad spectrum of Black artistic practice from 1963 to 1983, one of the most politically, socially, and aesthetically revolutionary periods in American history. The exhibition will tour to The Broad, Los Angeles, in March 2019. The Broad, Los Angeles -
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Exhibition
Posted
3 March 2019
Now open at Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, the world premiere of Isaac Julien’s Lessons of the Hour – Frederick Douglass
Lessons of the Hour (3 March–12 May 2019) is a meditation on the life, words, and actions of Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), the visionary African American abolitionist and freed slave, and on the issues of social justice that shaped his life’s work. Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York -
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Exhibition
Posted
16 January 2019
Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen travels to Rose Art Museum
This major exhibition (1 February–19 May 2019) spans the New York–based artist’s five-decade career, featuring early figurative paintings, pure abstraction, and conceptual works, as well as personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life-threatening car accident in 1979. The exhibition traces themes and visual experiments that run throughout Pindell’s work up to the present. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts -
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Exhibition
Posted
11 March 2019
MK Gallery reopens with The Lie of the Land, featuring Stephen Willats
Following a major expansion, the gallery reopens on 16 March 2019 with an exhibtion that aims to capture a visionary spirit of grand designs tempered by the realities of political expediency (on view until 26 May 2019). MK Gallery, Milton Keynes -
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Exhibition
Posted
18 March 2019
Doug Aitken at Faurschou Foundation, Beijing
The artist's first solo exhibition in mainland China takes place between 23 March and 4 August 2019. Faurschou Foundation, Beijing -
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News story
Posted
24 March 2019
Do Ho Suh: Almost Home was the most visited contemporary exhibition of 2018
As reported by The Art Newspaper, the exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (16 March–5 August 2018) drew an average of 7,853 visitors a day. The Art Newspaper -
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News story
Posted
26 February 2019
Wangechi Mutu will feature in the 2019 Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Museum has announced the 75 artists and collectives who will show as part of the Biennial from May 2019. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York -
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Exhibition
Posted
8 February 2019
Celia Paul at The Huntington
Travelling from the Yale Center for British Art, the exhibition (9 February–8 July 2019) is curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hilton Als and features work selected by Als in collaboration with the artist as a testament to their transatlantic friendship. The Huntington, San Marino, California -
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Exhibition
Posted
16 January 2019
Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem at the Museum of the African Diaspora
This major traveling exhibition (16 January–14 April 2019) features works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu, Chris Ofili and Howardena Pindell. Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California -
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Exhibition
Posted
1 February 2019
Stephen Willats features in Objects of Wonder, British Sculpture 1950s – Present at the PalaisPopulaire, Berlin
Featuring some 75 works from the Tate collection, the exhibition (1 February–27 May 2019) demonstrates how British artists revolutionised contemporary sculpture after World War II. PalaisPopulaire, Berlin -
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Exhibition
Posted
31 January 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby features in a new exhibition of works from the Hammer Contemporary Collection
This group show (24 January–19 May 2019) highlights recent acquisitions and works from the Hammer Contemporary Collection that have never before been on view. This lively mix of painting, sculpture, drawings, and multimedia installations features the work of more than 30 international established and emerging artists. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles -
Channel
16 April 2019
NS Harsha at Victoria Miro
As a new exhibition opens at Wharf Road, the renowned Indian artist discusses the ideas and process behind his major installation Reclaiming the Inner Space. -
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Talk
Posted
10 April 2019
Sarah Sze takes part in TED2019: Bigger Than Us
Held in Vancouver, this year's TED talks (15–19 April 2019) focus on the political and technological turmoil of the past few years, its consequences, and the questions that have arisen as a result. Sarah Sze will speak as part of Session 6 (17 April), Imagination. Vancouver Convention Centre -
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Exhibition
Posted
8 April 2019
Opening soon – Stephen Willats: Languages of Dissent at Migros Museum, Zürich
This exhibition (25 May–18 August 2019) is themed around two aspects of Willats' practice: cybernetics, the regulation and control of dynamic systems, which enables him to frame structures of communication and relationships in society, and also enables him to influence the fabric of actual social realities, serving him as both method, aesthetic vocabulary, and formal model; and his specific interest in subcultures, where nonconformism and self-determination manifest themselves. Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich -
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News story
Posted
4 April 2019
The Art Newspaper reports on Doug Aitken’s New Horizon
This chrome-coloured hot air balloon… will sail through various natural and cultural sites in Massachusetts this summer. Gabriella Angeleti, The Art Newspaper -
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Exhibition
Posted
27 March 2019
Opening soon: Do Ho Suh at Museum Voorlinden
An exhibition (18 May–22 September 2019) of drawings, sculptures, video work and installations continuing the artist's exploration of how we relate to where we live and shifting definitions of 'home'. Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, the Netherlands -
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Exhibition
Posted
26 March 2019
Grayson Perry to exhibit in Scotland this summer as part of Edinburgh Art Festival
Perry's Julie Cope’s Grand Tour will go on view at Dovecot Studios (25 July–25 August 2019). Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh -
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Exhibition
Posted
25 March 2019
Isaac Julien: Playtime, coming to LACMA in May
Marking the artist’s first major presentation in Los Angeles, Playtime (5 May–11 August 2019) is a captivating critique of the influence of capital in the art world. Los Angeles, California -
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News story
Posted
23 March 2019
Howardena Pindell talks to The New York Times
Pindell discusses her response to the resurgence of interest in her work as part of an extensive feature about the rise of older African-American artists. Hilarie M Sheets, The New York Times -
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Talk
Posted
19 March 2019
Grayson Perry delivers a Sarabande Foundation Inspiration Series talk
A talk by the artist (16 April 2019, 7–9pm) at Sarabande Foundation, the Lee Alexander McQueen Foundation, a non-profit organisation championing young creatives. Sarabande Foundation, London -
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Talk
Posted
18 March 2019
Stan Douglas to deliver a UCLA Department of Art Lecture
This free public lecture takes place at 7.30pm on 25 April 2019. -
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News story
Posted
18 March 2019
Chantal Joffe, Idris Khan and Conrad Shawcross donate works to Migrate Art’s Multicolour project
The artists have donated works to this exhibition (from 19 March 2019) and auction (11 April 2019) fundraising to support those affected by the global refugee crisis. -
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Exhibition
Posted
16 March 2019
Now open: Childhood Now, featuring Chantal Joffe, at Compton Verney
The exhibition (16 March–16 June 2019) features the work of three contemporary painters and partners Compton Verney's survey show Painting Childhood: From Holbein to Freud, which spans some 500 years of paintings, drawings and sculptures of children. Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park, Warwickshire -
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Review
Posted
7 March 2019
The Boston Globe reviews Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen at Rose Art Museum
'On either side of the divide, she’s nothing less than heroic. Early works are demure subversion — playful, knowing, sensual, elegant.' Murray Whyte, The Boston Globe -
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Exhibition
Posted
3 March 2019
Collezione Maramotti opens its rehung galleries, featuring displays by Jules de Balincourt and Chantal Joffe
For the first time since the opening of Collezione Maramotti in October 2007, ten rooms on the second floor of the permanent display have been rehung to present some of the projects shown during the first ten years of activity: including Jules de Balincourt (2012) and Chantal Joffe (2014). Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia -
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Talk
Posted
26 February 2019
Politics of Portraiture: The work of Njideka Akunyili Crosby
A talk (13 March 2019) by Ekow Eshun, Lucy Dahlsen and Michael McMillan exploring themes and ideas around Njideka Akunyili Crosby's mural for Art on the Underground at Brixton station. Royal College of Art, Battersea -
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Exhibition
Posted
26 February 2019
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston at the Linda Pace Foundation – Ruby City
Central to the exhibition (28 February–11 August 2019) is Julien’s seminal 1989 documentary-drama Looking for Langston. Also on display are two recently acquired photographic works from the Looking for Langston series, which illuminate the multilayered narratives present throughout Julien’s oeuvre. Ruby City, San Antonio, Texas -
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Exhibition
Posted
20 February 2019
Chantal Joffe, Alex Hartley, Idris Khan and Grayson Perry donate works to the Drawing Room’s Drawing Biennial 2019
Works on paper by the artists have been donated to the Drawing Room's fundraising exhibition and online auction (exhibition: 20 February–26 March 2019; auction: 11–26 March 2019). Drawing Room, London -
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Publications
18 February 2019
JOHN KØRNER
JOHN KØRNER is most comprehensive publication on the artist to date, featuring conversations with Marie Nipper, curator of Kørner's retrospective exhibition Forever Problems at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in 2017, in addition to essays by Max Andrews (frieze) and art critic Oliver Basciano (ArtReview). Roulette Russe, 2018JOHN KØRNER£ 50.00 -
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News
Posted
12 February 2019
Frieze writes about Francesca Woodman in its 200th issue
'These are photographs in which moments – and lives – are constantly moving from then to now, bodies finding echoes in the world around them.' Caroline Marciniak, Frieze -
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News
Posted
5 February 2019
Isaac Julien’s The Attendant at the Berlinale Film Festival
Julien's 1993 film is screened twice during The Berlinale (7–17 February 2019). In addition, the artist takes part in the Queer Academy Summit 2019 on 13 February. Berlin -
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Interview
Posted
5 February 2019
John Kørner talks to Wallpaper* about his exhibition Life in a Box
'There are lighthearted notes to the exhibition, but, as is common in Kørner’s complex practice, it’s also dense with metaphor, symbol, and serious commentary.' Elly Parsons, Wallpaper* -
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Review
Posted
4 February 2019
Artforum, Dezeen, Designboom and The Spaces feature Doug Aitken’s Mirage Gstaad
Mirage Gstaad, a new outdoor site specific sculpture by Aitken, will remain on view in the Swiss Alps over the course of two years, reflecting and interacting with the mountain landscape over the changing seasons. Gstaad, Switzerland -
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Exhibition
Posted
4 February 2019
Chantal Joffe to feature in Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage, opening this summer at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
The exhibition (29 June–27 October 2019) is the first survey exhibition of collage ever to take place in Britain. It spans a period of more than 400 years and includes more than 250 works. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh -
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Preview
Posted
2 February 2019
Skye Sherwin writes about Tal R’s House Red in The Guardian
'The Danish painter evokes a sense of loss with a colourful palette and sharp geometric lines.' The Guardian Skye Sherwin -
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Exhibition
Posted
1 February 2019
Elevation 1049: Frequencies, featuring Doug Aitken’s Mirage Gstaad
Elevation 1049: Frequencies features Mirage Gstaad, a new outdoor, site-specific sculpture by Doug Aitken that will remain on view in Gstaad over the course of two years, reflecting and interacting with the mountain landscape over the changing seasons. Gstaad, Switzerland -
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Event
Posted
29 January 2019
Elmgreen & Dragset give an artist talk at the Art Institute of Chicago
The duo discuss their work in a free talk on 5 February 2019. The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium -
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Event
Posted
28 January 2019
Howardena Pindell in conversation with Naomi Beckwith and Valerie Cassel Oliver
To mark the opening of Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen at Rose Art Museum, the artist discusses her work (1 February 2019) with the exhibition curators. Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts -
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Exhibition
Posted
23 January 2019
Isaac Julien: The Leopard at Block Museum of Art
A presentation (26 January–14 April 2019) of Julien’s groundbreaking 2007 video installation The Leopard (Western Union: Small Boats) – a lyrical and visceral meditation on histories of African migration. Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Chicago -
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News story
Posted
18 January 2019
As reported in Artforum and Art News, Howardena Pindell is awarded the College Art Association’s 2019 Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement
The College Art Association has revealed the winners of its 2019 awards for distinction, with Howardena Pindell receiving the 2019 Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement. Alex Greenberger, Art News -
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News story
Posted
18 January 2019
Culture Type reports on Victoria Miro’s representation of Howardena Pindell
'The UK-based gallery is working with the multidiscplinary artist in collaboration with Garth Greenan Gallery, her rep in New York. Pindell’s first exhibition with Victoria Miro is planned for June 2019 in London.' Victoria L Valentine, Culture Type -
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Exhibition
Posted
18 January 2019
Stan Douglas: Hors-champs goes on view at Western Front, Vancouver
In Douglas’ Hors-champs, 1992 (on view 18 January–23 February 2019), a quartet of musicians—Kent Carter, Douglas Ewart, Oliver Johnson, and George Lewis—perform Albert Ayler’s Spirits Rejoice. Projected simultaneously on opposite sides of the same screen, Douglas’ installation considers the Black musical traditions (blues, gospel, etc) embedded into Ayler’s composition. Western Front, Vancouver -
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Exhibition
Posted
17 January 2019
Jonathan Meese, Daniel Richter, Tal R: The Men Who Fell from Earth at Espoo Museum of Modern Art
The exhibition (30 January–7 July 2019) features installations co-created by the three artist friends and colleagues, a video piece, as well as an overview of each artist’s recent work. EMMA, Espoo, Finland -
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News story
Posted
16 January 2019
Victoria Miro announces representation of Howardena Pindell
The first solo exhibition of works by the artist in the UK will be held at Victoria Miro Mayfair in June 2019. -
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Commission
Posted
16 January 2019
Sarah Sze discusses her forthcoming commission for Storm King Art Center
Opening in spring 2020, Fallen Sky is comprised of a deliberately incomplete and increasingly delicate 36-foot-diameter spherical cavity, sheathed in mirrored stainless steel. Storm King Art Center -
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Exhibition
Posted
15 January 2019
Ilse D’Hollander features in Salon de Peinture at M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp
The exhibition (17 January–17 February 2019) features works by some 50 Belgian (or Belgium-based) artists, including Ilse D'Hollander, Raoul De Keyser, Luc Tuymans and Walter Swennen. Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp -
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Commission
Posted
10 January 2019
Conrad Shawcross, Chantal Joffe and Yayoi Kusama create window installations for Selfridges in celebration of their forthcoming Crossrail commissions
As a foretaste of their Crossrail commissions for the new Elizabeth Line, participating artists have been invited to create windows for Selfridges in Oxford Street, on view until 29 March 2019. Selfridges, London -
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Exhibition
Posted
8 January 2019
Interiorities, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Adriana Varejão, opens at Haus der Kunst, Munich, in November 2019
The exhibition (29 November 2019–29 March 2020) focuses on interior of the imagination, as well as with the interior as a real setting, as a private retreat or shelter, or as a space with the potential to reflect and change the social and political zeitgeist. Haus der Kunst, Munich -
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Publications
8 January 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby: I Refuse to be Invisible
This is the first publication on Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s work featuring essays by Cheryl Brutvan and Taiye Selasi, and an interview with the artist. Norton Museum of Art and Victoria Miro, 2018Njideka Akunyili Crosby: I Refuse to be Invisible£ 30.00
In Focus
NS Harsha discusses Reclaiming the Inner Space
The renowned Indian artist discusses the ideas and process behind his major installation, on view at Wharf Road.
