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The latest from Victoria Miro artists around the world
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Exhibition
Posted
19 May 2017
Tal R: Academy of Tal R at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
The exhibition (20 May - 10 September 2017) is both an overview of his work from the past twenty years and a presentation of a series of new works. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark -
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News story
Posted
10 May 2017
Victoria Miro Venice opens with an inaugural exhibition by Chris Ofili
Victoria Miro is pleased to announce the opening of a new gallery in Venice. The inaugural exhibition is Chris Ofili: Poolside Magic (10 May - 8 July 2017). -
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Exhibition
Posted
18 May 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow coming to the National Gallery Singapore
The first major survey of Kusama's work in Southeast Asia includes paintings, sculptures, videos and installations from the 1950s to the present (9 June - 3 September 2017). National Gallery Singapore -
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Exhibition
Posted
17 May 2017
Doug Aitken: Electric Earth opening soon at The Modern, Fort Worth
The exhibition (28 May - 20 August) unfolds around the major moving-image installations that articulate Aitken’s central subject matters. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas -
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Exhibition
Posted
12 May 2017
Njideka Akunyili Crosby in the Future Generation Art Prize, Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice
An official Collateral Event of the 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, the exhibition is presented by PinchukArtCentre and Victor Pinchuk Foundation, in the spectacular setting of the Palazzo Contarini Polignac. Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice -
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Exhibition
Posted
10 May 2017
Sarah Sze in Glasstress 2017, Venice
The exhibition (11 May - 26 November 2017) brings together leading contemporary artists to explore the creative possibilities of glass. Palazzo Franchetti, Venice -
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Exhibition
Posted
12 May 2017
Isaac Julien featured in Diaspora Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2017
Julien’s single screen projection The Leopard and lightbox work Balustrade, both from the Western Union: Small Boats series, are currently included in the Diaspora Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia (until 26 November 2017). Palazzo Pisani S. Marina, Venice -
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Exhibition
Posted
7 May 2017
Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic at the National Gallery
The exhibition (26 April - 28 August 2017) marks the first time the artist has worked in the medium of tapestry and will include a series of preparatory works on paper in an installation conceived by the artist for the Gallery's Sunley Room. National Gallery, London -
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Exhibition
Posted
15 April 2017
Conrad Shawcross and Jules de Balincourt in The Universe and Art at ArtScience Museum Singapore
The exhibition (1 April - 30 July 2017) is an artistic voyage through the cosmos, exploring where we came from and where we are going. ArtScience Museum, Singapore -
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Review
Posted
19 May 2017
Rachel Campbell-Johnston reviews Alice Neel, Uptown in The Times
"Neel notices everything… Nonetheless, it remains saliently the inner person who speaks." Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times -
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Picture story
Posted
19 May 2017
Alice Neel, Uptown featured in AnOther
"As a new exhibition opening at Victoria Miro gallery demonstrates, her portraits have never been more relevant." Alexandra Alexa, AnOther -
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Preview
Posted
17 May 2017
Hettie Judah writes about Alice Neel, Uptown in inews
"As 'Uptown' shows… her true interest lay with those that touched on her day-to-day: earnest kids, mixed-race couples, sari-wearing Madonnas, Iranians fleeing the revolution, handsome young men in Jheri curls." Hettie Judah, inews -
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Publications
16 May 2017
Alice Neel, Uptown
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Alice Neel, Uptown at David Zwirner, New York (23 February - 22 April 2017), and Victoria Miro, London (18 May - 29 July 2017). Including essays by Hilton Als on individual portraits and their sitters, in addition to new scholarship by Jeremy Lewison. David Zwirner Books / Victoria Miro, 2017Alice Neel, Uptown£ 40.00Add to cart -
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Art fair
Posted
15 May 2017
Victoria Miro at Photo London with a special presentation of Isaac Julien’s Looking for Langston
Isaac Julien’s seminal work Looking for Langston (1989/2017) is the focus of this special presentation (18 - 21 May 2017), which features photographs presented as both large-scale works and silver gelatin prints, accompanied by an installation of the award-winning film. Somerset House, London -
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Review
Posted
13 May 2017
Jackie Wullschlager selects Chris Ofili: Poolside Magic as one of her Venice highlights
"This delicate series about metamorphosis and transformation… is good enough to call to mind Picasso’s Vollard Suite." Jackie Wullschlager, The Financial Times -
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Interview
Posted
13 May 2017
Isaac Julien interviewed by Peter Aspden in the Financial Times
The artist discusses his life and a new exhibition based on his seminal film ‘Looking for Langston’. Photography © Peter Watkins. Peter Aspden, The Financial Times -
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Event
Posted
13 May 2017
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston screening and talk at Tate Britain
A rare screening of Looking for Langston in its original 16mm format, followed by a conversation between Isaac Julien and Tate curator Zoe Whitley, will take place in the Clore Auditorium, Thursday 20 July, 7 - 9pm. Tate Britain, London -
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Preview
Posted
12 May 2017
Anatomy of an Artwork: Alice Neel's Benjamin featured in the Guardian
"Like her subjects, Neel had a survival story." Skye Sherwin, The Guardian -
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News story
Posted
11 May 2017
Sarah Sze writes about her work Timekeeper in The New Yorker
“Timekeeper” is one way of portraying something we all know about time: it is not just a counting system that marks the passing of days. Sarah Sze, The New Yorker -
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Review
Posted
10 May 2017
Artnews reviews Chris Ofili: Poolside Magic at Victoria Miro Venice
'If you are in Venice right now, drop what you are doing and go see Poolside Magic.' Andrew Russeth, Artnews -
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Publications
10 May 2017
Chris Ofili: Poolside Magic
Chris Ofili: Poolside Magic accompanies an exhibition by the artist comprising a suite of pastel, charcoal and watercolour works on paper, which are being shown together for the first time. The body of work is generously illustrated in a singer sewn, portfolio-style publication which includes archival source material alongside a textual poetic reflection. Victoria Miro, 2017Chris Ofili: Poolside Magic£ 35.00Add to cart -
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News story
Posted
6 May 2017
Victoria Miro's booth leads The Art Newspaper's Frieze New York special report
Gareth Harris and Anny Shaw pick their most topical works at Frieze New York. Gareth Harris and Anny Shaw, The Art Newspaper -
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Exhibition
Posted
5 May 2017
Francesca Woodman in Room at Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre
The exhibition (6 May - 24 June 2017) reflects the multiple, often concurrent, meanings and functions of the room. It represents work produced from the 1970s to present day. Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry -
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Review
Posted
5 May 2017
The Spectator reviews Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic
'His new tapestry, a triptych entitled ‘The Caged Bird’s Song’, is a sensuously gorgeous thing, full of curvilinear, twisting forms and sumptuous colour harmonies blended softly together.' – Martin Gayford Martin Gayford, The Spectator -
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Exhibition
Posted
5 May 2017
Isaac Julien in Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity at Walker Art Gallery
The Walker Art Gallery will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in England and Wales (1967 Sexual Offences Act) with a major exhibition (28 July - 5 November 2017) drawn from the Arts Council Collection and its own collections. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool -
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Exhibition
Posted
5 May 2017
Francesca Woodman in Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s at Mumok, Vienna
The exhibition (6 May - 3 September 2017) features works by international artists, drawn from the the Sammlung Verbund collection. Mumok, Vienna -
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Publications
4 May 2017
Stephen Willats: HUMAN RIGHT
Texts by Stephen Willats, Alistair Hudson and Miguel Amado. Interview with Hannah Redler Hawes. Published to accompany the solo exhibition at Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art (4 March - 4 June 2017). Victoria Miro, 2017Stephen Willats: HUMAN RIGHT£ 15.00Add to cart -
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Exhibition
Posted
3 May 2017
The Hayward Touring exhibition Elizabeth Price Curates… featuring Francesca Woodman at Glynn Vivian, Swansea
This exhibition (13 May - 28 Aug 2017) stages an ‘austere melodrama’, encompassing a vast repertoire of images of the reclining or recumbent body – in states of weariness, sleep, stupor, reverie, mourning, death and erotic transport or languor. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea -
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Exhibition
Posted
2 May 2017
Coming soon: Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!
Perry's exhibition (8 June - 10 September 2017) will tackle one of his central concerns: how contemporary art can best address a diverse cross section of society, confronting subjects that are universally human. Serpentine Galleries, London -
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Exhibition
Posted
2 May 2017
John Kørner: Always Many Problems
The largest exhibition of the artist's work to date (18 June - 13 August 2017) features paintings from across his career and a new body of work including a site-specific installation. Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark -
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Exhibition
Posted
2 May 2017
Alex Hartley to take part in the Yokohama Triennale 2017
Titled “Islands, Constellations and Galapagos”, the sixth edition of the Triennale (4 August - 5 November 2017) explores ideas of connectivity and isolation. Yokohama, Japan -
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Exhibition
Posted
2 May 2017
New and recent work by Wangechi Mutu coming to The Contemporary Austin
An upcoming solo exhibition (23 September 2017 - 14 January 2018) takes place at The Contemporary Austin's Jones Center and an outdoor installation of Water Woman, 2017, will be on display at the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, in Austin, TX. Austin, Texas -
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News story
Posted
1 May 2017
The identity of Alice Neel’s 'Woman', 1966, is revealed in a feature in Scroll.in
Saudamini Jain tracks down Ujjaini Khanderia, the sitter for Alice Neel's 'Woman', 1966, which will be on display as part of Alice Neel, Uptown. Saudamini Jain, Scroll.in -
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Exhibition
Posted
1 May 2017
Yayoi Kusama in From Nature to Sculpture, Villa Datris
Work by Yayoi Kusama is among that of 65 international artists featured in this exhibition (26 May - 1 November 2017). L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France -
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Exhibition
Posted
1 May 2017
Chantal Joffe in Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, curated by Eric Fischl, at Hall Art Foundation
In this fresh and provocative show (6 May – 26 November 2017), Fischl illustrates the absurd extremes associated with romantic and sexual love. Desire, passion, vulnerability, disappointment, pleasure and torment are expressed as a Greek or Shakespearian comedy – epic and tragic, hopeful and hazardous. Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont -
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Interview
Posted
30 April 2017
The Observer interviews Hilton Als, curator of the forthcoming exhibition Alice Neel, Uptown
"I just felt the top of my head blowing off. These were people that I recognised…" In this interview with Tim Adams, Als discusses the importance of Neel's Harlem portraits. Tim Adams, The Observer -
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Exhibition
Posted
30 April 2017
Grayson Perry in Ways of Seeing, coming to Arter Space for Art, Istanbul
Taking its cue from Ways of Seeing, John Berger's 1972 critical text on visual culture, this exhibition (2 June - 13 August 2017) explores the various formalistic strategies that artists employ to re-configure our perception of the world. Arter Space for Art, Istanbul -
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Picture story
Posted
29 April 2017
The People of Harlem, as Painted by Alice Neel, in The Observer
See a gallery of images and read extracts from Hilton Als' texts on individual sitters. The Observer -
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Event
Posted
28 April 2017
Stephen Willats: Human Right book launch
The launch of Stephen Willats' new book, HUMAN RIGHT, which accompanies the artist's current major exhibition at Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art, will take place on Thursday 4 May, 6-8pm, at Claire de Rouen Books. Claire de Rouen Books, London -
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Exhibition
Posted
28 April 2017
Isaac Julien in The Restless Earth, Triennale di Milano
Julien's Western Unions: Small Boats, 2007, is included in The Restless Earth (28 April - 20 August 2017), which borrows its title from a collection of poems by Édouard Glissant, a Caribbean writer who probed the question of how different cultures can coexist. Palazzo della Triennale, Milan -
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News
Posted
27 April 2017
Do Ho Suh awarded the Ho-Am Prize for the Arts
As reported in ArtAsiaPacific, Do Ho Suh has been announced as one of the recipients of the Ho-Am Prize. The award ceremony takes place on 1 June in Seoul. Katherine Volk, ArtAsiaPacific -
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Interview
Posted
26 April 2017
Secundino Hernández talks to Something Curated about his exhibition Paso at Victoria Miro
In conversation with Keshav Anand, the artist discusses the bodies of work that comprise his exhibitions at Victoria Miro and Victoria Miro Mayfair. Keshav Anand, Something Curated -
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Review
Posted
25 April 2017
Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic reviewed in The Guardian
★★★★★ from Adrian Searle: "Weaving Magic is all a liquid dance, potent and dangerous as a cocktail, lovely and sinuous as a snake. I’m bitten." Adrian Searle, The Guardian -
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Review
Posted
25 April 2017
The Telegraph reviews Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic
'An irresistible pagan altar to art' – Alastair Sooke Alastair Sooke, The Telegraph -
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Publications
25 April 2017
Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic
Accompanying Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic, the artist’s ambitious presentation of the tapestry within a specially conceived environment in the Sunley Room at the National Gallery, this publication tells the story of the work’s evolution and documents the close collaboration between Ofili and master weavers who have interpreted his designs with astonishing nuance. Victoria Miro in association with The National Gallery, 2017Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic£ 30.00Add to cart -
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Interview
Posted
22 April 2017
Studio International interviews Secundino Hernández
Secundino Hernández: ‘As a painter you have to have the courage to not be afraid of change’ Angeria Rigamonti di Cutò, Studio International -
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Interview
Posted
17 April 2017
Kara Walker cover story interview for New York Magazine
In this interview by Doreen St Félix, the artist discusses the changing nature of politicised public art. Photographs by Ari Marcopoulos. Doreen St Félix, New York Magazine -
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Interview
Posted
16 April 2017
Chris Ofili discusses his forthcoming National Gallery exhibition and the enduring influence of Trinidad in The Observer
The artist talks to Tim Adams ahead of his exhibitions Weaving Magic at the National Gallery and Poolside Magic at Victoria Miro Venice. Photograph: Kibwe Braithwaite for the Observer. Tim Adams, The Observer -
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Exhibition
Posted
15 April 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors begins its tour of five cities across the US and Canada
A major Yayoi Kusama exhibition, focusing on the evolution of her immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms, begins its North American tour at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (23 February - 14 May 2017). Hirshhorn Museum and tour -
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Exhibition
Posted
15 April 2017
NS Harsha: Charming Journey at Mori Art Museum
This mid-career retrospective (4 February - 11 June 2017) encompasses Harsha's major works and explores themes running through his practice. Mori Art Museum, Tokyo -
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Exhibition
Posted
15 April 2017
Maria Nepomuceno at Stavanger Art Museum
The first presentation (17 March - 28 May 2017) of Nepomuceno's works in Norway. Stavanger Art Museum, Norway -
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Exhibition
Posted
15 April 2017
Conrad Shawcross in Socle du Monde Biennale 2017
Shawcross presents an iteration of 'The Ada Project' as part of the Danish biennial (21 April - 27 August 2017). Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark -
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Exhibition
Posted
14 April 2017
Sarah Sze: Timekeeper at Copenhagen Contemporary
The installation (10 March - September 3 2017) explores the origin of the moving image, and mirrors the endless flow of information that overwhelms us every day. Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark -
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Film
Posted
14 April 2017
Sarah Sze shares the process and inspiration behind her immersive artwork for the Second Avenue Subway in New York City
Inspired by the Italian Futurists and Russian Constructivists, Sze designed the work around “how we move through space.” art21.org -
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News story
Posted
11 April 2017
Wangechi Mutu wins Anderson Ranch’s National Artist Award
Artnet reports on the award, to be presented at the institution’s 21st Annual Recognition Dinner on July 20, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Jennifer Trahan. Artnet -
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Event
Posted
10 April 2017
Idris Khan receives a Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2017 award
Khan is one of nine winners, including former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, selected for their contributions to cultural diplomacy and promoting positive change. Abu Dhabi, UAE -
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News
Posted
10 April 2017
Hilton Als, curator of Alice Neel, Uptown, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
The New Yorker reports on Als' Pulitzer Prize win. Photography by Brigitte Lacombe. The New Yorker -
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Review
Posted
7 April 2017
Time Out reviews Secundino Hernández: Paso
★★★★ "There’s something about abstract painting on this scale that makes your mind sprint." Eddy Frankel, Time Out London -
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Interview
Posted
7 April 2017
Architectural Digest talks to Idris Khan about his monument for UAE Memorial Park
In this interview with Devanshi Shah, Khan discusses his ideas for this major commission. Image: Jonathan Gainer, Surface. Devanshi Shah, Architectural Digest -
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Exhibition
Posted
6 April 2017
The Clearing by Alex Hartley and Tom James at Compton Verney
The Clearing is a vision of the future in the grounds of Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park (18 March - 17 December 2017). Read about the project and sign up for workshops. Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, Warwickshire
In Focus
Hilton Als, curator of Alice Neel, Uptown writes about Neel's portrait of Ron Kajiwara, 1971
An extract from the accompanying book, published by David Zwirner Books and Victoria Miro
… At the time he sat for Neel, Kajiwara was at the epicenter of a new kind of show-biz hip; her portrait is as much a report about that particular New York phenomenon as it is a record of style as a way of being—a post-Whistlerian illustration of modernism at work, inherently queer, bristling with attitude and dandy distance and an almost feminine softness or yearning behind the pretend armor. In her important 1973 essay on style, Kenndy Fraser writes that the stylish “must keep leaping up and sniping at complacency. The slightest softening, or a tilt in the direction of coziness or caution, could cause the death of style.” Indeed, there is a certain playfulness and hardness that Kajiwara shows in the world of this painting: a world made vertical by Neel, thus emphasizing her subject’s thinness, his long hand and knee-high boots.
He wears a coat that Baudelaire, one of the more original dandies, might have envied.
In the News
News
Posted
24 February 2017