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Exhibition 31 January–14 March
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Exhibition
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January 15 2020
Stan Douglas to represent Canada at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2021
Stan Douglas has been selected to represent Canada at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2021. Douglas's multidisciplinary works, including films, photographs and, more recently, theatre productions, reflect on the dynamic potential embedded in pivotal historical moments. -
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Exhibition
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January 6 2020
Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years, coming soon to The Holburne Museum, Bath
The exhibition (24 January–25 May 2020) is the first to survey Grayson Perry’s earliest forays into the art world will re-introduce the explosive and creative works he made between 1982 and 1994. These ground-breaking ‘lost’ pots will be reunited for the first time to focus on the formative years of one of Britain’s most recognisable artists. The Holburne Museum, Bath -
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January 9 2020
Isaac Julien features in Masculinities: Liberation through Photography, opening soon at the Barbican
This major exhibition (20 February–17 May 2020) considers how masculinity has been coded, performed, and socially constructed from the 1960s to the present day. Barbican Art Gallery, London -
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January 7 2020
Coming soon – One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection
The exhibition (4 April–2 September 2020) celebrates the Hirshhorn’s landmark acquisition of two of Yayoi Kusama’s iconic Infinity Mirror Rooms. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC -
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January 6 2020
Coming to the Centre Pompidou – Alice Neel: Un regard engagé
A major retrospective (10 June–24 August 2020) highlighting the political and social commitment of the painter. Centre Pompidou, Paris -
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January 7 2020
The Tokyo 2020 official posters, featuring work by Chris Ofili, go on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Chris Ofili's The Games People Play is among commissioned works by leading contemporary artists. The works are on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo from 7 January–16 February 2020. Tokyo -
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Event
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January 10 2020
Wangechi Mutu to deliver Tang Teaching Museum’s Winter/Miller Lecture
The third annual Winter/Miller Lecture (27 February, 6pm) is free and open to the public. Saratoga Springs, NY -
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News story
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January 2 2020
Sarah Sze writes about her experience as the Alan Kanzer artist-in-residence at the Zuckerman Institute
An interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of the Arts and Zuckerman, the Kanzer program gives visual artists time to forge interactions with scientists working on the brain, the senses, perception, learning and memory. Sarah Sze, Columbia News -
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Exhibition
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January 6 2020
Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem travels to SCMA
This major traveling exhibition (on view at SCMA 17 January–12 April 2020) features works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu and Howardena Pindell. Smith Art Museum, Northampton, MA -
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News story
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December 11 2019
ARTnews announces mirroring UK and US debuts of Stan Douglas’ Doppelgänger in concurrent exhibitions at Victoria Miro in London and at David Zwirner in New York
In the two-channel video, an astronaut and her doppelgänger are sent to two different planets; one is welcomed, and the other is treated as a potential foe. The exhibitions will mark the US and UK premieres of the piece. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews -
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Exhibition
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January 8 2020
Opening soon at the Foundling Museum – Portraying Pregnancy, featuring Chantal Joffe
This major exhibition (24 January–26 April 2020) explores representations of pregnancy through portraits from the past 500 years. Foundling Museum, London -
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November 29 2019
Interiorities, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Adriana Varejão, at Haus der Kunst, Munich
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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Exhibition
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December 7 2019
Jorge Pardo: Flamboyant at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo
The exhibition (7 December 2019–2 March 2020) showcases an original interactive installation comprised of 14 pieces, which invites the public to experience a moment of enjoyment and contemplation. São Paulo -
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Exhibition
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November 28 2019
Gropius Bau announces a major Yayoi Kusama exhibition as part of its 2020 programme
The artist's first large-scale retrospective in Germany takes place 4 September 2020–17 January 2021 and will subsequently be on view at the Museum Ludwig and Fondation Beyeler. Gropius Bau, Berlin -
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Exhibition
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January 6 2020
Ian Hamilton Finlay is featured in the UCL exhibition Witnessing Terror: French Revolutionary Prints
The exhibition (14 January–12 June 2020) showcases UCL Art Museum’s unique holdings of prints related to the French Revolution and draws out the contemporary relevance of revolutionary iconography in work by Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925−2006) that engages with the long-term legacy of the Terror. UCL Art Museum, London -
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Exhibition
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November 25 2019
Guggenheim Bilbao to present Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement in June 2020
Isaac Julien’s Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement (on view 25 June–27 September 2020) traverses a collection of Lina Bo Bardi’s most iconic buildings, offering a meditation on the iconic work and on the legacy of the visionary modernist architect and designer (1914–1992). Guggenheim Bilbao -
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News story
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November 13 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby is featured in TIME 100 Next
The first-ever TIME 100 Next, a new expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world, highlights 100 rising stars who are shaping the future of art, business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science and activism, and more. TIME -
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Exhibition
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October 10 2019
Sarah Sze’s Triple Point (Pendulum) goes on view at MoMA
First exhibited at the 55th Venice Biennale, where Sze represented the United States in 2013, the work hovers between many forms at once. MoMA reopens to the public on 21 October 2019. MoMA, New York -
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October 6 2019
Varda Caivano features in the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Slow Painting, curated by Martin Herbert
Opening at Leeds Art Gallery (24 Oct 2019–12 Jan 2020), Slow Painting features 19 artists whose work spans a myriad of styles and applications, from figuration to abstraction. Leeds Art Gallery -
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Exhibition
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July 11 2019
Opening in May 2020 – Yayoi Kusama at the New York Botanical Garden
Just announced: The New York Botanical Garden will host an exhibition (2 May–1 November 2020) of work by Yayoi Kusama. The New York Botanical Garden -
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Exhibition
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September 17 2019
Conrad Shawcross features in the Science Museum exhibition The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter
The exhibition (25 September 2019–26 January 2020) explores the relationship between science and art over the past 250 years, and how it has helped to interpret, study and explore the world around us. Science Museum, London -
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News story
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November 25 2019
Victoria Miro announces representation of María Berrío
Victoria Miro is pleased to announce representation of María Berrío. Work by the Brooklyn-based artist will feature as part of the gallery’s presentation at Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2019. Her first solo exhibition in the UK will take place at Victoria Miro in June 2020. -
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News
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September 24 2019
Stan Douglas is awarded the 2019 Audain Prize for the Visual Arts
This annual prize worth $100,000 is awarded to a senior artist in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the arts. -
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News story
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January 16 2020
Victoria Miro Senior Director of Sales, Matt Carey-Williams takes part in Talking Galleries’ Barcelona Symposium
Matt Carey-Williams will take part in a panel to discuss new business models for galleries on 21 January as part of this two-day event. Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona -
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Exhibition
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January 15 2020
Wangechi Mutu is featured in Indian Ocean Current: Six Artistic Narratives at McMullen Museum of Art
The exhibition (27 January–31 May 2020) explores the contemporary legacy of the long movement of people, things, and ideas across the Indian Ocean. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston, MA -
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January 14 2020
Château La Coste to present an exhibition of works by Conrad Shawcross
Situated at three sites spread across the grounds, the exhibition (from 1 March 2020) explores the artists continued relationship with geometry and philosophy, physics and metaphysics. Château La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, France -
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Exhibition
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January 14 2020
Sarah Sze: Images in Debris to open at MOCA Toronto
Constellatory, monumental, intimate and immersive, Images in Debris (on view 6 February–10 May 2020) is one in a series of sculptures by Sarah Sze where light, movement, images and architecture coalesce into a single, precarious equilibrium. Toronto, Canada -
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Exhibition
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January 12 2020
Isaac Julien’s Western Union: Small Boats to open at Neuberger Museum of Art
This spring, the Neuberger Museum of Art features one of artist Isaac Julien’s most important works, Western Union: Small Boats, (on view 12 February–31 May 2020), a video installation that... Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY -
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Talk
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January 7 2020
An Evening with Stan Douglas at the Guggenheim
The artist discusses his recent work Doppelgänger (2019), unpacking its themes of doubling, alternate histories and technologies of seeing through the lens of quantum entanglement and science fiction (21 January 2020, 6.30pm). Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York -
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News
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January 6 2020
Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love, opening soon at Ackland Art Museum
The exhibition (31 January–12 April 2020) presents the distinguished collection of James Keith Brown ’84 and Eric Diefenbach, with a focus on Kusama's early works on paper, a range of Infinity Net paintings, examples of her sculpture and multi-media work, and a tabletop mirror box. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC -
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News story
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December 27 2019
Wangechi Mutu features in TIME’s 28 Outstanding Women
Women everywhere pushed the world forward—and many made history, shattering long-standing glass ceilings to become 'firsts' in their fields. Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids, TIME -
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Exhibition
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December 20 2019
Just announced – Howardena Pindell: Rope/Fire/Water at The Shed, New York in October 2020
An exhibition (7 October 2020–17 January 2021) examining the violent, historical trauma of racism in America and the therapeutic power of artistic creation. The Shed, New York -
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Exhibition
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December 16 2019
Yayoi Kusama’s Where the Lights in My Heart Go goes on view at Aspen Art Museum
On view 20 December 2019–10 May 2020, Where the Lights in My Heart Go, 2016, creates the illusion of a continuously expanding universe, toying with our sense of visual perception. Aspen, Colorado -
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Review
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December 16 2019
Frieze reviews Slow Painting at Leeds Art Gallery, featuring Varda Caivano
All attention is an act of devotion, and patience is the pleasure of this touring exhibition of contemporary paintings… Cal Revely-Calder, Frieze -
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Review
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December 12 2019
Martin Gayford writes about Celia Paul in The Spectator
There is a feeling in the remarkable ‘My Mother and God’ (2019), and some more recent portraits, that the subject is immersed in a void, a dark vat of space… Martin Gayford, The Spectator -
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News story
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December 11 2019
Isaac Julien and Yayoi Kusama are among Artsy’s Most Influential Artists of 2019
Few artists have done more to push video art forward in recent years than Isaac Julien… Artsy -
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Interview
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December 10 2019
The Way I See It: Sarah Sze and Siddhartha Mukherjee on Louise Bourgeois’ Quarantania, I
In this BBC Radio 3 series, leading creative thinkers choose an artwork from the Museum of Modern Art, and talk about how it inspires or provokes, thrills or surprises them. Presented by Alastair Sooke. BBC Radio 3 -
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Exhibition
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December 9 2019
Yayoi Kusama: Fireflies on the Water at Toledo Museum of Art
This special presentation of Kusama's installation (14 December 2019–26 April 2020) is made possible through a generous loan from the Whitney Museum of Art. Toledo, Ohio -
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News story
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December 7 2019
Expert Eye: Isaac Julien shares his favourite works at Art Basel Miami Beach
The UK artist and filmmaker shows his regard for long overlooked artists, including Faith Ringgold, Howardena Pindell and Frank Bowling, as featured in The Art Newspaper. Gabriella Angeleti, The Art Newspaper -
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Interview
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December 5 2019
Wangechi Mutu is one of the FT’s Women in 2019: the game changers
As her new works stand watch over the Met, the Kenyan-American sculptor talks about reshaping art history. Annalisa Quinn, The Financial Times -
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Exhibition
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December 4 2019
The new Rubell Museum features works by Celia Paul and Hernan Bas
Opening on 4 December 2019 the new Rubell Museum features a museum-wide installation of works that chronicle key artists, moments, and movements over the past 50 years. Rubell Museum, Miami -
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News story
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December 2 2019
Wallpaper* writes about Elmgreen & Dragset’s Bent Pool
‘Swimming pools are woven into the very fabric of Miami Beach,’ Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset said of their site-specific work, ‘what they represent is actually something in danger of becoming frivolous, rather than remaining iconic.’ Benoit Loiseau, Wallpaper* -
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News story
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December 1 2019
Celia Paul’s Self-Portrait is featured in The Times’ best art books of the year
'Her painting and writing are of a piece — closely observed, not seeking to flatter, and with people always as her focus.' Michael Prodger, The Times -
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News story
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November 27 2019
Howardena Pindell is honoured with the rank of Distinguished Professor by the State University of New York
The artist is one of three faculty from Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences honoured with the rank of Distinguished Professor by the State University of New York Board of Trustees. Stony Brook University, New York -
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Exhibition
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November 26 2019
Rubell Museum’s inaugural installation for its new campus features major work by Yayoi Kusama
Opening 4 December 2019, with immersive installations by Yayoi Kusama including Where the Lights in My Heart Go, 2016. Rubell Museum, Miami, Florida -
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Review
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November 26 2019
Frieze reviews Celia Paul: Self-Portrait
'Paul works from a place of intense sensitivity and quietude, focusing on spirit and atmosphere over anatomy, an approach she says is only possible when she has a meaningful bond with her sitters.' Rosanna McLaughlin , Frieze -
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News story
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November 26 2019
The US premiere of Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement takes place at Art Basel Miami Beach
Isaac Julien’s nine-screen installation (on view 5–8 December 2019) offers a meditation on the iconic work and legacy of the visionary modernist architect and designer, Lina Bo Bardi. Presented by Victoria Miro, Nara Roseler, Jessica Silverman in collaboration with Ron Mandos. Miami Beach, Florida -
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Commission
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November 26 2019
Bent Pool by Elmgreen & Dragset is unveiled in Miami
Commissioned by the City of Miami Beach’s Art in Public Places Program, and located in Pride Park, in front of the Miami Beach Convention Center, Elmgreen & Dragset’s 20-foot-high sculpture Bent Pool, 2019, is an upright arching swimming pool that welcomes visitors to the recently renovated site. Pride Park, Miami -
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News story
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November 26 2019
Victoria Miro participates in Art Basel Miami Beach with works united by the theme of water
Victoria Miro is delighted to participate in Art Basel Miami Beach (Booth H7) with works united by the theme of water, by Doug Aitken, Milton Avery, Jules de Balincourt, Hernan Bas, María Berrío, Elmgreen & Dragset, Secundino Hernández, David Hockney, Christian Holstad, Isaac Julien, Yayoi Kusama, Wangechi Mutu, Chris Ofili, Jorge Pardo, Celia Paul, Howardena Pindell, Tal R, Do Ho Suh and Caroline Walker. Miami Beach, Florida -
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News story
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November 25 2019
ARTnews announces Victoria Miro’s representation of María Berrío
'Berrío will have a solo exhibition at the gallery’s space in the British capital in June 2020.' ARTnews -
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Exhibition
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November 22 2019
Howardena Pindell features in Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019 at the Whitney
The exhibition (22 November 2019–January 2021) foregrounds how visual artists have explored the materials, methods, and strategies of craft over the past seven decades. Some expand techniques with long histories, such as weaving, sewing, or pottery, while others experiment with textiles, thread, clay, beads, and glass, among other mediums. The traces of the artists’ hands-on engagement with their materials invite viewers to imagine how it might feel to make each work. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York -
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Commission
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November 21 2019
Idris Khan’s public sculpture 65,0000 Photographs is officially unveiled at One Blackfriars
For this towering sculpture and major public work, Khan has drawn from his personal archive of images from the past six years – some 65,000 images. Using this number of photographs, he has created a monumental column for One Blackfriars. The sculpture represents the volume of photography in the modern age and draws attention to the almost forgotten art of photographic printing, in our ever more digitised world. One Blackfriars, London -
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Review
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November 20 2019
Book of the week: The Guardian reviews Celia Paul’s Self-Portrait
'The publication of this, her first book, is of great significance.' Frances Spalding, The Guardian -
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Review
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November 19 2019
Time Out reviews Celia Paul
★★★★ '…what you’ll see in this show is stately figures illuminated like the saints of religious iconography, and expansive stretches of enticing sea and trees frothing with blossom.' Rosemary Waugh, Time Out London -
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Interview
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November 18 2019
Idris Khan talks to the British Journal of Photography as his new public sculpture, 65,000 Photographs, goes on view in London
Khan’s eight-metre-tall public sculpture in London represents every image the British artist has taken over the past five years: 'It is about using the physicality of a photograph to show time' Marigold Warner, British Journal of Photography -
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News
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November 16 2019
Designboom writes about Bicameral, a new public sculpture for London by Conrad Shawcross
Bicameral has been unveiled at Chelsea Barracks – a major real estate development in central london. The piece is the first artwork to be installed as part of a program of public commissions for the new neighborhood. Located in close proximity to london's oldest botanical garden, Bicameral seeks to reflect the area's rich botanical history, while paying homage to the materials and craftsmanship at the heart of the new masterplan. Designboom -
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Picture story
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November 15 2019
Anatomy of an artwork: Celia Paul’s My Sisters in Mourning
Skye Sherwin writes about Celia Paul's painting in The Guardian. Skye Sherwin, The Guardian -
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Interview
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November 15 2019
Doug Aitken talks to LA Magazine as he is awarded the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award from ArtCenter College of Design
'I’m personally very addicted to what hasn’t existed! If I can put my energy to what doesn’t exist yet, that’s my goal.’ Merle Ginsberg -
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Profile
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November 14 2019
Getty launches its Recording Artists: Radical Women podcast with an episode dedicated to Alice Neel
Artists Simone Leigh and Moyra Davey join host Helen Molesworth to discuss the life and work of Alice Neel in the first of a season of podcasts focusing on audio interviews with six women artists whose lives span the twentieth century. -
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Exhibition
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November 13 2019
Just announced: an exhibition at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum by Sarah Sze
Taking place across Rotunda Ramp 6 and Tower Gallery 7, this exhibition (9 October 2020–21 March 2021) will immerse visitors in today’s generative proliferation of images through painting, sculpture, print, sound, video and photography. Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York
