Final week – Yayoi Kusama: I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote
This major presentation of new works features a dynamic installation of paintings from Kusama’s iconic My Eternal Soul series, bronze pumpkins and painted soft sculptures.
Final week – Chantal Joffe: Story
Accompanied by an artist’s book with a new text by Olivia Laing, Story (4 June–31 July 2021) features paintings of the artist’s mother and considers issues of aging, motherhood and visibility, focusing particularly on the complex relationship between mother and child over time.
Now open in Venice – Doug Aitken: Microcosmos
Microcosmos features a new series of handmade fabric wall hangings that, engaging with the physical act of making, visually articulate a world that is driven by information and continuously in flux.
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The latest from Victoria Miro artists around the world
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Exhibition
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July 29 2021
Now open in Edinburgh: the UK and European premiere of Isaac Julien’s Lessons of the Hour
This ten-screen film installation (on view at Modern One from 29 July–10 October 2021) offers a poetic meditation on the life and times of Frederick Douglass, the visionary African American writer, abolitionist, and a freed slave, who spent two years in Edinburgh in the 1840s campaigning across Scotland, England, and Ireland for freedom and social justice. Modern One, Edinburgh -
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July 23 2021
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami collaborates with poet Belinda Zhawi for sonsbeek 20→24 force times distance
Artist Kudzanai-Violet Hwami has collaborated with poet Belinda Zhawi to create an installation consisting of sound, paintings and film. On view at Showroom Arnhem, The Netherlands, until 29 August 2021. Showroom Arnhem, The Netherlands -
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Publication
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July 2 2021
Yayoi Kusama: I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote available in store
The publication Yayoi Kusama: I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote will be available in store from Saturday, 10 July for the special exhibition price of £45, with a limited-edition complimentary tote bag. Victoria Miro -
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Commission
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July 15 2021
Doug Aitken: Green Lens opens in Venice
Located on the island of Isola della Certosa, Green Lens is a living experiential artwork and destination. From the exterior it creates a choreography of changing reflections of clouds, mist and wild green vegetation. As day turns to night Green Lens glows and becomes a kinetic light sculpture and sound composition. Isola della Certosa, Venice, Italy -
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Exhibition
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July 25 2021
Final week – Alice Neel: People Come First
This ambitious survey (on view 22 March–1 August 2021) positions Neel as one of the century’s most radical painters, a champion of social justice whose longstanding commitment to humanist principles inspired her life as well as her art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York -
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Exhibition
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July 28 2021
On view at London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE – Do Ho Suh: Proposal for Sach'ŏnwang-sa.
Inspired by the resonance between the Roman Temple of Mithras and an ancient Korean Temple, the new commission (on view 28 July 2021–22 January 2022) examines memory, psychic space and modes of survival. London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE -
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News story
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July 1 2021
Announcing our autumn programme
We are delighted to announce the autumn programme across our spaces in London and Venice – including the gallery’s first solo exhibitions by Paula Rego, Doron Langberg and Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, and exhibitions of new work by Sarah Sze and Inka Essenhigh. -
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Exhibition
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July 13 2021
Now open: Any distance between us, featuring Doron Langberg, at RISD Museum
The exhibition (17 July 2021–13 March 2022) explores the power and significance of intimate relationships in works of contemporary art, particularly those made by artists identified as Queer and of colour. RISD Museum, Providence, RI, USA -
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Exhibition
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July 20 2021
Now open: Paula Rego at Hogarth’s House
The exhibition (20 July–26 November 2021) features prints from throughout the artist’s career and explores how her admiration for William Hogarth has inspired elements of her work. Hogarth's House, London -
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Review
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July 11 2021
‘Stunning is an understatement’, Laura Cumming reviews Paula Rego in The Observer
Violence, eroticism and oppression converge as Rego’s deeply ambiguous work goes straight for the subconscious in this mesmerising seven-decade retrospective Laura Cumming, The Observer -
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Exhibition
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July 1 2021
Now open Manchester – Maria Nepomuceno: Refloresta!
On view beneath the Portico Library's Regency-period glass dome (1 July–11 October 2021) works by the artist will be shown alongside natural history books and archive materials from the Library's nineteenth-century collection illustrating Manchester's international and colonial connections during the city's formative years. The Portico Library Manchester -
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Review
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June 9 2021
The Financial Times reviews Chantal Joffe: Story
’Joffe's mother peers out from her hallway… it is a painting about seeing, painting – focusing, framing an image – and the extent to which we allow a slice of ourselves to be known.’ Jackie Wullschläger, The Financial Times -
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Review
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July 4 2021
Rachel Campbell-Johnston reviews Paula Rego at Tate Britain
★★★★★ 'Rego, 86, offers us an unflinching view of the instinctive human animal — however creepy or painful, ferocious or cruel. Her pictures are not fantasies: they are heartfelt revelations. She deserves to be feted among the greats.' Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times -
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Interview
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July 4 2021
Paula Rego: ‘Making a painting can reveal things you keep secret from yourself’
Kate Kellaway from The Observer speaks with Paula Rego ahead of her retrospective opening at Tate Britain from 7 July. Kate Kellaway, The Observer -
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Commission
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June 26 2021
Sarah Sze at Storm King Art Center
Opening on 26 June 2021, 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, New Windsor, NY -
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Exhibition
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July 7 2021
Now open at Tate Britain: a major Paula Rego retrospective
The exhibition (7 July–24 October 2021) tells the story of the artist’s extraordinary life, highlighting the personal nature of much of her work and the socio-political context in which it is rooted. It also reveals her broad range of references, from comic strips to history painting. Tate Britain, London -
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Exhibition
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June 25 2021
Masculinities: Liberation through Photography, featuring Isaac Julien, tours to LUMA, Arles
This major exhibition (4 July–26 September 2021), which originated at The Barbican, considers how masculinity has been coded, performed, and socially constructed from the 1960s to the present day. LUMA, Arles, France -
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Review
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June 6 2021
Hettie Judah reviews Yayoi Kusama in iNews
In a review covering exhibitions at Tate Modern and Victoria Miro, Hettie Judah writes, ’There is great pleasure to be had from both these shows. If you happened upon them knowing nothing about Kusama, they’d be intriguing and delightful things.‘ Hettie Judah, iNews -
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Interview
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June 16 2021
Cultured Magazine speaks with Wangechi Mutu
Cultured Magazine talks to the artist about her current exhibition I Am Speaking, Are You Listening? at San Francisco's Legion of Honour, on view until 7 November 2021. Storm Ascher, Cultured Magazine -
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Exhibition
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June 21 2021
Tal R opens at Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen
Ordrupgaard's upcoming special exhibition Tal R – Home Alone shows brand new works by the artist, on view from 25 June–19 September 2021. Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen -
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Exhibition
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June 7 2021
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami is featured in the Hayward Gallery’s major contemporary painting survey this autumn
Titled Mixing It Up: Painting Today, the exhibition (9 September–12 December 2021) features 31 artists whose works entrance, transfix and challenge us. Hayward Gallery, London -
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May 8 2021
Francesca Woodman features in Learning to Look: The Addison at 90
The exhibition (8 May–31 December 2021) features celebrated favorites, lesser-known gems, and new acquisitions that bring to life the Addison’s storied history and ongoing commitment to groundbreaking artists. The Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts -
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Exhibition
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May 18 2021
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms at Tate Modern
The focused exhibition (18 May 2021–12 June 2022) is a rare chance to experience two of the artist’s immersive mirror room installations juxtaposed with photos and footage of early performance works and studio happenings. Tate Modern, London -
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May 7 2021
Wangechi Mutu: I Am Speaking, Are You Listening? at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Mutu's powerful exhibition (7 May–7 November 2021) at the Legion of Honor, a museum built for the showcase of European art from antiquity through Impressionism and presided over by Auguste Rodin's The Thinker, aims to spur, 'a purposeful examination of art histories, mythologies, and the techniques of archiving and remembering.' Legion of Honor, San Francisco -
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Exhibition
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May 18 2021
Portable Sculpture featuring Do Ho Suh, now open at Henry Moore Institute
This major exhibition (18 May–29 August 2021) brings together fifteen artists, with work from 1934 to the present day on display and explores sculptures that are deliberately designed to fold up, or pack down, or that have been made while on the move. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds -
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Exhibition
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May 22 2021
Marine: Ian Hamilton Finlay, now open at City Art Centre, Edinburgh
This major exhibition (22 May–3 October 2021) focuses on the maritime theme in Finlay’s work. It was a central element of his art, and one to which he returned throughout his life. City Art Centre, Edinburgh -
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Review
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May 11 2021
The Financial Times: Paula Rego’s dazzling and radical visions
The artist’s religiously inspired works, on show at the Cascais museum devoted to her, hand power to women. Marina Watson Pelaez, The Financial Times -
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Review
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April 19 2021
Read Hilton Als – Alice Neel’s Portraits of Difference in The New Yorker
'A commonplace observation about great portraitists is that they are always, in some way, painting themselves. Neel’s genius was to make us understand not just her interest in her subjects but why we are interested in one another.' Hilton Als, The New Yorker -
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News story
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April 28 2021
Doug Aitken: i am in you opens at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Doug Aitken's solo exhibition i am in you goes on view at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (29 April–23 November 2021). Kanazawa, Japan -
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Talk
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April 17 2021
Watch: a studio visit with Sarah Sze, presented by MOCA
MOCA's Virtual Studio Visits series presents conversations between MOCA Director Klaus Biesenbach and artists around the world. In this episode, Sarah Sze joins Biesenbach from her New York studio. MOCA, Los Angeles -
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Exhibition
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April 21 2021
Elmgreen & Dragset – Short Story at Copenhagen Contemporary
With their installation Short Story (21 April–24 October 2021), the Danish-Norwegian artist duo Emgreen & Dragset have transformed Copenhagen Contemporary’s Hall 2 into the setting of a tennis court. Copenhagen, Denmark -
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News story
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April 12 2021
KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature reviewed in The New York Times
The New York Times dives into KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature, now on view at New York Botanical Gardens. Will Heinrich, The New York Times -
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Review
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April 1 2021
‘It’s Time to Put Alice Neel in Her Rightful Place in the Pantheon’ – Roberta Smith reviews Alice Neel: People Come First at the Met
'Neel’s greatness lies in the different levels of realism she combines in her art. They include social and economic inequities; the body’s deterioration through time; and the complex interior lives of her subjects.' Roberta Smith, The New York Times -
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Exhibition
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April 10 2021
KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature at New York Botanical Garden
In this major exhibition (10 April–31 October 2021) Kusama will reveal her lifelong fascination with the natural world, beginning with her childhood spent in the greenhouses and fields of her family’s seed nursery. Spectacular installations across the 250-acre landscape will include Hymn of Life – Tulips and Narcissus Garden, as well as the debut of new monumental sculptures. New York Botanical Garden -
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News story
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March 31 2021
A brush with... Ali Banisadr – the Art Newspaper Podcast
'This idea that everything is as important as everything else—a rock, a plant, a human being, the air, that everything is part of the same thing—I always think about that in my paintings. That's why I don't have a central figure in my work, because I feel like everything is important. Every corner, every part of the painting is as important as the rest.' –Ali Banisadr The Art Newspaper -
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Exhibition
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March 3 2021
Now live: The Artist’s Mother: Lucie and Daryll, featuring Lucian Freud and Chantal Joffe
IMMA, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, presents a virtual exhibition (3 March–8 August 2021) available to view on Vortic and at imma.ie, followed by a gallery display of the pastels, which will be available to visit in the Freud Centre when current Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. -
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Review
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April 1 2021
Artforum on Ali Banisadr at the Benaki Museum
'Banisadr’s imagery is mutable, the shapes materializing, shifting, and dissolving under the gaze and the alchemy of myriad cultural references and contexts.' – Cathryn Drake Cathryn Drake, Artforum -
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News story
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January 27 2021
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain and Sarah Sze present augmented reality app Night Vision 20/20
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain presents Night Vision 20/20, a work created by Sarah Sze — her first foray into augmented reality — and developed by the digital agency Cher Ami as an app. -
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Interview
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January 20 2021
A Brush with… Tal R – the Art Newspaper Podcast
‘I'm not at all interested in the idea of learning outside of making a great painting. I'm not interested in the psychology, I'm not interested in being philosophical about it. I'm just interested in creating great new work. And whatever takes me there, I'll do it.’ Ben Luke, The Art Newspaper -
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News story
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December 9 2020
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami is interviewed by Wallpaper*
The artist is interviewed by Amah-Rose Abrams for Wallpaper*, ahead of the announcement that she has joined Victoria Miro's roster. Amah-Rose Abrams, Wallpaper* -
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Interview
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December 7 2020
Wangechi Mutu and Carrie Mae Weems discuss creation myths and real-world strategies in Interview Magazine
’I do believe that the most grounded, clear, and compassionate artists are always trying to find a way to communicate that same thing, to say, “Yes, this is a scary world, but we will get through the night like we have for tens of thousands of years”.‘ – Wangechi Mutu Interview -
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News story
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September 19 2020
‘Electric, Like Time Travel’: The New York Review of Books interviews Chantal Joffe
Chantal Joffe speaks with The New York Review of Books. Imogen Greenhalgh, The New York Review of Books -
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News story
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September 3 2020
WSJ on Sarah Sze at LaGuardia Airport
WSJ magazine cover Sarah Sze's installation Shorter than the Day on view at LaGuardia airport. Cody Delistraty, WSJ Magazine -
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Exhibition
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July 21 2021
Isaac Julien features in the Royal Academy’s Piccadilly Art Takeover
As Isaac Julien prepares for the UK premiere of his ten-screen film installation, Lessons of the Hour, a highlight of the Edinburgh Art Festival 2021, London audiences will enjoy a single-screen adaptation of the film. Video shorts will be shown regularly, culminating in a 30-minute presentation. Piccadilly Circus, London -
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News
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July 15 2021
Doug Aitken: Flags and Debris to receive its European premiere as part of Biennale Danza, 15th International Festival of Contemporary Dance
In Aitken’s video Flags and Debris, pulses of electricity merge with the human heartbeat and move through a landscape that is expansive and anonymous. Set against the backdrop of an unrecognisably empty Los Angeles, filmed during periods of lockdown in 2020, unseen members of the Los Angeles Dance Project move, ghost-like underneath Aitken’s textile works. Venice, Italy -
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Review
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July 15 2021
Frieze reviews Born in Flames: Feminist Futures featuring María Berrío and Wangechi Mutu
The exhibition (at Bronx Museum of Arts until 12 September 2021) is 'a sublime collective vision where women and femmes will not only live but thrive.' Erica N Cardwell, Frieze -
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Interview
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July 12 2021
Apollo Magazine: In the studio with… Do Ho Suh
The artist talks to Apollo ahead of a new installation at the London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE, opening later this month, that considers the parallels between the Roman site and the ancient Korean temple of Sach’ŏnwang-sa. Apollo Magazine -
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Review
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July 7 2021
The Financial Times reviews Paula Rego at Tate Britain
‘This retrospective proves no artist has more powerfully subverted male painterly tradition to express the modern female experience.’ Jackie Wullschläger , The Financial Times -
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Commission
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June 28 2021
Elmgreen & Dragset’s The Lifeguard is installed in Denmark
Just in time for summer, The Lifeguard, a new sculpture by Elmgreen & Dragset, is now installed at the new Vestamager public pool in Tårnby Kommune, near Copenhagen. Tårnby Kommune, near Copenhagen, Denmark -
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Feature
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June 26 2021
The Times features Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta
'There is nothing like Little Sparta anywhere else in Britain. “Sculpture garden” seems a measly term to describe the enchantment you experience when you enter and learn how to unlock its exquisite puzzles.' Ashley Davies, The Times -
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Event
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June 24 2021
A special presentation of Lightfossil. Sentimento del tempo in fotografia e letteratura
Join us this Saturday, 26 June, at Spazio Berlendis in Venice for a special presentation of the book Lightfossil. Sentimento del tempo in fotografia e letteratura, which focuses on the work of artist Francesca Woodman alongside key photographers of the 20th century. Spazio Berlendis, Venice -
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Review
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June 22 2021
Chantal Joffe: Story reviewed by Studio International
Beth Williamson reviews Chantal Joffe: Story for Studio International. Beth Williamson, Studio International -
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Review
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June 12 2021
The Wall Street Journal reviews Milton Avery: The Connecticut Years at the Wadsworth Atheneum
'A fascinating peek into the origins of what was to come – which is, of course, what prequels are all about.' Peter Plagens, The Wall Street Journal -
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Exhibition
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June 9 2021
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta public opening 2021
Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s unique garden and life's work. This year's annual public opening takes place between June and September 2019 for pre-booked visits. Stonypath, Dunsyre -
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Exhibition
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June 8 2021
Just unveiled in Stockholm: Life Rings by Elmgreen & Dragset
Life Rings is a new permanent outdoor sculpture by Elmgreen & Dragset. The tower of lifebuoys stretches up eight metres high by the waterside at Royal Djurgården. Stockholm, Sweden -
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Interview
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June 8 2021
Apollo: In the studio with… Chantal Joffe
‘I love everything about it – but most of all that it looks on to the canal.’ Apollo -
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Channel
June 4 2021
Chantal Joffe: Story
Accompanied by an artist’s book with a new text by Olivia Laing, Chantal Joffe’s exhibition Story features a number of paintings of the artist’s mother and considers issues of aging, motherhood and visibility, focusing particularly on the complex relationship between mother and child over time. The exhibition is the third in a trilogy that began with a year of self-portraits, shown at Victoria Miro in 2019, followed by For Esme – with Love and Squalor, which captured the changing faces across the years of Joffe and her daughter, Esme, on view at Arnolfini, Bristol, in 2020. -
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Channel
June 4 2021
Yayoi Kusama: I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote
A film of Yayoi Kusama's major presentation of new works at the gallery, featuring a dynamic installation of paintings from the artist's iconic My Eternal Soul series. Narrated by Akira Tatehata, author of the forthcoming exhibition publication. -
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Publications
June 4 2021
Chantal Joffe: Story
Published on the occasion of a new exhibition at Victoria Miro, this 80-page artist’s book features Looking for Mother, a new text by writer and critic Olivia Laing, and a selection of works from the past 30 years in addition to the paintings on view. Victoria Miro, 2021Chantal Joffe: Story£ 15.00 -
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Publications
June 2 2021
Yayoi Kusama: I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote
Available from 10 July, this special publication documents the ambitious presentation of works created by Yayoi Kusama for her new exhibition at the gallery. Victoria Miro, 2021Yayoi Kusama: I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote£ 45.00
In Focus – Yayoi Kusama: I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote
A film of Yayoi Kusama's major presentation of new works at the gallery, featuring a dynamic installation of paintings from the artist's iconic My Eternal Soul series. Narrated by Akira Tatehata, author of the exhibition publication, which is available in store from Saturday 10 July.
