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The latest from Victoria Miro artists around the world
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Screening
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13 July 2017
Imagine… Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird’s Song
Available on BBC iPlayer, the programme follows the creation of Ofili's tapestry, The Caged Bird's Song, currently on display at the National Gallery. BBC Two -
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Gallery Event
Posted
4 July 2017
FULLY BOOKED Isaac Julien’s Looking for Langston is celebrated in a special evening in association with queercircle and The Vinyl Factory
Thursday 27 July, 7-9pm. In conversation with Josh Rivers from Gay Times, Isaac Julien will discuss his seminal work Looking for Langston. The evening also features a special performance by artist and poet Travis Alabanza and the launch of the soundtrack of the film by The Vinyl Factory. Victoria Miro, Wharf Road -
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Exhibition
Posted
10 July 2017
Alice Neel’s portrait of artist Faith Ringgold is featured in Tate Modern’s exhibition Soul of a Nation
Completed in 1977, Neel's portrait of the artist Faith Ringgold is one of a number of portraits of prominent art world subjects painted while Neel lived on the Upper West Side. It features in Tate Modern's major exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (12 July - 22 October 2017). Tate Modern, London -
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Commission
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22 June 2017
The 2017 Terrace Wires commission by Conrad Shawcross is unveiled at St Pancras International
The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue), 2017, is the artist's most ambitious mechanical work to date. St Pancras International, London -
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Exhibition
Posted
10 July 2017
Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Predecessors at Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
The exhibiton (15 July – 1 October 2017) unites work completed in the past five years, including a number of her Predecessors works. Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati -
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Exhibition
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10 July 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors continues its North American tour at Seattle Art Museum
This major exhibition (30 June - 10 September 2017) examines the artist’s seven-decade career and contextualizses the notion of infinite expansion and accumulation in her work, culminating in her immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms. Seattle Art Museum, Washington -
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Commission
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27 June 2017
Do Ho Suh’s Whitney Museum billboard commission goes on display
95 Horatio Street is a site-specific work that mines the history of the Meatpacking District to visually reconnect this space with the former railway that once occupied the neighborhood. Organised by the Whitney in partnership with TF Cornerstone and High Line Art Whitney Museum of American Art, New York -
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News story
Posted
20 July 2017
The soundtrack to Isaac Julien’s Looking For Langston is released by The Vinyl Factory
The soundtrack is available in two vinyl editions. Both are pressed to specially mixed blue vinyl, housed in an extreme gloss sleeve, with 12″ insert, while a limited edition of 50 copies are signed by Julien himself. -
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Exhibition
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15 June 2017
John Kørner: Altid Mange Problemer at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
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
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7 June 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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Exhibition
Posted
15 June 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow at 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
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9 June 2017
Works by Chris Ofili and Kara Walker in Blue Black, curated by Glenn Ligon
Inspired by his experience of the Pulitzer’s monumental Ellsworth Kelly wall sculpture, Blue Black, Ligon enlists the colors to pose timely and nuanced questions, touching upon notions of language, identity, and perception (9 June - 7 October 2017). Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St Louis, Missouri -
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News story
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7 June 2017
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta public opening 2017
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 7 June and 30 September 2017. Stonypath, Dunsyre -
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Exhibition
Posted
2 June 2017
Doug Aitken creates a new installation for ARoS Triennial
The Garden is a living artwork that embraces the dichotomy between the natural environment and a synthetic man-made experience (3 June - 30 July 2017). ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark -
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Exhibition
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25 July 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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Screening
Posted
25 July 2017
Isaac Julien interviewed as part of BBC Two’s Queer as Art
Broadcast on Saturday 29 July 2017, the hour-long programme celebrates the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation. BBC Two -
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Exhibition
Posted
25 July 2017
Grayson Perry featured in Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11, coming to the Imperial War Museum
The UK’s first major exhibition (26 October 2017 - 28 May 2018) of artists’ responses to war and conflict since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11 will feature more than 40 British and international artists. Imperial War Museum, London -
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Exhibition
Posted
25 July 2017
Alice Neel: Painter of Modern Life coming to Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Conceived by Jeremy Lewison, the exhibition (13 October 2017 - 14 January 2018) presents more than seventy paintings. Deichtorhallen, Hamburg -
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Exhibition
Posted
24 July 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors to tour The Broad, Los Angeles
The exhibition (21 October 2017 - 1 January 2018) will provide visitors with the opportunity to experience six of Kusama’s infinity rooms alongside large-scale installations and key paintings, sculptures and works on paper from the early 1950s to the present The Broad, Los Angeles -
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Profile
Posted
22 July 2017
Asia Times reports on Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow at National Gallery Singapore
"No matter how Kusama’s work evolves, one thing remains constant – the intensity of her focus when she works." Elena Owyong, Asia Times -
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Channel
21 July 2017
Hilton Als reads an undated poem by Alice Neel
“I love you Harlem…” Filmed on the occasion of the exhibition Alice Neel, Uptown curator Hilton Als reads an undated poem by the painter Alice Neel. The exhibition focuses on paintings made by the artist during the five decades in which she lived and worked in upper Manhattan, first in Spanish (East) Harlem, where she moved in 1938, and, later, the Upper West Side, where she lived from 1962 until her death in 1984. Alice Neel, Uptown continues at Victoria Miro, Wharf Road, London until 29 July 2017, and Victoria Miro Venice until 16 September 2017. -
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Review
Posted
20 July 2017
Hyperallergic reviews Unfinished Conversations at MoMA, featuring Kara Walker
"…Walker’s 40 Acres of Mules, which was made at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement… is an unapologetic reinterpretation of the famous Stone Mountain Park monument…" Murat Cem Menguc, Hyperallergic -
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Exhibition
Posted
19 July 2017
Tal R: Academy of Tal R to tour to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Touring from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition (14 October 2017 - 14 January 2018) features works from the mid-1990s to the present. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam -
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Review
Posted
18 July 2017
Frieze reviews Alice Neel, Uptown
"…the exhibition underlines a part of Neel’s practice rarely explored and tells a story of how to be an artist in a big city…" Orit Gat, Frieze -
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Channel
18 July 2017
Sarah Sze’s Hammock (For Rauschenberg) featured in ARoS Triennial
A new commission for the inaugural ARoS Triennial: The Garden, End of Times, Beginning of Times, Sarah Sze's Hammock (For Rauschenberg) stretches across a wooded ravine which drops sharply to the sea. Divided into three sections (The Past, The Present and The Future) the Triennial focuses on depictions of nature throughout history and features works by international artists. Sze's work is included in The Future, which explores artistic responses to environmental change. Film by outofsync-artinfocus.com. -
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Exhibition
Posted
17 July 2017
Closing soon – Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction, featuring Yayoi Kusama
The exhibition (until 13 August 2017) shines a spotlight on the stunning achievements of women artists between the end of World War II (1945) and the start of the Feminist movement (around 1968). MoMA, New York -
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Feature
Posted
16 July 2017
Matt Rudd spends a week living in The Clearing by Alex Hartley and Tom James at Compton Verney
"The dome is real, even if the apocalypse isn’t. It is called the Clearing and it is one of this year’s most ambitious social experiments." Photo: Charlie Clift for the Sunday Times Magazine. Matt Rudd, The Sunday Times -
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Review
Posted
15 July 2017
Imagine… Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird’s Song reviewed in The Telegraph
"His thoughtful ruminations on the genesis of his design trod that fine line between lifting a veil on the artistic process and letting the mystery be." The Telegraph Jasper Rees -
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Event
Posted
14 July 2017
Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! catalogue signing
On Thursday 20 Jul 2017, 3.30 - 4.30pm, in the Serpentine Pavilion, Grayson Perry will be signing copies of the catalogue for his current Serpentine Galleries exhibition. Serpentine Galleries -
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Exhibition
Posted
14 July 2017
Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! to tour to Arnolfini
Arnolfini has announced that Grayson Perry's major exhibition (on display at the Serpentine Galleries, London, until 10 September 2017) will tour to Bristol in the autumn (27 September - 24 December 2017). Arnolfini, Bristol -
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Event
Posted
13 July 2017
Grayson Perry: Typical Man in a Dress Part Two coming to the London Palladium
An intelligent evening (2 November 2017) of laughs, discussion, insight and costume changes in this one-off show at the London Palladium. London Palladium -
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Exhibition
Posted
7 July 2017
Conrad Shawcross’ Monolith (Optic) at New Art Centre, Roche Court
Monolith (Optic), 2016, is on view in the Sculpture Park. Roche Court, East Winterslow, Wiltshire -
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Review
Posted
6 July 2017
Studio International reviews Isaac Julien: “I dream a world” Looking for Langston
"The time for a reassessment of the importance and relevance of Looking for Langston has arrived." Alexander Glover, Studio International -
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Gallery Event
Posted
4 July 2017
Gallery Event: Milton Avery exhibition tour led by Edith Devaney
Monday 10 July, 6-7pm. Edith Devaney, Contemporary Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and author of the catalogue essay for our current Milton Avery exhibition, will lead a tour of the exhibition at Victoria Miro Mayfair. RSVP essential. Victoria Miro Mayfair -
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News story
Posted
4 July 2017
Frieze reports on the return to Tate Britain of Chris Ofili’s Union Black
Ofili's Union Black, gifted to Tate Britain, will be flown from the museum's roof this autumn. Frieze -
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Review
Posted
3 July 2017
This is tomorrow reviews Isaac Julien: “I dream a world” Looking for Langston
"Julien’s visually arresting installation is luminous and large-scale, a combination of text, documentation and photography." Joan Lee, this is tomorrow -
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Event
Posted
3 July 2017
SOLD OUT Grayson Perry artist talk at the Royal Geographical Society
Grayson Perry talks about his work and his current Serpentine Galleries exhibition, The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! 7pm, Mon 24 July. Please note: this event is now sold out. Royal Geographical Society, London -
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Interview
Posted
29 June 2017
Five Questions with Do Ho Suh in Amuse
"I often challenge the conventional notion of spaces, homes and buildings that appear to be immobile, monumental and have an absolute truth." Iona Goulder, Amuse -
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Channel
29 June 2017
Looking for Langston: Isaac Julien in conversation with Hilton Als
On the occasion of Julien’s exhibition of photographic works “I dream a world” Looking for Langston, at Victoria Miro (until 29 July 2017), Isaac Julien and Hilton Als discuss the genesis of the film, their shared love of Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, the work’s relationship to black gay desire, to AIDS and to questions of discrimination, and how, as Julien says, “these questions return to haunt the present.” -
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Picture story
Posted
27 June 2017
Vogue Paris reports on Doug Aitken’s ARoS Triennial installation
The Garden is designed as an experimental laboratory that confronts the dichotomy between wild nature and the artificial created by humans, where visitors can let loose and destroy man-made items, thus returning to their primal instincts. Paris Vogue -
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News story
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27 June 2017
Artnews reports on the acquisition of Kara Walker’s The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin by High Museum of Art
Originally on view at Victoria Miro Gallery in London, The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin is loosely based on the Confederate Memorial Carving, at Georgia’s Stone Mountain. Alex Greenberger, Artnews -
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Channel
27 June 2017
The making of Conrad Shawcross’ The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue), on display at St Pancras International
The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue) is Conrad Shawcross RA’s largest mechanical work to date, stretching out to a 16m diameter as it methodically turns above St Pancras International station. It marks the fifth year of the Terrace Wires public sculpture commission at the station and the third in partnership with the Royal Academy. The commission is the Royal Academy’s only external public sculpture series in London and is free to view. Film courtesy Terrace Wires in partnership with the Royal Academy of Arts. -
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News story
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26 June 2017
ArtsATL reports on High Museum of Art’s acquisition of Kara Walker’s The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin
The monumental work will go on view as part of the museum's permanent collection reinstallation planned for 2018. Laura Relyea, ArtsATL -
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News story
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26 June 2017
Last chance to see Doug Aitken: Mirage before it closes for the summer
Mirage will close for July and August. It is hoped that it will reopen in the autumn, check the website for updates. -
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Interview
Posted
26 June 2017
Grayson Perry talks to The New York Times about his Channel 4 programme and Serpentine Galleries exhibition
"I make the work I like. But a nice spinoff benefit of that is that I bring a kind of audience that isn’t necessarily solely into difficult, conceptualized 21st-century art." Christopher D Shea, The New York Times -
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Review
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24 June 2017
The Quietus reviews Tal R: Academy of Tal R at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
"His paintings are often short bursts of intense optical energy that fizz on the canvas, visual zaps that do not appear to interrogate much of what has gone on before in art history." John Quin, The Quietus -
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Review
Posted
23 June 2017
Milton Avery at Victoria Miro Mayfair reviewed in Apollo
"The works… span more than 30 years of enchanted lyricism and painterly deftness, and they confirm Avery as one of the under-regarded heroes of American modernism." Matthew Sperling, Apollo -
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News story
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23 June 2017
Artnet reports on the installation of Kara Walker’s Figa at Deste Project Space, Hydra
"It took planes, boats, and automobiles to transport Kara Walker's "Figa" from a Long Island warehouse to a Greek slaughterhouse." By Janelle Zara, Artnet -
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News story
Posted
23 June 2017
Louisa Buck reports on Conrad Shawcross’s Terrace Wires commission in The Art Newspaper
"The latest commission in the station’s Terrace Wires public art programme is an awesome technical feat…" Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper -
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Publication
Posted
22 June 2017
Just published: Grayson Perry – The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!
Published by Particular Books, the accompanying book for Perry's show at the Serpentine Gallery (8 June – 10 September 2017) contains all his latest works. Particular Books -
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Interview
Posted
22 June 2017
Conrad Shawcross talks to the Financial Times about his Terrace Wires Commission
The artist talks to James Pickford about The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue), his new commission for St Pancras International. Photo © Tim P. Whitby/Getty. The Financial Times James Pickford -
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Interview
Posted
22 June 2017
Conrad Shawcross interviewed by GQ about his Terrace Wires commission
“I was interested in this very familiar object. We’re all taught at school how to tell the time, but actually it’s a very difficult thing to learn." GQ Ailis Brennan -
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Interview
Posted
22 June 2017
Disegno talks to Conrad Shawcross about The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue) at St Pancras International
"I am interested in an abstract machine having political potential.” Disegno -
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Exhibition
Posted
21 June 2017
Isaac Julien in The Place is Here at South London Gallery
The exhibition (22 June - 10 September 2017) presents work by over twenty black artists and collectives working in 1980s Britain. South London Gallery -
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Exhibition
Posted
20 June 2017
Kara Walker at Deste Project Space
The project (20 June - 30 September 2017) transports Figa, the left hand of the sphinx-like monument of the A Subtlety installation from its “new world” location at the Domino Sugar Factory in New York to Greece, the birthplace of Western civilisation. Deste Project Space, Hydra, Greece -
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Event
Posted
20 June 2017
Do Ho Suh: Art Night 2017
For Art Night (1 July 2017), Do Ho Suh presents a video installation that responds to the architecture of Christ Church, Spitalfields. Christ Church Spitalfields, London -
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News story
Posted
16 June 2017
Idris Khan appointed OBE in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List
Artist Idris Khan has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Art in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List. -
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News story
Posted
16 June 2017
Isaac Julien appointed CBE in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List
Artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Arts in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List. -
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Event
Posted
16 June 2017
FULLY BOOKED Gallery event: Hilton Als talk and book signing
Now fully booked. Wednesday 12 July, 6.30pm. In conversation with The Observer's Tim Adams, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author Hilton Als discusses the current exhibition Alice Neel, Uptown, with a reading from the accompanying book. Victoria Miro, Wharf Road -
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Preview
Posted
16 June 2017
Elmgreen & Dragset reveal details of the Istanbul Biennial to The Art Newspaper
"We aim to highlight positive alternatives to normative living modes, and propose a different understanding of what it means to be a ‘good citizen’.” Gareth Harris, The Art Newspaper
In Focus
Looking for Langston: Isaac Julien in conversation with Hilton Als
Artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien and Pulitzer Prize winning critic and author Hilton Als first met in the late 1980s, when Julien was researching his seminal film Looking for Langston. Als went on to become one of the writers of the 1989 film, which is a lyrical exploration of the private world of poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967) and his fellow black artists and writers who formed the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s.
“I think that one of the things that linked us was that we were really looking for something that explained how we had come to be…” Hilton Als
On the occasion of Julien’s exhibition of photographic works “I dream a world” Looking for Langston, at Victoria Miro (until 29 July 2017), they discuss the genesis of the film, their shared love of Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, the work’s relationship to black gay desire, to AIDS and to questions of discrimination, and how, as Julien says, “these questions return to haunt the present.”
