The Long Read issue two – Out of the Grid, Into the Zigzag by George Woodman
We have been taking some time to revisit the gallery's rich history of books, essays, and films, and want to share these stories with you, making this trove of material accessible to all. The Long Read is a dip into the archive, publishing in full an essay or text from Victoria Miro catalogues and books. This week, George Woodman considers the recurring motif of the zigzag in his daughter Francesca Woodman’s life and art.
The Long Read issue one – To Sing Close by Eleanor Nairne
We have been taking some time to revisit the gallery's rich history of books, essays, and films, and want to share these stories with you, making this trove of material accessible to all. The Long Read is a dip into the archive, publishing in full an essay or text from Victoria Miro catalogues and books. This week, Eleanor Nairne considers the work of Hedda Sterne.
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News story
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March 13 2020
Temporary Gallery Closures
In order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our visitors, artists, and staff, Victoria Miro has temporarily closed its galleries in London and Venice. The Victoria Miro team is working remotely and is very much available by phone and email. We invite you to join us here and on social media to explore our artists, and we look forward to welcoming you to the gallery again soon. -
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Exhibition
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April 3 2020
New York Botanical Garden announces that its Yayoi Kusama exhibition Cosmic Nature will now open in spring 2021
Cosmic Nature, a multisensory presentation of Yayoi Kusama’s profound connection with the natural world, originally planned for 2020, has been rescheduled for spring–fall 2021. In a special message, Kusama said: 'The passion that I and those at The New York Botanical Garden have poured into this exhibition is still burning. Everyone, I hope you will wait.' New York Botanical Garden -
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March 26 2020
Grayson Perry to make a special Channel 4 series encouraging viewers’ creativity during social distancing
As reported by Artnet, inews, the Evening Standard and Artsy, the new Channel 4 show aims to help viewers use their time during social distancing to develop their creative skills. -
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Profile
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March 19 2020
Dee Rees writes about Wangechi Mutu in The New York Times for its special feature on the African-American art shaping the 21st Century
‘This is the black art that is defining the century’ – The New York Times invites 35 top African-American artists to highlight the works that inspire them. Dee Rees, The New York Times -
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Review
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March 10 2020
The March issue of ArtReview features a review of Stan Douglas at Victoria Miro
'Douglas's film plays with questions of ethics... but more profoundly with questions of communication.’ Nina Power, ArtReview -
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Profile
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January 27 2020
The Telegraph profiles Hedda Sterne
'Hedda Sterne rejected the macho art world of the Fifties. Lucy Davies salutes an uncompromising talent.' Lucy Davies, The Telegraph -
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Picture story
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February 18 2020
Grayson Perry: My Life in Six Objects in 1843 Magazine
'Sketch books are the most talismanic objects in my artistic life. I carry them around with me most of the time.' 1843 Magazine -
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Picture story
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February 19 2020
The New York Times T Magazine commissions Chantal Joffe
Work by the artist was commissioned to accompany Megan O'Grady's essay on why tales of female trios are newly relevant. Joffe's painting Me, Em and Nat depicts herself and her sisters as children in the 1970s. Megan O'Grady, The New York Times -
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Interview
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January 31 2020
Stan Douglas talks to Interview
'I can’t predict the future, so in a way, my science fiction – like everything else, like historical things – is an allegory of the present.' Ella Huzenis, Interview -
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Review
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February 2 2020
Laura Cumming reviews Hedda Sterne in The Observer
***** ‘Moving freely between figuration and abstraction, Europe and America, the late Hedda Sterne approaches the sublime in this momentous first UK solo show’ Laura Cumming, The Observer -
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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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Review
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February 19 2020
Aesthetica reviews Stan Douglas’ Doppelgänger and Scenes from the Blackout
'Both the structure and the subject matter of the exhibition offer an overarching sense of displacement or the uncanny.' Robyn Sian Cusworth, Aesthetica Magazine -
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Review
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March 2 2020
Studio International reviews Hedda Sterne at Victoria Miro Mayfair
Long-known as ‘the only female at the birth of abstract expressionism’, Romanian-born Sterne always denied being an abstract painter, and this gem of an exhibition makes it clear why Anna McNay, Studio International -
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News story
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March 5 2020
As reported in The New York Times, Sarah Sze has been commissioned to create a new permanent installation for La Guardia Airport
Sarah Sze has been commissioned by the Public Art Fund, the New York-based nonprofit for public art, in partnership with LaGuardia Gateway Partners to execute a large-scale project integrated throughout the architecture of the arrivals and departures hall of the new Terminal B, expected to open later this year, alongside commissions by Jeppe Hein, Sabine Hornig and Laura Owens. The New York Times -
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Exhibition
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February 17 2020
Château La Coste presents Escalations, an exhibition by Conrad Shawcross
Situated at three sites spread across the grounds, the exhibition (29 February–19 June 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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March 4 2020
A new exhibition, ZERO IS INFINITY, ZERO and Yayoi Kusama, opens at the Yayoi Kusama Museum
The first group exhibition at the Yayoi Kusama Museum (5 March–31 May 2020) focuses on Kusama's activity in Europe during the 1960s and introduces the work of the artist network ZERO, first initiated by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene in Düsseldorf in 1958. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
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March 7 2020
Francesca Woodman: On Being an Angel opens at C/O Berlin
On Being an Angel (7 March–6 June 2020) is the first German exhibition of a cross-section of Woodman's work, from small-format black-and-white and rare color photographs to the late, larger-than-life works created with experimental techniques such as the diazotype. C/O Berlin -
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February 24 2020
Wangechi Mutu is featured in the Centre Pompidou’s exhibition Neurones/Les Intelligences Simulées
The exhibition (26 February–20 April 2020) highlights the continuity of research by artists, architects, designers and musicians alongside that developed by major scientific laboratories. Centre Pompidou, Paris -
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February 25 2020
María Berrío is featured in Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020 at NMSU Art Museum
The inaugural exhibition (28 February–28 May 2020) of the new University Art Museum (UAM) at New Mexico State University (NMSU) aims to expand and enrich the compelling conversations regarding motherhood in today’s socio-political climate. New Mexico State University Art Museum -
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February 18 2020
Isaac Julien features in Masculinities: Liberation through Photography 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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February 13 2020
Just announced: two of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Rooms to go on view as part of Tate Modern’s 20th anniversary celebrations
The focused exhibition (from May 2020) will be 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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February 6 2020
As reported in The New York Times, Seattle Asian Art Museum reopens, featuring an installation by Do Ho Suh
Reopening on 8 February 2020, the newly renovated and expanded Asian Art Museum offers a thematic exploration of art from the world’s largest continent. Seattle, Washington -
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January 12 2020
Isaac Julien’s Western Union: Small Boats at Neuberger Museum of Art
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 focuses on journeys across the Mediterranean by so-called 'clandestines' who leave Libya to escape war and famine. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY -
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February 4 2020
Sarah Sze: Images in Debris 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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News story
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January 29 2020
Isaac Julien creates a limited-edition boxed set of five prints for Art Fund’s Prospect Cottage campaign
Julien's photographic work has been created for Art Fund's campaign to protect Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage and secure its future as a centre of creative activity. -
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Exhibition
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January 6 2020
Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years, now open at The Holburne Museum, Bath
The exhibition (24 January–25 May 2020) is the first to survey works made by the artist between 1982 and 1994. These ground-breaking ‘lost’ pots have been 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 19 2020
Now open – An Exhibition of Works by… featuring Adriana Varejão at Witte de With, Rotterdam
Taking blue and white ceramics as a starting point, this exhibition (19 January–19 July 2020) of international artists explores the migration of form. A conversation with the artist takes place on Saturday 25 January 2020. Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam -
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February 3 2020
Stan Douglas’ Doppelgänger features in The Imagination of Time at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
The exhibition, held as part of Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions (7–23 February 2020) considers notions of time as explored in art and imaging. It marks Doppelgänger's debut in Asia. Tokyo, Japan -
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January 31 2020
Grayson Perry features in Utopias at Whitworth Art Gallery
The exhibition (31 January–27 September 2020) crosses genres, media and timeframes to provide a playful and provocative framework for probing how Britain's literary and visual culture has perpetuated an idea of a utopian society that fosters nostalgic yearnings for a seemingly lost past. Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester -
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Publication
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January 24 2020
Just published – Hedda Sterne: Vertical-Horizontal
Accompanying the artist's first solo exhibition in the UK, held at Victoria Miro Mayfair (29 January–21 March 2020), this fully illustrated book features an essay by Eleanor Nairne examining the themes and motifs of Sterne’s work and the context in which it was made. -
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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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Preview
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January 25 2020
Jackie Wullschläger selects Hedda Sterne for the FT’s Critics’ Choice
'Motion and lights were always Sterne's subjects; now the sense of speed animating her "New York" paintings yielded to the meditative, impressive series Vertical-Horizontals, featuring luminous striated lines and quivering uneven bands. They are the focus of this first UK show…' Jackie Wullschläger, The Financial Times -
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February 17 2020
Grayson Perry, Wangechi Mutu and Francesca Woodman feature in Bodyscapes at The Israel Museum
Examining the relationship between nature and culture through the prism of the body, this exhibition (21 February–3 October 2020) brings together historical sources and artworks ranging from prehistory to contemporary art in a variety of media. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem -
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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 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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February 16 2020
Isaac Julien and Do Ho Suh feature in When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art opening at Minneapolis Institute of Art
The exhibition (23 February–24 May 2020) considers how contemporary artists are responding to the migration, immigration, and displacement of peoples today. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota -
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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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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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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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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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March 9 2020
Conrad Shawcross is featured in Celebrating 800 years of Spirit and Endeavour at Salisbury Cathedral
The exhibition (25 March–25 October 2020) marks the 800th anniversary of the Cathedral’s move to its present site and the development of the city, and is part of a year-long programme of celebratory events and activities across the city. Salisbury, Wiltshire -
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Event
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March 3 2020
Howardena Pindell in conversation at The Armory Show
Taking place at 2pm on Sunday 8 March 2020, Truth, Fiction, and Memory is an in-conversation event featuring the artist, and writer and editor Kimberly Drew. The Armory Show, New York -
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March 1 2020
Conrad Shawcross features in Under the Stars at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
The exhibition (21 March–20 September 2020) presents examples of stargazing and mapping by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, highlighting the commonalities and connections in our shared attempts to understand the night sky and our place in relation to it. Sydney, Australia -
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News story
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February 27 2020
Just announced: Grayson Perry is the recipient of the Erasmus Prize 2020
The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has announced that Grayson Perry is the recipient of the Erasmus Prize 2020. -
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News story
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February 26 2020
Selected works by Tal R are on view at Victoria Miro New York – Office
Paintings on view (until 25 April 2020) include a number of works featuring images of family and friends, such as Emma in drawing room, 2018, and still lifes of casually arranged everyday objects, such as Yellow monkey, 2019. 534 West 24th Street New York, NY 10011, USA -
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News story
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February 25 2020
Victoria Miro presents works by Conrad Shawcross at The Armory Show
Victoria Miro participates in The Armory Show (Booth 600) with a solo presentation of new and recent works by Conrad Shawcross. Booth 600, Pier 94, New York City -
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Exhibition
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February 19 2020
Tal R: Animals and People, opening in June 2020 at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
The centrepiece of the exhibition (18 June–29 November 2020) will be a series of new bronze sculptures, which Tal R has been working on over the past few years. This is the first time the works will be presented together. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen -
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Event
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February 17 2020
Njideka Akunyili Crosby: the Allbritton Art Institute Artist Conversation 2020
Njideka Akunyili Crosby is the subject of the Allbritton Art Institute Artist Conversation 2020. On Wednesday 19 February 2020 (5:30pm) the artist will discuss her work with critic Jason Kaufman at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The event is free and open to the public. Baylor University, Waco, Texas -
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Preview
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February 14 2020
Wallpaper* writes about Stan Douglas’ Doppelgänger
'Beneath the film’s retro-futuristic veneer and vibrant passages of colour – a stylistic nod to avant-garde cinema – lies a pressing message for our times.' Jessica Klingelfuss, Wallpaper* -
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News story
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February 13 2020
Wallpaper* selects Victoria Miro’s Idris Khan presentation as one of its Frieze LA highlights
'…it’s his suite of Large Rhythm Paintings, based on sheet music, that has us completely entranced…' Wallpaper* -
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Event
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February 12 2020
Song Mirror, a performance inside Doug Aitken’s Mirage Gstaad
Taking place on Saturday 29 February 2020, Song Mirror is a new musical performance composed by Doug Aitken that will be performed live by six vocalists from the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Gstaad, Switzerland -
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News story
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February 11 2020
The Art Newspaper’s top shows to see during Frieze LA, featuring Howardena Pindell and Do Ho Suh
TAN's selections include MOCA's With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985, featuring Howardena Pindell, and Do Ho Suh's 348 West 22nd Street, on view at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Art Newspaper -
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Art fair
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February 10 2020
Victoria Miro participates in Frieze LA with a solo presentation by Idris Khan
A solo booth of new paintings, sculptures and works on paper by Idris Khan, who will be present at the fair with the gallery. Booth B11, Paramount Pictures Studios -
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Interview
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February 7 2020
Idris Khan is profiled in the Financial Times ahead of his solo presentation with Victoria Miro at Frieze LA
'Their intensity casts a spell over the space, as if Mark Rothko had found inspiration in a Renaissance Madonna.' – Rachel Spence Rachel Spence, The Financial Times -
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Exhibition
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February 7 2020
Idris Khan creates a unique work for Fine Cell Work’s Human Touch exhibition and sale
This exhibition (Sotheby's, London, 26 February-3 March 2020; bidding from 12 February 2020) and sale of works a ground-breaking collaboration between international contemporary artists and stitchers working in prisons, trained by the leading charity and social enterprise Fine Cell Work. Sotheby's, London -
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Exhibition
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February 5 2020
Coming soon – Time Present: Photography from the Deutsche Bank Collection, featuring Idris Khan
The exhibition (21 March 2020–8 February 2021) presents a broad spectrum of international photography collected by Deutsche Bank over the course of four decades. Palais Populaire, Berlin -
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January 24 2020
Varda Caivano features in the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Slow Painting, curated by Martin Herbert
Currently at The Levinsky Gallery in Plymouth (24 Jan–28 Mar 2020), Slow Painting features 19 artists whose work spans a myriad of styles and applications, from figuration to abstraction. The connecting thread is that their paintings that take their time, and invite the viewer to do the same. The Levinsky Gallery, Plymouth -
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Publications
January 24 2020
Hedda Sterne: Vertical-Horizontal
Published on the occasion of the artist's first solo exhibition in the UK, at Victoria Miro Mayfair, Hedda Sterne: Vertical-Horizontal features an essay by Eleanor Nairne examining the themes and motifs of Sterne’s work and the context in which it was made, and is richly illustrated with reproductions of the exhibition’s paintings and works on paper. Victoria Miro, 2020Hedda Sterne: Vertical-Horizontal£ 26.00 -
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News story
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January 22 2020
Howardena Pindell is announced as a 2020 USA Fellow
Pindell is among the 50 artists across ten creative disciplines announced as Fellow by United States Artists (USA) on 22 January 2020. -
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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
