Milton Avery: The Late Portraits at Victoria Miro Venice
The works on view see the artist apply a lifetime of experience to cherished subjects and motifs
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The latest from Victoria Miro artists around the world
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Exhibition
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23 July 2019
NS Harsha: Gathering Delights at CHAT, Hong Kong
A major survey (28 July–3 November 2019) of the artist, featuring some 30 works that more than 20 years of his practice. CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile), Hong Kong -
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2 July 2019
Tal R: eventually all museums will be ships at Hastings Contemporary
An exhibition (6 July–13 October 2019) of new and recent paintings, sculptures and drawings by the Copenhagen-based artist marks the opening of Hastings Contemporary. Hastings Contemporary -
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Review
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31 July 2019
Kunstbulletin reviews Stephen Willats: Languages of Dissent at Migros Museum
'At the Migros Museum, the English artist’s output is presented in a remarkable retrospective that cogently illustrates his creative evolution.' Kunstbulletin -
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Exhibition
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22 July 2019
Grayson Perry: Julie Cope’s Grand Tour at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
The exhibition (25 July–2 November 2019), which is the final stop of Julie Cope’s Grand Tour, includes the complete series of tapestries and a selection of artefacts from A House for Essex. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh -
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29 June 2019
Chantal Joffe is included in Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
The exhibition (29 June–27 October 2019) is the first survey exhibition of collage ever to take place in Britain. It spans a period of more than 400 years and includes more than 250 works. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh -
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Exhibition
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12 July 2019
New commissions by Alex Hartley are featured in In Ruins at Witley Court
Presented by Meadow Arts, In Ruins (12 July–3 November 2019) looks at ideas of ruin and decay through installations, sculptures and other work set in Witley Court's historic landscape. Witley Court, Worcestershire -
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Exhibition
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12 July 2019
Sweet Harmony: Rave Today, featuring Conrad Shawcross
As part of this exhibition (12 July–14 September 2019) about the impact of acid house and rave culture, Shawcross presents Golden Lotus (Inverted), a 1981 Lotus Elite, stripped of its engine and overturned, that rotates to a specially-composed soundtrack by Mylo. Saatchi Gallery, London -
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Exhibition
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28 June 2019
Adriana Varejão: Por uma retórica canibal at MAMAM, Recife, Brazil
Curated by Luisa Duarte, this major exhibition (28 June–8 September 2019) features works created from the early 1990s to present. Recife, Brazil -
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Exhibition
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9 July 2019
Isaac Julien: Baltimore goes on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art
The work (on view 14 July 2019–5 January 2020) unfolds across three videos as a narrative of two people, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles and an Afro-Cyborg woman embodied by Vanessa Myrie, making their way through significant cultural sites of the city. Baltimore Museum of Art -
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Exhibition
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7 June 2019
Conrad Shawcross’ Chord on view at The Jute Shed, Halifax
Shawcross exhibits Chord at the Jute Shed (22 June–21 July 2019), part of the vast and historic Dean Clough Mills in Halifax. This is the first time the work has been shown since 2009. The Jute Shed, Halifax -
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Exhibition
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26 May 2019
Shine of Life by Yayoi Kusama is unveiled at Kistefos-Museet, Norway
The largest sculpture by Kusama in the Nordic countries has been unveiled at Kistefos sculpture park and museum. Kistefos-Museet, Norway -
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Exhibition
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20 May 2019
Stephen Willats: Languages of Dissent at Migros Museum, Zürich
This exhibition (25 May–18 August 2019) is themed around two aspects of Willats' practice: cybernetics, the regulation and control of dynamic systems, which enables him to frame structures of communication and relationships in society, and also enables him to influence the fabric of actual social realities, serving him as both method, aesthetic vocabulary, and formal model; and his specific interest in subcultures, where nonconformism and self-determination manifest themselves. Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich -
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Exhibition
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14 June 2019
Billboards by Stephen Willats feature as part of Going out of Circles, Berlin
Willats' series In Isolation leben (on display 14 June–17 August 2019) was created in 1979/80 on Berlin's Gropiusstadt housing estate in collaboration with the resident Klaus Müller, whose large apartment in a high-rise tower is a symbol of isolation in Willats' four images. Hellersdorf, Berlin -
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Exhibition
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24 June 2019
Doug Aitken is featured in The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030–2100
This major exhibition (28 June–1 December 2019) at The Garage, Moscow, takes a look at a future already in the making, when the environmental agenda will become one of the main political questions. The Garage, Moscow -
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Exhibition
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17 May 2019
Do Ho Suh at Museum Voorlinden
An exhibition (18 May–22 September 2019) of drawings, sculptures, video work and installations continuing the artist's exploration of how we relate to where we live and shifting definitions of 'home'. Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands -
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Exhibition
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13 May 2019
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston goes on display at Tate Britain
On view until 17 November 2019, Looking for Langston is a film that breaks down traditional divisions between different art forms, and explores Black, queer desire in a setting which has no clear time or place. Tate Britain -
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Exhibition
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11 July 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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11 May 2019
Summer with the Averys (Milton, Sally, March) at Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut
Featuring landscapes, seascapes, beach scenes, and figural compositions – as well as rarely seen travel sketchbooks – the exhibition (11 May–1 September 2019) takes an innovative approach to the superb work produced by the Avery family. Along with canonical paintings by Milton Avery, the show offers a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the remarkable art created by Avery’s wife Sally and their daughter March. Greenwich, Connecticut -
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News story
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7 August 2019
Chantal Joffe, Idris Khan, Grayson Perry and Conrad Shawcross donate works to Willow Foundation’s The Extraordinary Collection
Works are available to view at a public exhibition at Coutts, The Strand (23–27 September 2019) and will be sold on behalf of Willow, a national charity working with seriously ill 16–40 year olds, at a private auction at Coutts on 25 September 2019. -
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Publications
2 August 2019
Milton Avery: The Late Portraits (Collectors Edition)
This special Collectors Edition of Milton Avery: The Late Portraits accompanies an exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice of portraits drawn from the last four years of Milton Avery’s life. Presented in a hardback, bespoke slip case, this book has been lavishly designed by Atelier Dyakova in London and features text by Waqas Wajahat, detailed reproductions of the exhibition paintings, and drawings. Victoria Miro, 2019Milton Avery: The Late Portraits (Collectors Edition)£ 90.00 -
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Publications
2 August 2019
Milton Avery: The Late Portraits
Milton Avery: The Late Portraits accompanies an exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice of portraits drawn from the last four years of Milton Avery’s life. This book has been lavishly designed by Atelier Dyakova in London and features text by Waqas Wajahat, detailed reproductions of the exhibition's paintings, and drawings. Victoria Miro, 2019Milton Avery: The Late Portraits£ 40.00 -
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Exhibition
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30 July 2019
Elmgreen & Dragset: Sculptures, opening soon at Nasher Sculpture Center
The exhibition (14 September 2019–5 January 2020) will focus on Elmgreen & Dragset’s sculptural production, presenting together for the first time a large selection of sculptures that illustrate the artists’ use of multiple aesthetics and working methods. Dallas, Texas -
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Event
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22 July 2019
Stephen Willats: CONTROL Magazine launch
The launch of CONTROL Twenty One takes place on Monday 29 July, 6:30–8:30pm at Chalton Gallery, London NW1. Chalton Gallery, 96 Chalton St, London NW1 1HJ -
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Exhibition
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12 July 2019
Doug Aitken: New Horizon
This nomadic art installation and series of happenings comes to Massachusetts (12-28 July 2019) accompanied by a series of live events and experiences taking place across the state, all centred around a mirror-surfaced hot air balloon and gondola that vividly contrasts with the natural settings of New England. Massachusetts -
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Review
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12 July 2019
The Times features Little Sparta in its selection of the best outdoor art in Britain
'Arguably the artist Ian Hamilton Finlay’s greatest work… this magical (a word that really doesn’t do it justice) garden is littered with 275 of his witty, elegant and often poetic sculptures and text pieces (these often hewn into the smooth stones that are dotted around this lush trail). Nancy Durrant and Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times -
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Interview
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10 July 2019
Howardena Pindell talks to The Brooklyn Rail
'I find it very soothing to replace the circle as a negative symbol with something that’s positive.' Toby Kamps, The Brooklyn Rail -
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Exhibition
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10 July 2019
Alex Hartley features in Where Function Ends: Responses to the Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edwin Lutyens, Hestercombe Gallery presents new work by three artists that responds to the legacy of the man whose designs transformed the Hestercombe site (on view: 14 July–27 October 2019). Hestercombe, Somerset -
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Exhibition
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5 July 2019
Sculptures by Conrad Shawcross are installed in the gardens of Wilton Crescent
Three sculptures — Formation II (The Dappled Light of the Sun), 2015, Manifold 5:4, 2016, and Paradigm B (Solid), 2019 — are installed in the private gardens of Wilton Crescent, SW1, and are viewable from the street. Wilton Crescent, London, SW1 -
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Exhibition
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5 July 2019
Grayson Perry is included in Talking Maps at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
The exhibition (5 July 2019–8 March 2020) is a celebration of maps and what they tell us about the places they depict and the people that make and use them. Bodleian Libraries, Oxford -
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Event
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2 July 2019
Isaac Julien and Maria Balshaw in conversation
A discussion between Isaac Julien and Director of Tate, Maria Balshaw (6.30–7.30pm, 5 July 2019), exploring themes of time and temporality in relation to his ground-breaking film Looking for Langston, which is currently on display at Tate Britain. Tate Britain -
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Exhibition
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29 June 2019
Expect the Unexpected, featuring Sarah Sze, opens at The Lowry, Salford
An eclectic and provocative exhibition (29 June–29 September 2019) of work by visual artists who incorporate elements of chance in their work, inspired by John Cage’s hugely influential performance piece 4’ 33”. The Lowry, Salford -
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Exhibition
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28 June 2019
Howardena Pindell is featured in ACE: Art on Sports, Promise, and Selfhood
The artists in this exhibition (28 June–7 December 2019) use sports and athletic culture to explore how youth, gender, race, promise, and identity are intertwined with athleticism. University Art Museum, University at Alabama -
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Interview
Posted
24 June 2019
Isaac Julien is interviewed by Nick Compton for Wallpaper* – now online
‘That was one of the things I realised at SESC Pompéia; there was a choreographic conversation happening in the way Lina Bo Bardi worked scenographically,’ Julien says. ‘I had a light bulb moment in relation to my thinking about space and architecture and the distribution of images in space.’ Nick Compton, Wallpaper* -
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Interview
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21 June 2019
Isaac Julien is interviewed by and creates a limited-edition cover for Wallpaper*
The June edition of Wallpaper* features a limited-edition subscribers' cover by the artist and, in an interview with Nick Compton, previews his major new work, Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement, on view at Victoria Miro (7 June–27 July 2019). Wallpaper* -
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Channel
21 June 2019
Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement (teaser)
A teaser of Isaac Julien's new nine-screen installation, which premiered at Victoria Miro. The work traverses a collection of Lina Bo Bardi’s most iconic buildings, offering a meditation on the work and legacy of the visionary modernist architect and designer (1914–1992). -
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Exhibition
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18 June 2019
Paintings by David Harrison are included in Dog Show at Southwark Park Galleries
An exhibition (18 July–8 September 2019) of dog-related artworks by David Harrison, Joan Jonas, Martin Creed, Lucian Freud, William Wegman, David Shrigley and others. Southwark Park Galleries -
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Exhibition
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18 June 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Wangechi Mutu feature in I Am... Contemporary Women Artists of Africa at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Taking its name from a 1970’s feminist anthem, I Am… Contemporary Women Artists of Africa (20 June 2019–15 March 202) draws upon a selection of artworks by women artists from the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art’s permanent collection to reveal a more contemporary feminism that recognises the contributions of women to the most pressing issues of their times. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC -
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Review
Posted
16 June 2019
Waldemar Januszczak includes Victoria Miro’s summer group show in his Sunday Times Culture review
"From a distance, Berrio’s pictures look like huge watercolours, faded and pale. But when you get close, you see they are actually collages made of delicate Japanese paper in pastel shades. Beautiful." Waldemar Januszczak, The Sunday Times -
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Interview
Posted
14 June 2019
Apollo interviews Howardena Pindell
‘There are some black artists who don’t want to be in shows that are labelled “black art”. I don’t mind it because I want people to be able to find me,’ Gabrielle Schwarz, Apollo -
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Review
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7 June 2019
The Art Newspaper recommends Howardena Pindell’s exhibition at Victoria Miro Mayfair
Victoria Miro has organised the first solo presentation of the US artist Howardena Pindell in the UK, spanning a series of pointillist-like spray paintings from the early 1970s and recent mixed-media works. The Art Newspaper -
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Interview
Posted
7 June 2019
Howardena Pindell talks to the Financial Times
Ahead of her London exhibition, the African American painter looks back at a remarkable career. Rachel Spence, The Financial Times -
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News story
Posted
7 June 2019
Now available to view at our New York office
Victoria Miro's New York office and viewing room currently features works by gallery artists including Jules de Balincourt, Alex Hartley, Secundino Hernández and Chantal Joffe. 534 West 24th Street, New York -
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Review
Posted
7 June 2019
Contemporary Art Society Director Caroline Douglas writes about Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement
'A hymn from one artist to another, across generations, continents and artforms…' Caroline Douglas, contemporaryartsociety.org -
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Interview
Posted
7 June 2019
The Art Newspaper Podcast, featuring Howardena Pindell
The artist talks to Ben Luke about the use of the circle in her abstract paintings, its origins in segregation in the US and the resistance to her art that she encountered among her peers. The Art Newspaper -
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Exhibition
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7 June 2019
Elmgreen & Dragset: It’s Not What You Think at the Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona
It’s Not What You Think (7 June–27 October 2019) transforms Il Salotto into an abandoned, underground boiler room with tubes crisscrossing the space. The Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona -
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Exhibition
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6 June 2019
Doug Aitken: Mirage Gstaad
Elevation 1049: Frequencies features Mirage Gstaad, an outdoor, site-specific sculpture by Doug Aitken that will remain on view in Gstaad over the course of two years, reflecting and interacting with the mountain landscape over the changing seasons. Gstaad, Switzerland -
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Interview
Posted
6 June 2019
Artnet interviews Howardena Pindell
Hettie Judah interviews the US artist on the eve of her first solo UK exhibition. Hettie Judah, Artnet -
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Review
Posted
5 June 2019
The Financial Times reviews the Whitney Biennial, featuring Wangechi Mutu
'The genius of Mutu’s approach lies precisely in the flow of metaphor, the tension between meanings.' Ariella Budick, The Financial Times -
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Channel
5 June 2019
Howardena Pindell at Victoria Miro Mayfair
Held at Victoria Miro Mayfair (5 June–27 July 2019) Howardena Pindell’s first solo exhibition in the UK included abstract paintings and collages drawn from two distinct periods in the artist’s career: large-scale spray paintings from the early 1970s; and smaller wall-mounted three-dimensional works completed since 2007. -
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Exhibition
Posted
1 June 2019
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta public opening 2019
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. Stonypath, Dunsyre -
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Event
Posted
1 June 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby and David Hilliard in conversation
This Faculty Lecture at Anderson Ranch Arts Center is free and open to the public (7pm, June 25 2019). Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen -
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Preview
Posted
27 May 2019
Howardena Pindell talks to Vogue
'It has been a rollercoaster experience,' she says of her five decades in the art world. She is 'stunned' by the upsurge of interest in her work, and grateful. 'For years I considered it under the radar; a message tossed out to sea in a bottle.' Louis Wise, Vogue -
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Preview
Posted
27 May 2019
Wallpaper* dives into Phaidon’s new Elmgreen & Dragset monograph
The first comprehensive monograph of the Berlin-based duo charts their working practice and art, from performative pieces in the late 1990s to their most recent public projects. Emily McDermott, Wallpaper* -
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News
Posted
23 May 2019
Designboom features Christian Holstad’s Consider yourself as a guest (Cornucopia)
Holstad's site-specific installation in Venice aims to raise public awareness on the pressing issue of ocean pollution from plastic waste. Designboom -
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News story
Posted
22 May 2019
Jorge Pardo is honoured by Storefront for Art and Architecture
The artist is being honoured during Storefront for Art and Architecture's spring benefit on 29 May 2019. La Marqueta, New York City -
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News story
Posted
22 May 2019
Just announced: Milton Avery: The Late Portraits to go on view at Victoria Miro Venice in July
Drawn from the last four years of Milton Avery’s life, the works on view (20 July–8 September 2019) see the artist apply a lifetime of experience to cherished subjects and motifs. -
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Exhibition
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21 May 2019
Chantal Joffe is featured in Downtown Painting: Presented by Alex Katz
A summer group exhibition (5 June–20 July 2019) echoing the spirit of the downtown art scene in New York in the 1950s and 1960s. Peter Freeman Inc, New York -
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Exhibition
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20 May 2019
John Kørner: Running Box at Riksidrottsmuseet, Sweden
An exhibition (24 May–29 September 2019) of painting, sculpture and installation that takes running as a metaphor for the increasing speed of society. Riksidrottsmuseet, Sweden -
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Exhibition
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16 May 2019
Wangechi Mutu is featured in the 2019 Whitney Biennial
Featuring seventy-five artists and collectives, the 2019 Biennial (17 May–22 September 2019) takes the pulse of the contemporary artistic moment. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York -
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Exhibition
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16 May 2019
Conrad Shawcross’ Monolith (Optic) and Optic Labyrinth are featured in Pilane Sculpture Park 2019
Installed on a rocky outcrop in Pilane, Sweden (opening 18 May 2019), Monolith (Optic) appears to change endlessly according to shifting light conditions. Pilane, Sweden
