Celia Paul – now open at Wharf Road
Exhibition 13 November–20 December 2019
Doug Aitken: Return to the Real
Exhibition 2 October–20 December 2019
Grayson Perry: Super Rich Interior Decoration at Victoria Miro Mayfair
Exhibition 25 September–20 December 2019
Idris Khan: Words Beneath Words at Victoria Miro Venice
Exhibition 26 October–14 December 2019; due to current weather conditions, Victoria Miro Venice is closed until further notice
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News story
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13 November 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby is featured in TIME 100 Next
The first-ever TIME 100 Next, a new expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world, highlights 100 rising stars who are shaping the future of art, business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science and activism, and more. TIME -
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Commission
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7 November 2019
Conrad Shawcross: Bicameral is unveiled at Chelsea Barracks
Made of anodised aluminium, standing 8m tall and with 693 component parts which cascade down in scale as they radiate out, Bicameral is an unprecedented structure, created entirely without welding whilst using techniques drawn from Japanese wood joinery. Chelsea Barracks, London -
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Interview
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4 November 2019
Wallpaper* writes about Idris Khan’s 65,0000 Photographs, a new public sculpture for London
65,000 Photographs distills Khan’s photographed life into a physical column… this is an immensely personal project for Khan. Elly Parsons, Wallpaper* -
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News
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2 November 2019
Zadie Smith: The Muse at Her Easel, a consideration of Celia Paul’s memoir, Self-Portrait, in the New York Review of Books
'Her story is striking. It is not, as has been assumed, the tale of a muse who later became a painter, but an account of a painter who, for ten years of her early life, found herself mistaken for a muse…' The New York Review of Books Zadie Smith -
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Exhibition
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16 October 2019
Do Ho Suh: 348 West 22nd Street at LACMA
A recent gift to LACMA, 348 West 22nd Street (on view from 10 November 2019) replicates the artist’s ground-floor residence from a single New York building. LACMA, Los Angeles, California -
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Talk
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11 November 2019
Wangechi Mutu and Howardena Pindell take part in Conversation, Looking Back at 50 Years of Change in the Visual Arts
On the 50th anniversary of African American Studies at Yale, this panel (Thursday, 14 November, 2019, 5.30 pm) brings together Yale School of Art alumni Howardena Pindell, M.F.A. 1967, Wangechi Mutu, M.F.A. 2000, and Kevin Beasley, M.F.A. 2012, with Courtney J. Martin, Director of the Yale Center for British Art, to reflect on changing perceptions of black visual arts since 1969 and to share views on how to ensure an inclusive global art world for the future. Yale University Art Gallery -
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Exhibition
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8 November 2019
Interiorities, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Adriana Varejão, opening soon 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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Just announced
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6 November 2019
Works by Celia Paul go on view at Victoria Miro New York – Office
Concurrent with the artist's solo exhibition at Victoria Miro, and to celebrate the publication of her memoir, Self-Portrait, a selection of works by Celia Paul are on view at Victoria Miro New York – Office (from 6 November 2019). 534 West 24th Street, New York -
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Exhibition
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22 October 2019
Isaac Julien and Do Ho Suh feature in When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art at ICA Boston
The exhibition (23 October 2019–26 January 2020) considers how contemporary artists are responding to the migration, immigration, and displacement of peoples today. ICA Boston -
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Exhibition
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6 October 2019
Varda Caivano features in the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Slow Painting, curated by Martin Herbert
Opening at Leeds Art Gallery (24 Oct 2019–12 Jan 2020), Slow Painting features 19 artists whose work spans a myriad of styles and applications, from figuration to abstraction. Leeds Art Gallery -
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Exhibition
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10 October 2019
Sarah Sze’s Triple Point (Pendulum) goes on view at MoMA
First exhibited at the 55th Venice Biennale, where Sze represented the United States in 2013, the work hovers between many forms at once. MoMA reopens to the public on 21 October 2019. MoMA, New York -
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Profile
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14 November 2019
Getty launches its Recording Artists: Radical Women podcast with an episode dedicated to Alice Neel
Artists Simone Leigh and Moyra Davey join host Helen Molesworth to discuss the life and work of Alice Neel in the first of a season of podcasts focusing on audio interviews with six women artists whose lives span the twentieth century. -
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Exhibition
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24 October 2019
Tal R: Men Who Can’t Sit on Horses at Magasin III, Jaffa
The exhibition (24 October 2019–27 March 2020) features a single painting – Natten (The Night) – commissioned especially for Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art. Magasin III, Jaffa -
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News
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30 October 2019
Celia Paul is awarded Harper’s Bazaar Artist of the Year
Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards recognises the outstanding achievements of women in the worlds of fashion, film, art, music, philanthropy and literature. Celia Paul was awarded Artist of the Year at a ceremony held at Claridge's on 29 October 2019. -
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News story
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22 October 2019
Njideka Akunyili Crosby is a recipient of the 2019 African Art Award
Njideka Akunyili Crosby will be honoured alongside artist Elias Sime at a gala at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art on 25 October 2019. Washington, DC -
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Exhibition
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25 September 2019
Doug Aitken features in TRANSFORMER: The Rebirth Of Wonder at 180 The Strand
Aitken’s New Era, 2018, is featured in The Store x The Vinyl Factory exhibition TRANSFORMER: The Rebirth Of Wonder at 180 Strand, curated by Jefferson Hack (2 October–8 December 2019). 180 The Strand, London -
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Exhibition
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13 May 2019
Final week – Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston 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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10 October 2019
Now open at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo – Spirits of Aggregation
An exhibition (10 October 2019–31 January 2020) of works from Kusama's Accumulation or Aggreggation series, first created in the early 1960s, presented with associated documents and photographs. Also on show is the installation Dots Obsession and works from Kusama's ongoing My Eternal Soul series. Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
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Interview
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10 October 2019
Read Doug Aitken’s interview in Wallpaper*, which explores the making of new works for his current Victoria Miro exhibition and includes an 18-page journey into Americana
‘I always see art as a necessity. You make it because it has to be made’ Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Wallpaper* -
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Exhibition
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7 October 2019
Wangechi Mutu and Do Ho Suh feature in Ruby City’s inaugural exhibition Waking Dream
Mirroring the interests and character of Pace herself, Waking Dream (13 October 2019–2022) underscores several themes reflected in the Linda Pace Foundation Collection, including the creative self, notions of home, vulnerability and resilience. San Antonio, Texas -
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Exhibition
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17 September 2019
Conrad Shawcross features in the Science Museum exhibition The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter
The exhibition (25 September 2019–26 January 2020) explores the relationship between science and art over the past 250 years, and how it has helped to interpret, study and explore the world around us. Science Museum, London -
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Exhibition
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7 October 2019
Ruby City’s inaugural programme includes an exhibition dedicated to Isaac Julien’s Playtime
On public view from 13 October 2019 (until 2020), Julien's immersive video installation addresses representations of global capital. San Antonio, Texas -
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News story
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22 October 2019
Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art honours Howardena Pindell
This year’s gala (22 October 2019) marks the 65th anniversary of the Archives and will honor the achievements of artist Howardena Pindell, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and art historian Alexander Nemerov. New York -
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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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Interview
Posted
1 October 2019
Isaac Julien, curator of Rock My Soul, discusses the exhibition in the Evening Standard
‘These artists are using their practice to re-articulate the question of self-esteem against the ways in which they or their works have been seen, and to challenge assumptions’ Nick Curtis, The Evening Standard -
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News story
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24 September 2019
Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe
Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe, a portfolio of nine silkscreen prints by the late British-Gambian artist, is offered in support of the Estate of Khadija Saye and the Khadija Saye IntoArts Programme. -
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News story
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20 September 2019
Grayson Perry writes in the FT about his new exhibition Super Rich Interior Decoration
'Perhaps unusually for a contemporary artist, I often prioritise how my work might flourish in a domestic setting…' Grayson Perry, The Financial Times -
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Commission
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9 September 2019
Wangechi Mutu: The Met Façade Commission
Wangechi Mutu has created sculptures for The Met's Fifth Avenue façade niches – the first-ever such installation on the Museum's historic exterior – inaugurating a new annual artist commission series (on view 9 September 2019–12 January 2020). The Met Fifth Avenue, New York -
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News
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24 September 2019
Stan Douglas is awarded the 2019 Audain Prize for the Visual Arts
This annual prize worth $100,000 is awarded to a senior artist in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the arts. -
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Exhibition
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14 August 2019
Elmgreen & Dragset: Sculptures at Nasher Sculpture Center
The exhibition (14 September 2019–5 January 2020) focuses 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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Interview
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26 September 2019
ES Magazine’s Art Edition features a cover story interview with Grayson Perry
The artist talks to Nick Curtis in an interview featuring new portraits shot by Martin Parr. Nick Curtis, ES Magazine -
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Exhibition
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17 September 2019
Francesca Woodman: Portrait of a Reputation at MCA Denver
Featuring over 40 unique vintage prints, as well as notes, letters, postcards, and other ephemera related to the artist’s burgeoning career, this exhibition (20 September 2019–5 April 2020) details Woodman’s creative coming-of-age primarily during the years 1975-79. MCA Denver -
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Exhibition
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7 September 2019
Doug Aitken: Sonic Mountain (Sonoma) is unveiled at The Donum Estate, California
The installation responds to changes in the surrounding environment and creates patterns of sound as wind moves through it. The Donum Estate, Sonoma, California -
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Exhibition
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1 September 2019
Stephen Willats features in Still Undead: Popular Culture in Britain Beyond the Bauhaus at Nottingham Contemporary
Still Undead (21 September 2019–12 January 2020) explores how Bauhaus ideas and teaching lived on in Britain, via pop culture and art schools. This exhibition coincides with the centenary of the pioneering art and design school’s founding in Weimar. Nottingham Contemporary -
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Interview
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24 September 2019
Grayson Perry talks to Vogue ahead of his exhibition Super Rich Interior Decoration
As his latest show opens at Victoria Miro in Mayfair, the artist tells Vogue about satirising the art-buying habits of wealthy collectors, his alter ego Claire's evolving style, and "biting the hand that feeds him" with his tongue-in-cheek pottery. Sophie Heawood, Vogue -
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Exhibition
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16 September 2019
Ilse D’Hollander at The Arts Club
The exhibition (16 September 2019–January 2020) features canvases and works on cardboard by the late Belgian artist, focusing on the rich dialogue between representation and abstraction in her work, and shedding light on the ways in which colour and form are perceived. The Arts Club, Dover Street, London -
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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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Exhibition
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30 August 2019
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room – My Heart is Dancing into the Universe goes on permanent display at Crystal Bridges Museum
Previewing from 31 August 2019 and on view to the public from 2 October 2019, Infinity Mirrored Room – My Heart is Dancing into the Universe conveys the illusion of being unmoored in endless space. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas -
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News
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24 September 2019
Isaac Julien’s Lessons of the Hour – Frederick Douglass goes on view at the SCAD Museum of Art
Lessons of the Hour (until 15 December 2019) is a meditation on the life, words, and actions of Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), the visionary African American abolitionist and freed slave, and on the issues of social justice that shaped his life’s work. SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah -
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Exhibition
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20 August 2019
Adriana Varejão: Otros cuerpos detrás at Museo Tamayo
A monographic exhibition (24 August–10 November 2019) exploring the lines of research that the Brazilian artist has developed in her artistic practice since the 1990s. Museo Tamayo, Mexico City -
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Exhibition
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22 August 2019
Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem travels to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
This major traveling exhibition (on view at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 14 September–8 December 2019) features works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu and Howardena Pindell. The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan -
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Exhibition
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19 August 2019
Pushing Paper: Contemporary Drawing from 1970 to Now featuring Grayson Perry and Stephen Willats at the British Museum
Celebrating the power of contemporary drawing, this display at the British Museum (12 September 2019–12 January 2020) explores how artists have used the medium to examine themes including identity, place and memory. British Museum, 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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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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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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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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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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13 November 2019
Just announced: an exhibition at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum by Sarah Sze
Taking place across Rotunda Ramp 6 and Tower Gallery 7, this exhibition (9 October 2020–21 March 2021) will immerse visitors in today’s generative proliferation of images through painting, sculpture, print, sound, video and photography. Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York -
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Interview
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11 November 2019
Idris Khan talks to Robert Elms for Listed Londoner
The artist talks to Robert Elms as a new sculpture at One Blackfriars is unveiled. Robert Elms, BBC Radio London -
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Profile
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7 November 2019
Rachel Cusk profiles Celia Paul for The New York Times
'Can a woman artist – however virtuosic and talented, however disciplined – ever attain a fundamental freedom from the fact of her own womanhood?' -
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Publications
7 November 2019
Celia Paul: Self-Portrait
Available from 7 November 2019 Self-Portrait reveals a life truly lived through art. In this short, intimate memoir, Celia Paul moves effortlessly through time in words and images, folding in her past and present selves. Jonathan Cape, 2019Celia Paul: Self-Portrait£ 20.00 -
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News
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4 November 2019
New scholarship by Eleanor Nairne
A new publication will accompany Hedda Sterne at Victoria Miro Mayfair with an essay by Eleanor Nairne (29 January–21 March 2020). -
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Publications
30 October 2019
Idris Khan: Words Beneath Words
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Idris Khan: Words Beneath Words, at Victoria Miro Venice (26 October–14 December 2019), this special collectors’ edition book features an essay by Nick Hackworth exploring the themes and motifs of Khan's latest body of work. Victoria Miro, 2019Idris Khan: Words Beneath Words£ 25.00 -
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Interview
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27 October 2019
Doug Aitken talks to Dezeen about Return to the Real
'For me, return to the real is very much a modern portrait – it's a modern landscape and a portrait of the individual, now…' Natashah Hitti, Dezeen -
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Interview
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27 October 2019
Celia Paul is interviewed by Tim Adams in the Observer
'I feel that my painting belongs to a whole tradition of British art.' The Observer Tim Adams -
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Interview
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23 October 2019
Grayson Perry talks to Christiane Amanpour on CNN
'I want people to acknowledge that we're complicated,' the artist tells Christiane Amanpour as they tour Super Rich Interior Decoration at VM Mayfair. Christiane Amanpour, Amanpour on CNN -
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Commission
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19 October 2019
Now open – the Comcast Technology Center, featuring a site-specific work by Conrad Shawcross
The new Comcast Technology Center building, designed by Foster + Partners, in Philadelphia, features a major site-specific sculpture by the artist. Philadelphia, PA -
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Exhibition
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17 October 2019
Isaac Julien features in Love and Ethnology at HKW, Berlin
Subtitled The Colonial Dialectic of Sensitivity (after Hubert Fichte), the exhibition (18 October 2019–6 January 2020) examines Hubert Fichte’s writing and takes it as the starting point for new artistic works on questions of representation and restitution. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin -
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News story
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16 October 2019
Conrad Shawcross to create a major new work for Ramsgate Royal Harbour in 2020
In connection with Turner Contemporary, Shawcross has been commissioned by local primary school children to make a new work for the Kent town. Ramsgate, Kent -
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Exhibition
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14 October 2019
A major public work by Yayoi Kusama conceived for Place Vendôme, Paris
We are delighted to co-present with Ota Fine Arts and David Zwirner a major public work by Yayoi Kusama conceived for Place Vendôme, Paris, as part of FIAC Hors les Murs, 2019. Place Vendôme, Paris
In Focus
Doug Aitken: Return to the Real
A look inside Return to the Real, an exhibition of new works by Doug Aitken now on view at Victoria Miro Wharf Road. Conceived as a unified composition of sound, light, form and movement, the exhibition explores our rapidly changing relationships to one another and the world around us in an age dominated by technology. 'These artworks question how we navigate a world of increasing speed and transition, the direction of where we can go and how we can confront the future.’ – Doug Aitken
