New paintings and sculptures by Adriana Varejão at Victoria Miro Venice
Exhibition: 14 July–8 September 2018; image: Budapeste I (detail), 2013-2018
Victoria Miro’s London galleries are closed for the summer
Image: Alex Hartley, A Gentle Collapsing II, 2016 (detail). Installed in Victoria Miro's waterside garden. Photography: Thierry Bal
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The latest from Victoria Miro artists around the world
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Gallery Exhibition
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31 July 2018
Upcoming exhibitions at Victoria Miro
The gallery's autumn programme includes exhibitions by Yayoi Kusama, Conrad Shawcross and Francesca Woodman. -
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Publication
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7 August 2018
A new online publication accompanies Adriana Varejão’s exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice
The publication includes an interview with the artist and installation views of the exhibition. -
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Exhibition
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11 June 2018
A new exhibition by NS Harsha opens at Glynn Vivian, Swansea
The artist's largest solo UK exhibition to date (7 July–9 September 2018) takes place in several spaces across the Glynn Vivian and includes three core works – a new installation Feel Free to Feed Each Other, the UK premiere of Reclaiming the Inner Space, and the seminal earlier work Stargazers. Glynn Vivian, Swansea -
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Exhibition
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12 July 2018
Stephen Willats in FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
Titled An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises, the inaugural edition of the Cleveland Triennial (14 July–30 September 2018) comprises artist commissions, performances, films, and public programmes to examine the ever-changing and politically urgent conditions of an American city. Cleveland, Ohio -
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Exhibition
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7 July 2018
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors opens at The Cleveland Museum of Art
Focusing on the evolution of her immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms, the most significant North American tour of Kusama’s work in nearly two decades continues at The Cleveland Art Museum (7 July – 30 September 2018). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio -
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Exhibition
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6 August 2018
Final week to see The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018, coordinated by Grayson Perry
The exhibition (12 June–19 August 2018) also features work by Chantal Joffe, Isaac Julien, Idris Khan, Tal R and Conrad Shawcross. Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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Exhibition
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1 July 2018
Rockaway! 2018: Narcissus Garden by Yayoi Kusama
MoMA PS1 presents Yayoi Kusama’s site-specific installation of Narcissus Garden as the third iteration of Rockaway! (1 July–3 September 2018), a free public art festival presented with Rockaway Artists Alliance, Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, National Park Service, and Bloomberg Philanthropies in the Gateway National Recreation Area at Fort Tilden. Gateway National Recreation Area, Fort Tilden, Far Rockaway, New York -
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News
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31 July 2018
Read our online publication for Conrad Shawcross: Optic Labyrinth (Arrangement I)
A new publication on the occasion of Frieze Sculpture 2018, featuring an interview with the artist, images and a film of the work on view in Regent's Park. -
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Exhibition
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27 June 2018
A major work by Doug Aitken inaugurates the new Copenhagen Contemporary
The opening programme (29 June–30 December 2018) includes Aitken's installation Song 1, 2012/2015. Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark -
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Exhibition
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22 June 2018
Work by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien and Grayson Perry features in Michael Jackson: On the Wall
The exhibition (28 June–21 October 2018) explores the influence of Michael Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art. National Portrait Gallery, London -
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Exhibition
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4 July 2018
Frieze Sculpture 2018 is now open, featuring a new work by Conrad Shawcross
Selected by Clare Lilley, Director of Programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Frieze Sculpture (4 July–7 October 2018) features works by 25 contemporary and modern artists in Regent's Park. Regent's Park, London -
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Exhibition
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13 August 2018
Now extended – Conrad Shawcross: MATRIX 179 at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
The exhibition (21 June–21 October 2018) celebrates the premiere of Shawcross’ sculpture Monolith (Optic), 2016, on Main Street in front of the Wadsworth Atheneum. The accompanying exhibition will feature additional sculptures, models and a slow-moving light machine. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut -
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Exhibition
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19 June 2018
Wangechi Mutu and Barnaby Furnas feature in Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century, at the Frist Art Museum
The exhibition (22 June – 16 September 2018) features works that induce feelings of disturbance, mystery, and expansiveness through the portrayal of forces shaping and hastening social transformation in ways that are increasingly difficult to predict. Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee -
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Review
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14 June 2018
Nick Compton writes about Sarah Sze: Afterimage in Wallpaper*
'This is a kind of cubism of the age of information overload, getting to the contemporary splintering, the attempt to contextualise and edit the daily rush of digital and IRL information.' Wallpaper* Nick Compton -
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News story
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29 May 2018
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta public opening 2018
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 2018. Stonypath, Dunsyre -
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Exhibition
Posted
18 May 2018
Chantal Joffe: Personal Feeling is the Main Thing at The Lowry
An exhibition (19 May – 2 September 2018) of works from across Joffe's career addressing themes of portraiture, motherhood, passing time and art's relationship to history. The Lowry, Salford -
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Exhibition
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29 May 2018
Do Ho Suh: Passage/s, now open at Towada Art Center
An exhibition (2 June – 14 October 2018) featuring an installation Suh's Hub works, along with the video My Home/s, 2014-2016. Towada Art Center, Aomori, Japan -
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Feature
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13 May 2018
‘Painting is a high-wire act’: Olivia Laing on sitting for Chantal Joffe
'I wanted to see what would happen if I wrote about her while she was painting me, if we could survey each other at the same time in an act of simultaneous witnessing.' Olivia Laing, The Observer -
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Exhibition
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6 June 2018
Doug Aitken’s migration (empire) goes on display at Weatherspoon Art Museum
Aitken's video serves as the catalyst for a concurrent exhibition (9 June–30 September 2018) of artworks drawn from the museum’s collection. Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro -
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Exhibition
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13 April 2018
Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s Hayward Gallery Billboard is unveiled
Dwell: Aso Ebi, 2017, is on view until February 2019. The work is installed on the façade of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, opposite the Hayward Gallery. Southbank Centre, London -
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Exhibition
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7 May 2018
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow at Museum MACAN, Jakarta
The first large-scale exhibition (12 May – 9 September 2018) of Yayoi Kusama’s work in Indonesia includes more than 130 works that span almost 70 years. Museum MACAN, Jakarta -
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Exhibition
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12 August 2018
Final week – Inka Essenhigh: A Fine Line at Virginia MOCA
A survey (17 March–19 August 2018) of some 30 paintings from across the artist's career. Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art -
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Channel
31 July 2018
Adriana Varejão
On the occasion of her solo exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice, the renowned Brazilian artist discusses the ideas behind and links between the works and their powerful resonances with the city of Venice. -
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Channel
19 July 2018
Conrad Shawcross, Optic Labyrinth (Arrangement I), 2018
For Frieze Sculpture 2018, selected by Clare Lilley, Director of Programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Conrad Shawcross has created a new work, titled Optic Labyrinth (Arrangement I), 2018. Taking the form of a simple immersive maze, the work engages with the sun and its shifting position throughout the day and the seasons, focusing specifically on how people navigate and orientate themselves both emotionally and physically in relation to its rise and fall. -
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Gallery Exhibition
Posted
10 July 2018
Just announced: a major Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Victoria Miro this autumn
Taking place across the Wharf Road galleries and waterside garden, the exhibition (3 October–21 December 2018) will feature new paintings, including works from the iconic My Eternal Soul series, painted bronze pumpkin and flower sculptures, and a large-scale Infinity Mirror Room, created for this presentation, Kusama’s twelfth exhibition at the gallery. Victoria Miro, Wharf Road -
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Preview
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9 July 2018
Deborah Levy reflects on the work of Francesca Woodman in the summer issue of Tate Etc
'I think about Francesca Woodman’s inspiring images every time I write a female character and begin to embody her (make her present) in the world of my fiction.' Deborah Levy, Tate Etc -
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Publication
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5 July 2018
A new online publication accompanies the exhibition Alex Hartley: The Houses
The publication accompanies a new body of work inspired by some of the most iconic modernist domestic buildings of the twentieth century. It includes an interview with the artist and selected images from his book LA Climbs: Alternative Uses for Architecture in addition to images and installation views from the exhibition at Victoria Miro Mayfair. -
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News story
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29 June 2018
Read our Sarah Sze: Afterimage online publication
We are delighted to announce a new publication for the exhibition Sarah Sze: Afterimage, featuring a text by the artist and an essay by Jarrett Earnest. -
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Review
Posted
28 June 2018
Time Out reviews Sarah Sze: Afterimage
★★★★ 'Afterimages are the ghostly pictures that float in front of a person’s eyes after they’ve stopped looking at the actual thing. The artworks in Sarah Sze’s exhibition of the same name are made up of not just one lingering image, but hundreds of them.' Rosemary Waugh, Time Out London -
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Preview
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28 June 2018
ArtReview selects Alex Hartley: The Houses in its guide to Mayfair Art Weekend
'The effect is luminous but disturbing, emphasising the unattainable distance of these places even as the works seek to capture and present them for the gallery goer.' ArtReview -
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Interview
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20 June 2018
Wangechi Mutu talks to T Magazine as part of its series The Story of a Thing
The artist explains how a sculptural piece of furniture made by a friend has altered her home and influenced her work. Emily Spivack, T Magazine -
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Interview
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17 June 2018
The Observer interviews Sarah Sze
'I don’t do Twitter or Instagram or Facebook. I feel like there’s enough information in my head already.' Killian Fox, The Observer -
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Exhibition
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16 June 2018
Stephen Willats and Grayson Perry feature in Do I Have to Draw You a Picture? at Heong Gallery, Cambridge
The exhibition (16 June–7 October 2018) engages with themes of communication, breakdown of communication, and isolation. Heong Gallery, Downing College, University of Cambridge -
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Gallery Event
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12 June 2018
Artist talk: Alex Hartley
Join Alex Hartley on Saturday 30 June at 1pm for an informal tour of his exhibition, The Houses, at Victoria Miro Mayfair. Victoria Miro Mayfair -
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Channel
11 June 2018
Sarah Sze: Afterimage
‘You’re having this filmic way of reading images as they move, and you move, through space.’ In this film, the artist discusses the site-specific works in her new exhibition at Victoria Miro. -
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Preview
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3 June 2018
Louise Benson writes about Chantal Joffe’s Herb at Sixteen as part of Elephant’s Contemporary Classics series
'Here is the compassionate honesty that characterizes Joffe’s mark-making, full with the psychological undercurrents to be found when looking…' Elephant Louisa Benson -
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Interview
Posted
3 June 2018
Grayson Perry talks to the Observer about coordinating the 250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
'Colour and fun, colour and fun. I’m trying to get everything to zing off each other.' Miranda Sawyer, The Observer -
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Preview
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30 May 2018
Wallpaper* writes about Do Ho Suh in Venice
'Do Ho Suh, is a perfect complement to ‘Freespace’, the theme of the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.' Corinna Dean, Wallpaper* -
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Exhibition
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30 May 2018
Stan Douglas in Resist! The 1960s protests, photography and visual legacy at BOZAR, Brussels
The exhibition (27 June–26 August 2018) brings together works by seminal figures from the photographic and photojournalistic world, alongside rare archive images. BOZAR, Brussels -
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Exhibition
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29 May 2018
Coming to the Whitechapel Gallery this autumn – Elmgreen & Dragset: This Is How We Bite Our Tongue
The first major UK survey of artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, this exhibition (27 September 2018–13 January 2019) spans twenty years of extraordinary artistic collaboration. Whitechapel Gallery -
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Review
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29 May 2018
Rachel Spence reviews Chantal Joffe: Personal Feeling Is The Main Thing in the Financial Times
'This is motherhood uncut. Tough, inelegant, utterly devoted, yet also transient in its evolution towards a shift in power.' Rachel Spence, The Financial Times -
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Exhibition
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25 May 2018
Alice Neel in Animals & Us at Turner Contemporary
The exhibition (25 May–30 September 2018) explores artists’ reflections on the relationship between humans and other animals. Turner Contemporary, Margate -
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Review
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25 May 2018
Jackie Wullschlager reviews Life in Motion: Egon Schiele/Francesca Woodman in the Financial Times
'There is melancholy here but also terrific, surrealist playfulness.' Jackie Wullschlager, The Financial Times -
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Exhibition
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24 May 2018
Life in Motion: Egon Schiele/Francesca Woodman at Tate Liverpool
The exhibition (24 May – 23 September 2018) pairs work by the artists to explore motion in drawing and photography. Tate Liverpool -
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Review
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24 May 2018
Nancy Durrant reviews Life in Motion: Egon Schiele/Francesca Woodman at Tate Liverpool
★★★★ 'Both were technically brilliant — Schiele a superlative draughtsman, Woodman a tireless experimenter, playing with exposure times to capture extended moments.' Nancy Durrant, The Times -
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Exhibition
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24 May 2018
Ian Hamilton Finlay in Machines à Penser at Fondazione Prada, Venice
The exhibition (26 May–25 November 2018) explores the correlation between conditions of exile, escape and retreat and physical or mental places which favour reflection, thought and intellectual production. Fondazione Prada, Venice -
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Exhibition
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24 May 2018
Isaac Julien in Höhenrausch 2018
Water is the theme of Höhenrausch 2018 (24 May–14 October 2018), which features work by more than 40 international artists, including The Leopard (Western Untion: Small Boats), 2007, by Isaac Julien. Linz, Austria -
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Interview
Posted
23 May 2018
Sue Hubbard writes about Chantal Joffe in The London Magazine
'She not so much produces portraits, in the sense of a photographic likeness, but investigations – a sense of what it is like to inhabit the subject’s skin.' The London Magazine Sue Hubbard -
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News story
Posted
21 May 2018
Do Ho Suh in Venice
Exhibitions and projects during the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia: a new film by, commissioned by the V&A; work featured in Architectural Ethnography from Tokyo: Guidebooks and Projects on Livelihood; a solo exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice. Venice, Italy -
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Exhibition
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21 May 2018
Dancing Goddesses, featuring David Harrison, at Dio Horia, Mykonos
Curated by Marina Vranopoulou, this group exhibition (27 May–20 July 2018) features 19 artists including David Harrison, Katherine Bradford, Erik Parker, Emily Mae Smith and Kenny Scharf. Dio Horia, Mykonos -
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Interview
Posted
18 May 2018
Chantal Joffe talks to Hettie Judah in the i
‘Painting people is imagining your way into somebody else’ Hettie Judah, The i -
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Publications
18 May 2018
Chantal Joffe: Personal Feeling Is the Main Thing
A new book on the acclaimed British painter Chantal Joffe. Features paintings from across Joffe’s career, as well as a number of works by the pioneering German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, and includes new texts by art historian Dorothy Price, Professor of Art History at the University of Plymouth, Gemma Blackshaw, and writer and critic Olivia Laing. Elephant Publishing, 2018Chantal Joffe: Personal Feeling Is the Main Thing£ 35.00Add to cart -
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Gallery Event
Posted
15 May 2018
Surface Work Tours
The final tour in the series is led by Dr Jo Applin, Lecturer, The Courtauld Institute of Art, 11am, Saturday 16 June at Victoria Miro Mayfair. -
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Preview
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15 May 2018
Phaidon previews Life in Motion: Egon Schiele/Francesca Woodman at Tate Liverpool
'Though they lived and died at opposite ends of the 20th century, the Austrian painter Egon Schiele and American photographer Francesca Woodman shared a great deal.' Phaidon -
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Picture story
Posted
12 May 2018
Anatomy of an Artwork: Elizabeth Murray’s Maybe True
Skye Sherwin writes about Murray's painting, which is on display as part of Surface Work at Wharf Road until 19 May. Skye Sherwin, The Guardian -
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Exhibition
Posted
11 May 2018
Tal R: this is not Detroit at MOCA Detroit
The intricate, multipart installation (11 May – 29 July 2018) manifests the artist’s fantasy of Detroit. Seven large-scale paintings, rendered in a rich and moody palate of blues, depict the artist’s vision of specific Detroit neighborhoods he has never visited. MOCA, Detroit -
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Interview
Posted
11 May 2018
Do Ho Suh talks to the FT about his new film, commissioned by the V&A
The artist talks to Rachel Spence about his new film, commissioned by the V&A. The film will be shown as part of Robin Hood Gardens: A Ruin in Reverse, curated by Christopher Turner and Olivia Horsfall Turner, a special project at the Applied Arts Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2018, presented La Biennale di Venezia and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Rachel Spence, The Financial Times -
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News story
Posted
10 May 2018
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Stan Douglas, Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili donate works to Creating Space: Artists for the Studio Museum in Harlem
Sotheby's New York hosts the viewing (4 – 16 May 2018) and auction (16, 17 May 2018) of works to benefit the Studio Museum's new building. Sotheby's New York -
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Preview
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10 May 2018
Vogue writes about Tal R: this is not Detroit at MOCA Detroit
Detroit has always played an outsized role in the American imagination. It was Motown. It was rock n' roll. In its boom days it was Motor City, land of the American dream and the best of American manufacturing, an industry that enabled highways, suburbs, road trips, and our willful sprawl across the continent. Julia Felsenthal, Vogue -
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Exhibition
Posted
10 May 2018
Do Ho Suh: The Spaces in Between at Cantor Arts Center
For this exhibition (10 May 2018–25 Feb 2019) Do Ho Suh has created a chandelier, wallpaper, and a decorative screen to focus attention on issues of migration and transnational identity. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, California
In Focus
Adriana Varejão discusses her exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice
On the occasion of her solo exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice, the renowned Brazilian artist discusses the ideas behind and links between the works and their powerful resonances with the city of Venice.
