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Posted on September 23, 2019December 27, 2019

May You Live in Interesting Times – Proposition B

The second half of Ralph Rugoff’s epic ‘May You Live in Interesting Times’ show. Continue reading “May You Live in Interesting Times – Proposition B”

Posted on September 18, 2019October 25, 2020

Giardini Pavilions – Venice Biennale 2019

My second day of checking out the Venice Biennale in 2019. I love visiting the national pavilions at Giardini. Sometimes I think it feels like the Eurovision of art, seeing what delegation each country has sent. Continue reading “Giardini Pavilions – Venice Biennale 2019”

Posted on September 18, 2019December 27, 2019

Arsenale Pavilions – Venice Biennale 2019

After a solid 4 hours taking in the extravaganza of May You Live in Interesting Times – Proposition A in the Arsenale, a giant queue for one of the last veggie foccacias, a quick pit stop to sit down and eat, it was time to move on to the national pavilions within the Arsenale complex. Continue reading “Arsenale Pavilions – Venice Biennale 2019”

Posted on September 15, 2019December 27, 2019

May You Live in Interesting Times – Proposition A

Visting the Venice Biennale is like entering an art marathon – it requires endurance and stamina (my recent post explains what on earth this Biennale thing is all about). The Arsenale show is vast Continue reading “May You Live in Interesting Times – Proposition A”

Posted on September 8, 2019August 23, 2020

Luchita Hurtado – I live I die I will be reborn

For some reason I can’t quite put my finger on, it feels like Luchita Hurtado’s name has been in the air lately. Or perhaps it is just that at the age of 98 this is her first solo show in the UK and in any public gallery, worldwide. Continue reading “Luchita Hurtado – I live I die I will be reborn”

Posted on September 8, 2019July 8, 2020

Faith Ringgold – “Raise Your Voice. Unite. Tell Your Story”

Wow, Faith Ringgold, an amazing artist I recently discovered at The Serpentine Gallery in London. She was born in 1933 in Harlem, New York and this show was all killer, no filler, Continue reading “Faith Ringgold – “Raise Your Voice. Unite. Tell Your Story””

Posted on September 5, 2019December 28, 2019

Old Times with Olafur

I recently saw (and wrote about) the brilliant blockbuster show of Olafur Eliasson’s work at the Tate Modern.  I also have history with Olafur. I don’t know him, but I do remember seeing his huge installation The Weather Project at the Tate in 2003, aged 19. Continue reading “Old Times with Olafur”

Posted on September 4, 2019December 27, 2019

Olafur Eliasson – In Real Life

This show at the Tate Modern presents 30 years of Olafur Elisson’s work. It is excellent – an enjoyable and thought-provoking crowdpleaser. And yes do expect crowds, but in a strange way, that’s also what makes the show so great. Continue reading “Olafur Eliasson – In Real Life”

Posted on August 26, 2019December 28, 2019

Lee Krasner – Living Colour

I was lucky enough to see this amazing retrospective of Lee Krasner’s work at The Barbican. Krasner was born in 1908 in Brooklyn, decided as a teenager to become an artist and had a long art career stretching through to her death in 1984. So a good 60-odd years of making art Continue reading “Lee Krasner – Living Colour”

Posted on March 14, 2019December 27, 2019

Breaking the Frame

I saw a couple of interesting art shows recently. One the bombastically titled “The Suicide of Painting” a show of Valencian artist Alemany Uiso’s recent work. And the other a series of dances performed throughout the IVAM Modern Art Gallery by Terrain a contemporary dance company directed by Boris Charmatz. Both got me thinking about the idea of ‘breaking the frame’. Continue reading “Breaking the Frame”

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