From Botticelli to Tillmans. 160 of the world’s leading galleries at Frieze, 130 at Frieze Masters, over 1000 international artists. No sign of the Brexit-uncertainty and escalating political instability. No sign that Britain is in the midst of an economic and...
Results for "Colonialism"
East African Dreams And Dystopias Explored In Ismaili Centre London Exhibition
Dreams and Dystopias, East Africa at the Crossroads is a photography exhibition by Guillaume Bonn with films from Grace Ndiritu, presented by the Aga Khan Foundation. Dreams and Dystopias visually navigates the East African coastline through the lens of photographer...
Company Curiosities: A Clash of Cultural Objects – Edward Lucie-Smith
I have personal reasons to be interested in this book – Company Curiosities, by Arthur Macgregor. A direct ancestor of mine, not however mentioned in the text, was Chairman of the British East India Company in some of its glory days at the end of the 18th century. He...
Keith Tyson – Enrique Martínez Celaya Two London Shows – Edward Lucie-Smith
If you want to take the temperature of the London art world, here are two places to do so. One is the show for Keith Tyson, at Hauser & Wirth. The other is an exhibition for Enrique Martinez Celaya at Blain/Southern. These two dealers rank very high amongst the...
New Banksy In Venice Sparks Reaction To Rugoff’s Death Ship
Banksy seems to be active again these days with two new murals, one in London at Marble Arch, where Extinction Rebellion's climate change activists were protesting for a few weeks. His latest offering is in Venice in time for the 58th Biennale. To make things even...
Kathy Acker And I – ICA Retrospective – Paul Carter Robinson
I,I,I,I,I,I,I Kathy Acker is a fitting title for this quasi-retrospective exhibition which opened at the ICA on Tuesday night. In fact, it would have been even more spot on to have called the show Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me,Me Kathy Acker. Knowing the personality of this...
Yinka Shonibare British Library Installation Acquired By Tate
Tate has announced that it has acquired the installation 'The British Library' by Yinka Shonibare CBE. It was initially commissioned by HOUSE 2014 and Brighton Festival and shown in the Old Reference Library at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. The British Library is...
Animal Art: Practitioners Cultivating Interspecies Perspectives – Jude Cowan Montague
Animal Art: A current wave of artists are exploring internationalism and interspecies relationships in order to find ways of relating to the environment and to generate through art possibilities of communication with the natural world. Ideas of decolonialism used to...
Ghana Announces All Star First National Pavilion For Venice Biennale
Sir David Adjaye OBE will design the architecture for the first Ghana Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Arte 2019. It will take place under the patronage of Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and advised by Okwui Enwezer. Ghana Pavilion Fratured Artists:...
