Current exhibition: Luigi Ghirri, The Map and the Territory, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany. 4 May - 22 July 2018. “I didn't want to create PHOTOGRAPHS, but MAPS, PLANS that at the same time were meant to be photographs.” - Luigi Ghirri Museum Folkwang’s exhibition, The Map and the Territory, is the first extensive presentation of Luigi [...]
Current Exhibition: Due ritratti con persona, Sprovieri, London, UK, 2 March - 28 April 2018. Francesco Arena’s second solo show at Sprovieri’s London gallery, Due ritratti con persona, comes to an end on 28 April. This is the first work of a new series by the Italian artist. It deals with two recurring themes in Arena's practice: representation [...]
Current exhibition: Ome, Belmacz Gallery, London, 14 Feb - 14 April 2018 ‘Can a painting capture a moment in time before the moment dissolves?’ This contemplative quote serves to introduce Morten Skrøder Lund’s second solo exhibition at London’s Belmacz Gallery. Its reflective tone mirrors Lund’s practise. Lund’s canvases are awash with colour, their amorphous forms [...]
Current Exhibitions: In the Abstract, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. 6 May 2017 - April 2018 PLATFORM 19: Letha Wilson, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA. June 2017 - July 2018 Horizon Eyes, GRIMM Gallery, New York City. 18 March - 22 April 2018 Horizon Eyes, a solo exhibition of new works by Letha Wilson, opened [...]
We have witnessed a seismic shift in the cultural and political landscape in the past two years. Brexit has brought uncertainty and division, whilst simultaneously (and perhaps most worryingly) sapping the country of its already dwindling appetite for political debate. Across the pond, Donald Trump’s presidency continues to shock the world. These phenomena have been [...]
Current Exhibition: ‘The Wall,’ Granoff Centre, Cohen Gallery, Rhode Island 28 February - 22 March 2018. In his latest project, 'The Wall,' Gregory Thielker has collaborated with the anthropology scholar, Paja Faudree. Their exploration into how the border between the US and Mexico has impacted life at a local level has been realised through a series of sculptures, [...]
Born: Trieste, then Austro-Hungary, 1910. Acclaimed Italian artist and critic Gillo Dorfles died on Friday, 2 March 2018, aged 107. Gillo Dorfles was a philosopher, artist, semiologist and scholar. His broad contributions to the development of art and aesthetics as an academician, painter and critic have been immeasurable. Since the 1930s, he worked intensely as [...]
Upcoming Exhibition: ‘Germany is not an Island', Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany, 8 March - 27 May 2018. ‘Germany is not an Island,’ will open to the public in two days time. Around 150 works, by 81 artists, will be on display at the Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, near Cologne. The works to be exhibited have been acquired over the previous five [...]
Born: Udine, Italy, 1939. After a long battle with illness, the acclaimed Italian artist, author and designer Getulio Alviani died on the 24th February, in his home city of Milan, aged 78. Alviani, who was considered a protagonist of Optical and Kinetic Art, leaves behind a rich and prestigious legacy. Having become interested in art [...]
Born: Dublin, Ireland, 1985. Lives and works in: London and Brussels. Current exhibition: ‘Underworld,’ Kevin Space, Volkertstraße 17/4, 1020 Vienna, Austria. 13 Jan – 4 March 2018. Upcoming Exhibitions: Frieze New York (art fair) (May, 2018), Seventeen, New York (2018). "I like the idea of a completely uncensored way of producing, where any and every [...]
Founded: London, January 1998 Current Exhibition: ‘The Enchanted Room: Modern Works from the Pinacoteca di Brera,’ Estorick Collection, 24 January 2018 - 8 April 2018 The only gallery in Britain devoted to Italian modernism has just celebrated its twentieth anniversary. To mark this momentous occasion, the museum has curated an exhibition with works from one [...]
Born: 1965, Venice, Italy Lives and works in: Berlin, Germany Current exhibition: '3612,54m³ vs 0,005m³' at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, 16 September, 2017 - 26 February, 2018 Monica Bonvicini’s solo exhibition ‘3612,54 m³ vs 0,005 m³’ at the Berlinische Galerie has been on display since September and will be closing at the end of February. The show opened [...]
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