On view in Venice – Chris Ofili: Joyful Sorrow
Renowned for his rich, multilayered paintings, Ofili here expands his engagement with Othello in works that ask us to contemplate metamorphosis, love, the bearing of outside influences on our inner selves, and the force we exercise on the world.
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The latest from Victoria Miro artists around the world
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Publication
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November 12 2024
Chris Ofili: Joyful Sorrow – new publication now available
A stunning presentation of the acclaimed British painter Chris Ofili’s newest body of work that continues his exploration of Shakespeare’s Othello. -
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Exhibition
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November 19 2024
María Berrío features in Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes at The Hepworth Wakefield
On view 23 November 2024–21 April 2025, the exhibition takes the viewer on a journey through the fantastical terrains of Surrealism over 100 years, looking at how Surreal ideas can turn landscape into a metaphor for the unconscious, fuse the bodily with the botanical, and provide means to express political anxieties, gender constraints and freedoms. The Hepworth Wakefield -
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November 5 2024
The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili, travels to Philadelphia Museum of Art
Curated by Ekow Eshun and organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London, the exhibition (on view in Philadelphia 9 November 2024–9 February 2025) showcases the work of contemporary artists from the African diaspora and highlights the use of figures to illuminate the richness and complexity of Black life. Philadelphia Museum of Art -
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September 28 2024
Paula Rego: Power Games at Kunstmuseum Basel
This comprehensive exhibition (28 September 2024–2 February 2025), the first major presentation of Rego’s work in Switzerland, features paintings and other works drawn from five decades of the artist’s career. Basel, Switzerland -
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October 15 2024
Elmgreen & Dragset: L’Addition at Musée d’Orsay
Considering 19th century representations of masculinity in the museum's collection, the duo's major architectural intervention (15 October 2024–2 February 2025) in the iconic sculpture nave of the museum features a series of new figurative sculptures. Musée d’Orsay, Paris -
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October 22 2024
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, featuring Chantal Joffe, Wangechi Mutu, Celia Paul and Paula Rego, travels to Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
On view 24 October 2024–19 January 2025, Hayward Gallery Touring’s major group exhibition explores lived experience of motherhood through over 100 artworks. -
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September 18 2024
Flora Yukhnovich: Into the Woods at Ordrupgaard, Denmark
The works in this exhibition (18 September 2024–19 January 2025) are themed around the fête galante – a genre of painting depicting the wealthy at amorous play in parkland settings that came to prominence with Rococo artists such as Jean-Antoine Watteau and was later revived and reinterpreted by Impressionists including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Berthe Morisot. Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund, Denmark -
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October 19 2024
Now on view: Alex Hartley’s new commission for the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
The work is on view as part of Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape, a major group exhibition (19 October 2024–23 February 2025) exploring the region's evocative landscape through photography, film, and Land Art. Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter -
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September 27 2024
On view at The Holburne Museum, Bath – Uncanny Visions: Paula Rego and Francisco de Goya
On view 27 September 2024–5 January 2025, this major exhibition explores the notion of the uncanny in the work of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) and Paula Rego (1935–2022). The Holburne Museum, Bath -
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September 27 2024
On view at MCA Australia – Isaac Julien: Once Again… (Statues Never Die)
On view 27 September 2024–16 February 2025, Isaac Julien’s mesmerising and immersive five-screen black-and-white installation film explores the relationship and correspondence between art collector Albert C. Barnes (1872–1951) and prominent philosopher, educator and cultural leader Alain Locke (1885–1954). Museum of Contemporary Art Australia -
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Review
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September 23 2024
The Telegraph reviews Yayoi Kusama: EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE
★★★★★ ‘This show is pop-making brilliance; the radiance of Kusama’s consciousness reaches out to tickle the mind of the viewer with levity and humour.’ – Evgenia Siokos -
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News story
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October 14 2024
Two paintings by Paula Rego are now on display at No.10 Downing Street
Two scenes from Rego's mural Crivelli’s Garden (1990-91) have replaced portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. London, UK Gareth Harris, The Art Newspaper -
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Exhibition
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September 3 2024
Elmgreen & Dragset: Spaces at Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul
Featuring over 60 works within five immersive installations — a full-scale family house, a public pool, a restaurant with an adjacent kitchen, and an artist's studio—this exhibition (3 September 2024–23 February 2025) marks the duo's most extensive presentation in Asia to date. Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul -
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September 11 2024
Doug Aitken: Naked City at Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul
This monographic exhibition (14 September 2024-17 August 2025) invites visitors to the world of Aitken’s mastery in utilising various mediums to create immersive artworks that mirror the rhythm of the environment around them. Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul -
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September 6 2024
Do Ho Suh: In Process at Moody Center for the Arts
The first presentation of its kind by Do Ho Suh (on view 6 September–21 December 2024) forgoes the formalities of a traditional exhibition in favor of presenting a studio-like space for research and collaboration. Houston, Texas -
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Exhibition
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August 7 2024
Yayoi Kusama’s largest permanent public sculpture is unveiled in London
Yayoi Kusama's first permanent public artwork in the UK and her largest public sculpture in the world has been unveiled. Infinite Accumulation is a new, site-specific work at London's Liverpool Street station in which Kusama develops one of the most recognisable motifs of her visual language: the polka dot. Here, the dot is expanded into linked forms that interact with and define the public spaces outside the station. Liverpool Street station, London -
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July 24 2024
Do Ho Suh: Speculations at Art Sonje Center, Seoul
On view 17 August–3 November 2024, the exhibition provides an overview of the Speculations series, which the artist has been working on since 2005. Seoul, South Korea -
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Interview
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July 2 2024
Sarah Sze talks to The New York Times
The artists speaks with Marisa Mazria-Katz about her creative processes and her recent exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice. Marisa Mazria-Katz, The New York Times -
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Exhibition
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July 30 2024
Extended until June 2025 – Conrad Shawcross: Cascading Principles: Expansions within Geometry, Philosophy, and Interference at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
This exhibition brings together more than 35 sculptures realised by the artist over the last 17 years. These pieces, placed across three floors, will co-exist with the Institute’s unique architecture and the intellectual concerns of its occupants as explorers at the boundaries of knowledge. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford -
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Exhibition
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July 4 2024
Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
On view 10 July–8 December 2024, this exhibition brings Perry’s six large-scale tapestries to a building where William Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress, the inspiration behind Perry’s tapestries, was displayed more than 200 years ago. Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London -
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June 29 2024
The Time is Always Now, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili, travels to The Box, Plymouth
Curated by Ekow Eshun and organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London, the exhibition (on view in Plymouth 29 June–29 September 2024) showcases the work of contemporary artists from the African diaspora and highlights the use of figures to illuminate the richness and complexity of Black life. The Box, Plymouth -
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June 4 2024
Flora Yukhnovich and François Boucher: The Language of the Rococo at The Wallace Collection
Flora Yukhnovich has given the Rococo new life in new paintings now on view at The Wallace Collection, London. Responding to two masterpieces by 18th-century French painter François Boucher, Yukhnovich's paintings hang in their place, immersed in the 18th century and conversing with the surrounding historical works. The Wallace Collection, London -
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May 25 2024
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami and Chris Ofili feature in When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting
On view from 25 May–27 October 2024, this exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel brings together works by 120 artists. Basel, Switzerland -
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Review
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June 16 2024
Waldemar Januszczak reviews Flora Yukhnovich and François Boucher: The Language of the Rococo at The Wallace Collection
‘…there are hints of giant rococo fruit and a sense, too, of figures flying through the sky. But who, what and where are withheld. It’s a poem of moods…’ Waldemar Januszczak, The Sunday Times -
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Exhibition
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May 16 2024
On view at MoMA – Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour
On view 19 May–28 September 2024 (member previews 17, 18 May), Isaac Julien’s immersive portrait of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who obtained freedom from chattel slavery in 1838 and became one of the most important orators, writers, and statespersons of the nineteenth century. MoMA, New York -
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Exhibition
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May 28 2024
Stan Douglas: ISDN at Serralves
On view 29 May 2024–12 Jan 2025. Centred on the film ISDN (initially conceived for the 59th Venice Biennale), the exhibition presents a vibrant dialogue between different cultures and social movements, portrayed via a fictional musical performance between rappers from London and Cairo, whose verses address key issues such as race, class, love, identity, and justice. Serralves, Porto -
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May 30 2024
Just announced – a major survey exhibition of Do Ho Suh to open at Tate Modern in May 2025
On view 1 May–26 October 2025, this major survey exhibition explores the breadth and depth of Suh’s inventive and unique practice over the last three decades, including new and site-specific works on display for the first time. Tate Modern, London -
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May 16 2024
Sarah Sze: Metronome at ARoS – Aarhus Art Museum
On view 18 May–20 October 2024, Sarah Sze's site-specific installation raises questions regarding our digital and image-saturated existence. Aarhus, Denmark -
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Interview
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May 22 2024
Featured in Elephant: Ali Banisadr in conversation with Huma Bhabha
Despite the apparent differences between their work – one is primarily a painter and the other a sculptor – artists Ali Banisadr and Huma Bhabha have recently formed a profound friendship. In this feature in Elephant, they discuss shared passions and uncanny similarities between their practices. Bella Bonner-Evens, Elephant -
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Exhibition
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May 16 2024
Works by Conrad Shawcross now on view at Glyndebourne
As part of its 90-year anniversary celebrations, Glyndebourne has partnered with Shawcross to produce an ambitious presentation of works with a distinct relationship to music and sound across its site. The works are on view to opera ticket holders and by appointment from 16 May–8 September 2024. Glyndebourne, East Sussex -
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Exhibition
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March 26 2024
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves at Espace Louis Vuitton Osaka
On view 27 March–22 September 2024, Isaac Julien's monumental 2010 video installation stages a polyphony of actors, places and periods in a tribute to Chinese culture. Osaka, Japan -
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March 27 2024
Yayoi Kusama: 1945 – Today at Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto
On view 27 March–29 September 2024, and featuring around 160 works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and archival materials, the exhibition explores Kusama's career from her earliest drawings to her most recent immersive artworks. Porto, Portugal -
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Publications
November 19 2024
María Berrío
Produced in close dialogue with the artist, this special volume expands on the themes of the exhibition María Berrío: The End of Ritual. Available for the special exhibition price of £65. Victoria Miro, 2024María Berrío£ 65.00 -
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November 14 2024
Chris Ofili: Joyful Sorrow
Joyful Sorrow is a two-site exhibition by the acclaimed British painter Chris Ofili: new paintings at David Zwirner Paris and works on paper at Victoria Miro Venice continue the artist’s exploration of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (1603–04). The exhibition is accompanied by a new publication in collaboration with scholar, poet and writer Jason Allen-Paisant. -
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Publications
November 5 2024
Chris Ofili: Joyful Sorrow
A stunning presentation of the acclaimed British painter Chris Ofili’s newest body of work that continues his exploration of Shakespeare’s Othello. Victoria Miro/David Zwirner Books, 2024Chris Ofili: Joyful Sorrow£ 45.00 -
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October 30 2024
Paula Rego features in Women & Freud: Patients, Pioneers, Artists at the Freud Museum
Highlighting the women who helped Freud invent psychoanalysis and their legacy in its practice — as well as in the arts and literature to the present day — the exhibition (30 October–5 May 2025) draws on manuscripts, images, objects, visuals, and film footage to bring to life the many women who featured in Freud's history, and those affected by his considerable body of thinking, rethinking, and practice. Freud Museum, London -
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Exhibition
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October 29 2024
MICAS opens to the public, featuring works across the site by Conrad Shawcross
Works on view include The Dappled Light of the Sun, located outside the entrance to the museum, and three Beacons on the historical battlements. Within the complex rooms of the museum are a collection of lightworks that complete the presentation. Malta International Contemporary Art Space, Floriana -
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October 22 2024
Yayoi Kusama: Pumpkin
Yayoi Kusama's Pumpkin, 2024 is the artist's tallest bronze pumpkin sculpture to date, standing at 6 metres tall and 5.5 metres in diameter. The work, installed by the Round Pond, in Kensington Gardens, offers a wide range of viewpoints and is in dialogue with the surrounding environment. -
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October 15 2024
Yayoi Kusama: EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE
A film of Yayoi Kusama's ambitious presentation of works, featuring a new Infinity Mirror Room, works from the artist’s latest series of paintings, and sculptures installed across the gallery and waterside garden. -
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Art fair
Posted
October 14 2024
Victoria Miro at Art Basel Paris
Works by Jules de Balincourt, María Berrío, Eric Fischl, Geoffrey Holder, Isaac Julien, Yayoi Kusama, Doron Langberg, Alice Neel, Paula Rego, Do Ho Suh, and Flora Yukhnovich. Booth B17, Grand Palais -
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Interview
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October 12 2024
Elmgreen & Dragset sit down with Josh Spero at the Financial Times
'We say we dress up the white cube in drag. It temporarily gets another identity in order to perform a different role . . .' Josh Spero, Financial Times -
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Publications
October 10 2024
Yayoi Kusama: EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE
This special publication documents the ambitious presentation of works created by Yayoi Kusama for the recent exhibition EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE. Victoria Miro, 2024Yayoi Kusama: EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE£ 70.00 -
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Art fair
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October 9 2024
Victoria Miro at Frieze London
Works by Jules de Balincourt, David Harrison, Alex Hartley, Boscoe Holder, Geoffrey Holder, Chantal Joffe, Yayoi Kusama, Doron Langberg, Celia Paul, Conrad Shawcross, Adriana Varejão, Stephen Willats and Flora Yukhnovich. -
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Art fair
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October 9 2024
Victoria Miro at Frieze Masters with a solo presentation of works by Adriana Varejão
A rare opportunity in London to see a comprehensive selection of works by one of the most original and significant voices in contemporary Brazilian art. -
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October 8 2024
Maria Nepomuceno: Expiro
The title of the exhibition is derived from a work by the artist of the same name: Expiro, a Portuguese word chosen for its similarity, in sound and meaning, to the Italian espiro, to exhale, which in turn relates to the traditional glassblowing techniques used for the first time by the artist in the creation of these works. -
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October 7 2024
Maria Nepomuceno, Christian Holstad, and Secundino Hernández feature in Fabric of Life
On view 10 October–18 November 2024, Fabric of Life, curated by Catherine Loewe, is an exhibition that explores the personal, social, and cultural histories of textiles. Paul Smith Space, London -
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Interview
Posted
October 3 2024
Jules de Balincourt is interviewed by Observer
'I want my work to be about a certain liberty or freedom, where it’s open-ended, flowing, fluid... I want it to be kinetic.' New York, NY Sarah Moroz, Observer -
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News story
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October 3 2024
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu and more donate works to Artists for Kamala
Artists for Kamala is now live: donated works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu, Alice Neel, and Sarah Sze are now available as part of a fundraising sale that directly supports the Harris Victory Fund. -
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Review
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September 26 2024
The Times reviews Uncanny Visions: Paula Rego and Francisco de Goya
★★★★ 'Exposing the primal, the perverse, the forbidden, these artists distil a brooding atmosphere of menace.' – Rachel Campbell Johnston Rachel Campbell Johnston -
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Exhibition
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September 20 2024
The Wallace Collection announces a major exhibition by Grayson Perry as part of its 2025 programme
On view 28 March–26 October 2025, to mark his 65th birthday, Perry will create and curate a new exhibition at the Wallace Collection, a museum that has inspired him throughout his life. The Wallace Collection, London -
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September 17 2024
Grayson Perry: A Temple for Everyone, opening at Charleston in Lewes
Featuring textiles, ceramics and woodcuts, the exhibition (25 September 2024–2 March 2025) tells stories of home, asking questions about how those stories shape who we are. Charleston in Lewes -
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News story
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September 16 2024
Come work with us!
We are seeking additional invigilators for our autumn programme, starting 25 September (until 2 November) 2024. London, UK -
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Art fair
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September 6 2024
Victoria Miro at The Armory Show with a solo presentation of Isaac Julien’s Once Again… (Statues Never Die)
A two-screen installation of Julien's highly acclaimed film is accompanied by associated photographic works including Diasporic Dream Space Diptych, on view in the US for the first time. -
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Interview
Posted
September 6 2024
Flora Yukhnovich talks to Studio International about Wallace Collection presentation
'My works are paintings, so they are naturally historical things. But I exist now [...] so, I’m always looking at history through a kaleidoscope of contemporary references.' Anna McNay -
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Interview
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September 4 2024
Do Ho Suh is interviewed by ArtReview
The artist reflects on the ideas and processes that feature in Speculations, on view at Art Sonje Center until 3 November 2024. Mark Rappolt, ArtReview -
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Interview
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August 29 2024
Do Ho Suh talks to the Financial Times
The artist imagines a bridge between the US, UK and South Korea in his current exhibition, Speculations, at Art Sonje Center in Seoul. Andy St Louis, Financial Times -
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Preview
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August 28 2024
Jackie Wullschläger previews two major Paula Rego exhibitions in the Financial Times
Forthcoming exhibitions at The Holburne Museum, Bath and Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Gallery at the University of Nottingham, both opening this September, contextualise Rego’s celebrated Nursery Rhymes works. Jackie Wullschläger, Financial Times -
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Exhibition
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August 27 2024
Hayward Gallery Touring announces Paula Rego: Visions of English Literature, opening in Nottingham this September
This new exhibition, premiering at Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Gallery at the University of Nottingham (21 September 2024–5 January 2025) showcases the artist’s printmaking practice, taking a deep look into the literary influences that have inspired Rego’s work. Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Gallery at the University of Nottingham -
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Interview
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August 15 2024
Eric Fischl talks to Apollo Magazine
The artist speaks with Arjun Sajip about using virtual reality to pursue ‘a painter’s idea of sculpture’. Arjun Sajip, Apollo Magazine -
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Interview
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July 31 2024
Idris Khan is interviewed by BOMB Magazine
The artist reflects on themes that unite the works in his first US solo museum exhibition, on view at Milwaukee Art Museum until 11 August 2024.
