Born: 1936 in Turin, Italy. Lives and works in: Turin, Italy. Upcoming exhibition: A Continuous Becoming. 26 January – 8 April 2018. Camden Arts Centre. Having just shown at his third Venice Biennale, Viva Arte Viva, Giorgio Griffa’s celebrated abstract paintings will soon be exhibited in London’s Camden Arts Centre. A Continuous Becoming includes works that [...]
Author: George Greenhill Top 10 Art Exhibitions of 2017 In alphabetical order: Hannah Black Some Context, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 22 September – 10 December The Situation, a book composed of conversations between the artist and her friends about theories of subjectivity and collectivity, provide structure to the assortment of multifarious objects in the exhibition. These new [...]
Born: 1976, Dunaújváros, Hungary Lives and works in: Budapest, Hungary Upcoming exhibition: Sci Fi Agit Prop at De Appel, Amsterdam, 27 January – 01 April 2018. Netwerk Aalst, Belgium 03 February – 01 July 2018. Tamás Kaszás’s exhibition, Sci Fi Agit Prop, will propose an imagined future, a dystopia in which our current economic system crashes [...]
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 [...]
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: 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 [...]
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: 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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]