Yto Barrada. Bite the Hand is a transformative exhibition of textile works, sculptures, prints, and a mesmerising film installation. Here, Barrada's profound engagement with history, memory, and politics unfolds in a rich tapestry of artistic expression that transcends mere representation
This year’s Venice Biennale not only provided an opportunity to explore the theme of Foreigners Everywhere but also fostered an ecosystem of collateral happenings that enriched the cultural dialogue, some extended beyond the Biennale’s themes while others completely diverted from it.
Diverting from the fantastical Milk of Dreams two years prior, the 60th anniversary of the Venice Biennale, entitled Foreigners Everywhere, presented its audience with a headline that is provocatively rooted in both reality and conceptual play.
Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads, recently unveiled at The Courtauld Gallery, brings together a hauntingly beautiful series of portrait drawings and paintings created by the acclaimed artist during the 1950s and early 1960s in post-war London.
The second Sharjah Triennial of Architecture emerges as a pioneering platform in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia, showcasing groundbreaking perspectives on urbanism and architecture.
The Royal Academy of Arts’ long-standing male solo shows have witnessed a rupture at the arrival of the Serbian conceptual pioneer Marina Abramović (b. 1946, Yugoslavia). In collaboration with curator Andrea Tarsia, the artist is the Academy’s first female artist to have a retrospective in the main galleries in its 225-year history. Marina Abramović, ‘The Spirit in Any Condition Does Not Burn’, 2011. While many found Abramović’s absence to be counter-intuitive to her ‘artist-is-present’ approach, the Royal Academy placed impetus on the exhibition being a ‘reperformance’. Abramović’s intention was certainly not compromised and instead challenged the visitor to focus more deeply...
The landmark Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai welcomes a new group exhibition, Guest Relations, this winter. The exhibition runs until 28 April 2024. Curators Murtaza Vali and Lucas Morin join forces for a show that investigates the nature of commercial hospitality through art, architecture, and urban planning. Taking the hotel as its subject, this exhibition brings together the work of 34 artists whose archival and architectural research exhibit the historical, political and cultural metamorphosis of the concept of tourism from colonial hubris to present-day globalisation. Ahmed Mater, Abraaj Al Bait Towers, 2012 The exhibition appropriately draws on the nature of...
Emilio Prini: …E Prini is a comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Emilio Prini (1943 – 2016, Italy), taking place at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO) from October 27, 2023, to March 31, 2024...
Abstract expressionist Paul Jenkins (1923 - 2012, USA) is the protagonist of an important retrospective, ‘Absolute Painting’, held at the Centro Italiano Arte Contemporanea (CIAC) in Foligno, his first museum exhibition in Italy...
‘Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries’, curated by Nicholas Cullinan, will be on display at the Fondazione Prada in Milan from 26 October 2023 to 26 February 2024...