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Category Archives: Kinetic art

Mona Hatoum at Tate Modern 

May 16, 2016by lafeeculturelle 2 Comments

Grater, nails, slicer, strainer, electric current, cages: works by Mona Hatoum (b. 1952 in Beirut) appear hostile. Hatoum was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Palestinian family, although her works […]

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Conceptual art, Contemporary Art, Installation Art, Kinetic art, Performance art, Photography, Video

Tell me a story

September 4, 2015by lafeeculturelle 2 Comments

Storylines A recent business trip to NY was also the occasion to fit in some art. Caught an early flight, made a quick stop at the hotel, and then straight […]

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Abstract art, Conceptual art, Contemporary Art, Installation Art, Kinetic art, Modern art, Photography, Sculpture, Video

La Fée Culturelle in Art Basel, Basel

July 8, 2015by lafeeculturelle Leave a comment

I hear lots of criticism of art fairs, but to me it’s a great forum to see as much art as possible under one roof, usually well curated. Two years […]

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Abstract art, African art, Conceptual art, Contemporary Art, Cubism, Expressionism, Installation Art, Kinetic art, Modern art, Performance art, Photography, Post-impressionism, Sculpture, Video

Fantastical Pascale Marthine Tayou

April 18, 2015by lafeeculturelle Leave a comment

I was double-booked that evening but was curious to find out more about artist Pascale Marthine Tayou, currently showing at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery: a Cameroonian (born in 1966-7 in […]

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African art, Conceptual art, Contemporary Art, Installation Art, Kinetic art, Sculpture

Happy “Culturelle” Easter 2015!

April 3, 2015by lafeeculturelle 2 Comments

If you are staying in or travelling to London for Easter, below is the list of exhibitions I have seen and reviewed from most to least preferred. Happy art exhibitions […]

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Abstract art, Conceptual art, Contemporary Art, Design, Expressionism, Impressionism, Kinetic art, Modern art, Photography, Sculpture

A journey into the abstract world

March 9, 2015by lafeeculturelle 1 Comment

Dóra Maurer Seven Rotations 1 – 6, 1979, collection of Zsolt Somlói and Katalin Spengler © Dóra Maurer Don’t be fooled by the title of the new Whitechapel exhibition. I […]

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Abstract art, Conceptual art, Contemporary Art, Dada, Design, Installation Art, Kinetic art, Modern art, Performance art, Photography, Sculpture, Video

My Miami Art Week

January 23, 2015by lafeeculturelle Leave a comment

It may have been my fourth visit to Miami but it was my first to Art Basel Miami. Such a treat to have so much art in the Sunshine State […]

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Abstract art, Conceptual art, Contemporary Art, Design, Installation Art, Kinetic art, Modern art, Performance art, Photography, Sculpture, Video

Zero?

December 11, 2014by lafeeculturelle Leave a comment

Who was the Zero group and what did it represent (1957-1966)? The first room of the Guggenheim exhibition in the High Gallery shows a reconstitution of the 1959 Antwerp exhibition […]

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Abstract art, Contemporary Art, Installation Art, Kinetic art, Sculpture

My (eventful) Frieze Week 2014

November 1, 2014by lafeeculturelle Leave a comment

Frieze week is a term coined for the week of the famous Frieze art fair and also the other art fairs held at the same time. Frieze is a major […]

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Abstract art, African art, Architecture, Conceptual art, Contemporary Art, Dada, Design, Expressionism, Installation Art, Kinetic art, Modern art, Performance art, Photography, Pop art, Sculpture, Uncategorized, Video

A long weekend in London

August 23, 2014by lafeeculturelle Leave a comment

Jeff Koons Bear and Policeman 1988 ©Jeff Koons Expensive flights, last-minute organisation… Are you spending the bank holiday in London? I am! Let’s catch up on art exhibitions then! Below […]

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Contemporary Art, Impressionism, Installation Art, Italian Renaissance, Kinetic art, Modern art, Photography, Post-impressionism, Sculpture, Technique

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