Mona Hatoum at Tate Modern
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 […]
Category Archives: Kinetic art
Tell me a story
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 […]
La Fée Culturelle in Art Basel, Basel
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 […]
Fantastical Pascale Marthine Tayou
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 […]
Happy “Culturelle” Easter 2015!
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 […]
A journey into the abstract world
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 […]
My Miami Art Week
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 […]
Zero?
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 […]
My (eventful) Frieze Week 2014
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 […]
A long weekend in London
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 […]
