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Returning to the Figurative. Body Language at Saatchi GalleryDimitra Gkitsa | Mar 4, 2014
I visited Saatchi Gallery with the impression of seeing an exhibition about 19 emerging international artists that “explore the physical body and present a variety of reflections on the human form”, as claims the gallery …
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American Invasion: Lynch, Burroughs, and Warhol at The Photographers’ GalleryStacey Harbour | Feb 27, 2014
The Photographers’ Gallery celebrates three iconic artistic talents from the good old US of A with their current trio of exhibitions: David Lynch: The Factory Photographs, Taking Shots: The Photography of William S. Burroughs, and Andy Warhol: …
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William Burroughs 100 at RiflemakerSimone Gordon | Feb 12, 2014
On 30 January 2014 I attended a private view of Riflemaker gallery’s William Burroughs 100 exhibition, celebrating the centenary of his birth on 5 February 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri. Burroughs was an innovative writer …
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New Tate film series 4. Unlock Art: Where Are The Women?Gowri Balasegaram | Feb 6, 2014
Why are there so few good women artists? How many times have we heard that said, and often by people who claim to possess some knowledge of art? The struggle by women artists to achieve …
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Hannah Höch – Another ‘big girl’ on show at the Whitechapel GalleryCaterina Berardi | Feb 5, 2014
Going to the Whitechapel Gallery is always a pleasure. Exhibitions are rather simple but very effective, perfectly matching the beautiful galleries of the building. Since its opening in 1901, the Whitechapel Gallery has always strived …
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Vivarium at Corvi-Mora, LondonGowri Balasegaram | Feb 4, 2014
Described as an enclosure or mini ecosystem for raising fauna or flora, a vivarium, is an artifice created for the purpose of study or pleasure. At the eponymous group exhibition at Corvi-Mora, art is appropriated …
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Curiouser and Curiouser: Fantasies as EscapeGowri Balasegaram | Jan 16, 2014
Lustrous and smooth in porcelain, the bikini clad figure of a woman stands resplendent, her legs entangled with the multifarious arms of two octopi. On the opposite wall, the faces of 13 forgotten starlets from …
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If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother. Home Truths at the Photographers’ GallerySarah El-Taki | Dec 10, 2013
This week I went to see the new exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery, Home Truths: Photography, Motherhood and Identity. To my recollection I have never given birth or had children so I felt it would be …
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Mingei: Are You Here? at Pace LondonSophie Mayer | Dec 6, 2013
Mingei: Are You Here? Is the current exhibition at Pace London, open till January 18th. Situated in trendy Soho (Lexington Street) this gallery space is on the first floor, you haveto be buzzed into the …
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Mira Schendel at Tate ModernGowri Balasegaram | Nov 29, 2013
There is a definite philosophical calm to Mira Schendel’s graphic works. Standing by her Objetos Gráphicos – transparent sheets of acrylic restraining an avalanche of inscrutable text on rice paper – I find myself thinking …
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Sarah Lucas: SITUATION / Whitechapel GallerySusana Lopez Fernandez | Nov 26, 2013
Sarah Lucas is an English artist born in 1962. She studied art at The Working Men´s College (1982-83), London College of Printing (1983-84) and Goldsmith´s College where she was graduated in Fine Art in 1987. …
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Only in England. Photographs by Martin Parr and Tony Ray JonesSarah El-Taki | Nov 20, 2013
People have always argued the relationship between science and art, especially when it comes to photography. This could be the reason for the Science Museums new Media Space that exhibited the anthropological photographs taken by …
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