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Sir John Akomfrah Cork Street Banners Commission 2024

Sir John Akomfrah, The Secret Life of Memorable Things, Cork Street Galleries Banners Commission 2024, courtesy Cork Street Galleries and The Pollen Estate. Photo Credit: Luke Hayes

Cork Street Galleries, in collaboration with Lisson Gallery, have commissioned Sir John Akomfrah to create the Cork Street Galleries Banners Commission 2024, viewable on Cork Street to coincide with London Gallery Weekend. Sir John Akomfrah’s new work, The Secret Life of Memorable Things (2024) follows on from the artist’s presentation at the Venice Biennale, Listening… Read more »

Talk Art talks Cork Street

Ahead of London Gallery Weekend, Robert Diament, Russell Tovey, and The Art Newspaper’s Louisa Buck return to Cork Street for another Talk Art special. Listened to in over 170 countries across the world, Diament and Tovey’s series achieved transatlantic #1 status during November 2023 – something a musician would kill for – albeit in the… Read more »

Cork Street Galleries announces its summer 2024 programme

Portrait of John Akomfrah. Photographer: Christian Cassiel ©️ John Akomfrah; Courtesy Lisson Gallery

Cork Street Galleries is thrilled to announce its forthcoming programme of exhibitions and events for London Gallery Weekend 2024, which takes place on the weekend of 31 May – 2 June 2024, with John Akomfrah revealed as the artist for its Cork Street Galleries Banners Commission 2024. Akomfrah’s new work, The Secret Life of Memorable… Read more »

Cork Street Galleries announces its spring 2024 programme

Ana Benaroya, Tonight You Belong to Me, 2023, Oil on canvas, 101.6 x 119.4 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Matt Carey-Williams

Cork Street Galleries takes great pleasure in announcing its forthcoming programme of exhibitions and events for the spring 2024 season. The street’s permanent roster of galleries – including Frieze No.9 Cork Street, Alison Jacques, Alon Zakaim Fine Art, Flowers Gallery, Goodman Gallery, Holtermann Fine Art, MASSIMODECARLO, Messums London, Nahmad Projects, Pilar Corrias, Stephen Friedman, Tiwani… Read more »

Robert Mapplethorpe: ‘Subject Object Image’

Robert Mapplethorpe / Lisa Lyon and Robert Mapplethorpe, 1982, Silver Gelatin, 20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm), Edition 9/10. Courtesy: The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, New York, and Alison Jacques, London © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission

Ever since in the early 19th century Nicéphore Niépce captured on paper his view from a window, photography has been in close proximity to magic. During a 1988 BBC Arena documentary, Robert Mapplethorpe, one of its great unapologetic and provocative voices who challenged societal norms and pushed boundaries, considered his own relations with the M-word…. Read more »

Ghada Amer: ‘QR Codes Revisited—London’

Installation view of Ghada Amer: 'QR Codes Revisited—London' / Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery

Egypt-born New York-based artist Ghada Amer is celebrated across two continents this autumn, holding four concurrent gallery exhibitions in North America, Europe and the UK. The occasion sees Goodman Gallery, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Tina Kim Gallery, and Kewenig in collaboration with Ana Serratosa Gallery offer an unprecedented opportunity to experience new and historical works. And… Read more »

Nick Cave talks ‘Power & Cycles’

Film still of Nick Cave discussing ‘Power & Cycles’, 2023 / Courtesy of the artist and Holtermann Fine Art

“With all of my work, I’m always thinking about ‘who am I talking to? Who am I talking for?’” In this exclusive film from Holtermann Fine Art, join Nick Cave on a walk through of his exhibition ‘Power & Cycles’ at the gallery. Considering the American national anthem at the time of George Floyd, brain… Read more »

Sheila Hicks inaugurates Alison Jacques

Sheila Hicks, Infinite Potential, 2023, pigmented acrylic fibre, 270 x 786 x 600 cm (106 1/4 x 309 1/2 x 236 1/4 in). Courtesy: © Sheila Hicks and Alison Jacques, London.

Sheila Hicks presents ‘Infinite Potential’, the first exhibition at Alison Jacques 22 Cork Street, continuing a long-running collaboration with the gallery that dates back to 2012. Following a significant renovation from concrete shell by architect Mike Rundell – who designed Jacques’ previous space on Berners Street – the 6000-sq-ft, three-floor gallery HQ comprises four exhibition… Read more »

Joy Labinjo inaugurates Tiwani Contemporary

Enjoyment, 2023, oil on canvas, 200 x 250 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Tiwani Contemporary.

Joy Labinjo has the honour of being the first exhibition at Tiwani Contemporary Cork Street. The gallery, at number 24, expands on a presence in Lagos (since 2022), and represents a significant milestone for Tiwani, foregrounding the gallery’s plans for the next ten years and beyond. Designed by London-based architectural studio MATHESON WHITELEY, Lagos is… Read more »