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ACUTE ART DIRECTOR DANIEL BIRNBAUM IN CONVERSATION WITH ARTIST R. H. QUAYTMAN The pioneering artist Hilma af Klint secretly spent years visualising the intangible. Now virtual reality is having a turn. As one of the world’s most prominent curators and director of Stockholm’s Moderna Museet, Daniel Birnbaum found himself as something of a Hilma af… Read more »
Last October, Studio Voltaire’s Clapham gallery shuttered to begin its Capital Project, an ambitious renovation and reignition that will vastly expand exhibition space while intergrating affordable artists’ studios. But the not-for-profit organisation isn’t on hold, creating Studio Voltaire elsewhere, a series of ambitious offsite events for 2020 and some of the most pivotal commissions within… Read more »
South Africa’s Goodman Gallery has committed to a programme promoting social justice since it was founded in 1966. Now Liza Essers, its principal since 2008, is set to open an overseas space on Cork Street, bringing pioneering voices from Africa and beyond to London. When the art dealer Liza Essers bought South Africa’s Goodman Gallery… Read more »
Today’s galleries and museums are defined by their encouraging, inclusive spirit – whatever their scale. As new museums spring up around the world like so many cultural mushrooms, the role they perform are evolving. From a social perspective, museums are no longer just places of learning, display and entertainment: they are sites of physical… Read more »
Andrew Hale in Conversation with Frieze Media and Event Founders Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover From printed page to Regent’s Park – even Hollywood. Great magazines create culture, not just report on it. Frieze catalyses conversation all year round. The art world without Frieze would be unimaginable now. Founded out of passion and curiosity… Read more »
From fabric to the limited-edition page, fashion designer Simone Rocha is fuelled by art, creating Bourgeois clothes with a capital ‘B’. Simone Rocha graduated from the prestigious Central Saint Martin’s Fashion MA in 2010 and debuted at London Fashion week the same year, landing with a collection that had the sure hand it takes some… Read more »
Live art collective The Neo Naturists are combining forces with seminal post–punk band and ‘Godmothers of Grunge’ The Raincoats in celebration of the launch of House of Voltaire’s Christmas Shop and the unveiling of The Neo Naturists’ Christmas Tree. Wednesday 20 November 2019, 6–9pm House of Voltaire, 31 Cork Street, Mayfair W1 This special seasonal… Read more »
Investing in artists and audience, not-for-profit arts organisation Studio Voltaire is every bit as colourful as its director. At a recent fundraising dinner for Studio Voltaire, Joe Scotland, the head of the vital South London not-for-profit arts organisation swished through the room in an ankle-length rainbow frock constructed by his friend, Ashish. Cutting a startling… Read more »
In 1938, Peggy Guggenheim opened a gallery at 30 Cork Street, championingthe fantastic artists she’s now so synonymous with. Pilar Ordovasthrows light on this formative (and overlooked) period in a new exhibition. Peggy Guggenheim is now best known for amassing the stellar collection of radical twentieth century art which is still housed in the Venetian… Read more »
House of Voltaire, Studio Voltaire’s lauded art and design store returns to Cork Street for its 2019 iteration, dealing in everything from Rose Wylie blankets to Cory Archangel pool sliders. Drawing inspiration from influential artist’s shops including Keith Haring’s Pop Shop and the Bloomsbury Group’s Omega Workshop, House of Voltaire offers a new way for… Read more »
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