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On the occasion of Frieze Academy Art & Architecture Conference 2017, the Royal Academy’s Artistic Director Tim Marlow engaged in conversation with Sir David Chipperfield, the architect behind the RA’s 2018 transformative development. Far more than an extension, the project marks the Academy’s 250th anniversary with its eyes on the future. In May 2018, the… Read more »
From films to installations and performances, Artangel enables works with a sense of magic and otherworldliness about them, in unexpected places. Indeed it has helped a roll-call of celebrated artists realise more than 125 exceptional projects since 1991. Co-directed by James Lingwood and Michael Morris, Artangel exists to commission and produce ambitious ideas in surprising… Read more »
Launching September 2018, a Centre for Contemporary Art arrives at Goldsmiths – and a white cube it is not. Director Sarah McCrory is unfazed: she knows plenty about thinking outside the box. Here she outlines the project’s bold vision. Disused Victorian-era baths and cast-iron water tanks are being transformed to bring contemporary art from around… Read more »
The Mayor Gallery, founded by Fred Mayor, opened in 1925 at 37 Sackville Street. Closing in 1926, it re-emerged as Cork Street’s inaugral art space at 18 Cork Street in 1933. A spirited supporter of modern English art, The Mayor Gallery hosted the first show from Unit One in April 1934, a grouping of artists… Read more »
As co-founder of London’s Indica in the ’60s, John Dunbar made counterculture culture. Fifty years on, the gallery’s artists such as Yoko Ono and Liliane Lijn remain fascinating. In the closing weeks of 1965, London’s art scene got a jolt of new life with the arrival of Indica, an alternative bookshop and gallery spread over… Read more »
Every word of Bella Freud’s famous knitwear is a different flavour, from ‘Ginsberg Is God’ to ‘Solidarité Feminine’ – and the signature dog is authored by her father, the eminent artist Lucian Freud. Indeed, Freud wears her ancestry with playful irreverence through her fragrance Psychoanalysis, a nod to the pioneering work of her great grandfather,… Read more »
Robert Fraser, the man known as ‘Groovy Bob’, emerged as a pivotal figure of the London art scene in the 1960s – and in commissioning the artwork of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, he epitomised a wild and freewheeling era. Reviving his Cork Street gallery in the 80s, Fraser was arguably the first star… Read more »
The Serpentine Pavilion is a landmark of the London calendar and a critical space for exploration. Far from temporary, these illustrious structures have gone on to second lives all over the world, launching many a starchitect. Inspired by a tree from his African village, this summer belongs to Francis Kéré. It’s hard to believe now,… Read more »
As one of the best known voices to come out of the UK in recent years, Jeremy Deller needs little introduction. Working across performance, video, installation, print works, objects and music, his exceptionally diverse practice draws from culture and breathes magically back into it. Francesca Gavin: Hi Jeremy, how are you? Jeremy Deller: Fine, thank… Read more »
The work of Grayson Perry has always sought to ignite and unite, pairing traditional craft with the visceral jab of modern narrative. Still where the etchings of our society meet clay, today Perry is a bona fide household name. How can contemporary art address a diverse cross-section of society? That’s a concern Perry considers in… Read more »
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