Galleries
ARTINFO UK cherry-picks must-see art shows in London and beyond.1. Yto BarradaYto Barrada's films and photographs never fail to seduce, perhaps because they feel so grounded in her hometown of Tangiers, in Northern Morocco. This anchoring is more than symbolic — Barrada still lives in the city, and she's behind the redevelopment of...
In a move that has excited the Australian art world, former Australian cricket player Glenn Mcgrath AM and wife Sara Leonardi-Mcgrath are opening a new commercial art gallery in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale.Due to open on the 15th of May, Mclemoi Gallery will be run by Leonardi-Mcgrath and managed by her best friend Kristia Moises...
ARTINFO UK cherry-picks must-see art shows in London and beyond.1. Bauhaus: Art as LifeAlthough it is undoubtedly the movement that launched 20th century applied arts into modernism, forty years have passed since the last Bauhaus survey in Britain. The Barbican Art Gallery is now tackling this task with a major exhibition covering...
MELBOURNE – The long-running dispute between Geoffrey Smith, current chairman of Sotheby’s Australia, and his former partner of 14 years, Robert Gould, a Melbourne-based private art dealer, has once again reared its ugly head. Since 2006 Smith and Gould have been embroiled in a series of public battles over assets acquired during...
From singing in matching tweed suits to pictures of their own bodily fluids, the living sculptures known as Gilbert & George continue to leave behind unforgettable remnants of their life as art. The two have engaged in a highly committed practice since 1967, making no distinction between their day-to-day activities and art making....
When world-famous museum curator John Elderfield announced he would be taking a job at Gagosian, the art world — and art press — was aflutter with speculation. What, exactly, would he be doing? How much are they paying him? What does this development mean for the ever-evolving relationship between megagalleries and...
The long-running dispute between Geoffrey Smith, current Chairman of Sotheby’s Australia, and his former partner of 14 years Robert Gould, a Melbourne based private art dealer, has once again reared its ugly head. Since 2006 Smith and Gould have been embroiled in a series of public battles over assets acquired during their...
Higher Pictures is a photography gallery, but it would be difficult to tell from the space’s first show in its new location on the third floor of 980 Madison Avenue, above Gagosian's uptown branch. “Photography Is,” curated by owner Kim Bourus, is a collection of images by a group of young artists including Emily Roysdon, Matthew...
Art has always been a family affair for the Freuds. But during most of her career, Jane McAdam has avoided too direct reference to her father Lucian and grandfather Sigmund, choosing almost as an act of rebellion a medium relatively untouched by her relatives: sculpture.Until McAdam reached 31, Lucian Freud was a distant figure in her...
ARTINFO UK cherry-picks must-see art shows in London and beyond.1. Michael JooFor "Exit from the House of Being," Michael Joo, who recently joined Blain|Southern, continues his exploration of the sculptural. Expect polished riot shield-like steel surfaces splattered with paint, metal stanchions and rods blocking the path to nowhere...
