Archive
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Channa Horwitz
Controlled but creative, formulaic but somehow free, hypnotic in their undulation and unique in their variation, the graph-paper paintings of the late Californian artist demonstrate the infinite possibilities of line and colour
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Glasgow International 2016
The biennial festival returns for its seventh edition with more than 220 contemporary artists from all over the world. This ambitious collection includes new works, site-specific commissions and new venues throughout the city
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Random International: ‘There is a real collective power in this group of people’
Hannes Koch of Random International talks about the collective’s latest project, producing a kinetic artwork consisting of 15 points of light, recognisable almost instantaneously as the human form
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Spencer Finch: The Opposite of Blindness
In his third solo exhibition at the Lisson Gallery, Finch attempts to take visitors beyond the limits of natural vision and into a parallel reality occupied by insects, GPS equipment and Martian light
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Lucy Jones: ‘My work is not slick and I struggle to resolve my paintings’
The artist talks about her recent return to making portraits of others, and explains what she sees as a balancing act between the tools that go to make up the language of a painting
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Carambolages
Paris is, as ever, a cauldron of art, but one breakout exhibition, expertly curated to challenge the old rules of staging, stirs the imagination, quickens the eye and gladdens the soul
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Michael Dean: Sic Glyphs
Despite the urban construction materials, the steel bars and concrete slabs, there is a strong sense that the viewer must ‘read’ Michael Dean’s sculptures in order to make sense of them
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Todd Oldham: ‘I wasn’t very fashionable, so it was to our advantage that our designs sat as a separate thing’
The New York-based designer talks about designing $10,000 dresses, his aversion to using animal materials, and his experiences of the New York fashion scene in the 1990s
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Arnaldo Pomodoro: ‘Sculpture is the appropriation of one’s own space within the wider space in which we live and move’
As Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro has his first London exhibition for more than 50 years, he talks about his work and the influences that have shaped it
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Philip Pearlstein: ‘I decided I didn’t want to express other artists’ ideas any longer. I wanted to paint what was in front of me’
The American artist has pursued an independent path for more than 60 years. Here, he talks about his life and career, from his time in Italy during the second world war and his student days with Andy Warhol to his…
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Bernard Jacobson: ‘I want to bring people back to art’
The art dealer talks about his current exhibition, Bonheur de Vivre, which he considers ‘a precis of 20th-century beauty’, a return to art that focuses on passion, joy, happiness, light and colour
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Comix Creatrix: 100 women making comics
This is a groundbreaking exhibition of female comics artists, from Hogarth’s contemporary Mary Darly to the modern day. Below, Sarah Lightman, Nicola Streeten and Rachael House talk to us about their work
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Richard Sides: Invisible World
The artist’s latest exhibition confirms his confidence and ability to transform space and boundaries as he leads the visitor from the gallery to a nightclub, to mysterious doors and an odd sitting room
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Terry Setch: ‘I regarded the beach as a playground – somewhere you can behave irreverently’
The artist explains his practice, recalling memories of the beach at Penarth and his desire to extend the surface of his paintings. We spoke to Setch at Flowers Cork Street, at the opening of his exhibition, Reduced to Rubble
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Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change
The exhibition succeeds in introducing the complicated story of Picasso’s simultaneous exploration of cubism and classicism, but more could have been done to explore his continuing fascination with the latter after the first world war ended
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Kelly Chorpening: ‘The whole relationship between image and object or building for me has been a kind of theme for a really long time’
Studio International visited Horatio Junior gallery in southeast London to talk to the American artist about her exhibition, Immaterial Statements, and the things that influence her practice
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Three Generations: Passing on the Eyton drive
As they prepare for their first exhibition showing together as a family, Anthony Eyton RA and his sculptor daughter Jane reflect on the enduring influence of Anthony’s mother Phyllis, a painter, who died in a riding accident when he was…
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Russia and the Arts: The Age of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky
This exhibition introduces visitors to the talents and turmoil of the Russian arts scene from 1867 to 1914 with some exquisite loans from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Emily Spicer spoke to Dr Rosalind Blakesley, curator of Russia and…
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In the Age of Giorgione
This exhibition endeavours to pin down a phantom of art history, a man whose paintings are so elusive that his influence is almost the stuff of myth
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Heidi Kilpeläinen: ‘In a way, I suppose I’m making my reading of the world through tapping into different mediums’
The London-based Finnish artist talks about her multidisciplinary practice and her recent residencies in London and Helsinki
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Secret Surface: Where Meaning Materialises
Prepare for a sensory bombardment in this sprawling exhibition, which examines the concept of surface, moving from an idea of the universe as a protective surface around us to examining notions of permanence, superficiality and digital culture
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The Met Breuer
Marcel Breuer’s shuttered brutalist icon, longtime home of the Whitney, reopens as the Met Breuer to showcase the Metropolitan Museum’s controversial foray into Contemporary Art. Has the wait been worthwhile?
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Stephen Shore: Retrospective
At 17, Shore was already photographing Andy Warhol and his collaborators. This comprehensive exhibition, which traces Shore’s career from the 60s on, shows the skill with which he captures everyday scenes and mundane objects, and his continuing innovation
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Becky Beasley: Lake Erie from the Northwest
The British artist’s new solo exhibition reflects her unwavering interest in physical and non-physical perspective, while simultaneously inviting us to see what it’s like inside her mind, her heart and possibly her living room
