Author: jaywp
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Line & Color: The Nature of Ellsworth Kelly, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
This exhibition of Kelly’s work seeks to cut to the core of his practice, primarily through two sets of extraordinary lithographs from the mid-1960s, and traces a compelling link between his figurative and abstract work
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Magic Realism: Art In Weimar Germany 1919-33
Tate Modern’s exhibition on magic realism brings together the works of troubled minds from turbulent times
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Simon English: Smile Please
The London-based artist Simon English talks about chance, addiction and the wilful act of drawing
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Rajyashri Goody: Eat With Great Delight
Goody, herself of Dalit heritage, talks about discrimination in India against the Dalits and how, in her first solo exhibition, she is using photographs of her family and turning Dalit literature into recipes, to highlight the significant and complex relationship…
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Alison Wilding and Florence Peake in conversation
With Wilding’s show Right Here and Out There and Peake’s RITE on concurrently at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, the artists talk about their practice
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Christopher Williams: Normative Models
In this exhibition, which includes seven photographs and several blank walls, the US photographer investigates systems of meaning and classification
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Tamara Henderson – interview: ‘You could say the maquettes were the hypnotherapy I did at Gatwick airport’
Tamara Henderson discusses the transmigration of the soul, the transformative properties of clay, and using art as a way of mourning
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Obsession: Nudes by Klimt, Schiele and Picasso from the Scofield Thayer Collection
Stirring and challenging, this frontal look at ecstasy revels in desire as it pits the age-old tradition of nude models against our #MeToo moment
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Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta
Mud, blood, fire and water: a touring exhibition of the Cuban American artist affirms her continuing relevance while revealing her formidable skill as a film-maker
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Thierry Oussou: ‘I would like the discourse that I am developing in my work to educate people – to make them think differently’
The Benin-born artist Thierry Oussou reflects on his artistic practice, the need for repatriation of cultural objects, and art and culture in Africa more generally
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Patricia Guzman, interview
Intersection: International Art and Culture Arthur M Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing 27 May – 27 August 2018
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E.V. Day, interview
In a riveting, large-scale work called Moss Ball: A Meditation on the Overview Effect (2018), E.V. Day makes some unlikely, and therefore all the more intriguing, connections
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Tai Xiangzhou, interview
Intersection: International Art and Culture Arthur M Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing 27 May – 27 August 2018
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Thomas Bayrle: Playtime
This major retrospective of the work of Thomas Bayrle brings together works from the past 50 years and throws an unsettling light on the nature of society
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Mark Fox, interview
Mark Fox, who was brought up as a Catholic, has issues with certain of the religion’s doctrines and belief systems, in what he calls a “love/hate response”
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Frieder Nake, interview
Intersection: International Art and Culture Arthur M Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing 27 May – 27 August 2018
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Alex Prager: Silver Lake Drive
Prager revels in cliche and it is clear from the large Technicolor photographs and the handful of films shown here that subtlety holds no interest for her. I am left wondering what it is that she intends to add to the…
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Tania Kovats and Kimathi Donkor discuss drawing practice and education
After the pop-up symposium Lines of Thought at Trinity Buoy Wharf, the new partner for what was formerly the Jerwood Drawing Prize, practitioners and educators Tania Kovats and Kimathi Donkor talked about drawing in education and practice today
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Cui Xiuwen obituary
Chinese artist Cui Xiuwen died in Beijing, where she was based, on 1 August, at the age of 51, after a protracted illness. She was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang province in 1967.
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Bao Pei, interview
Intersection: International Art and Culture Arthur M Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing 27 May – 27 August 2018
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Intersection: International Art and Culture
In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Arthur M Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University has invited 14 artists from around the world to submit work that emphasises the universality of the language of art
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Cui Xiuwen (1967-2018)
Cui Xiuwen, one of the most important avant-garde artists from China, passed away yesterday, leaving behind a unique collection of artworks devoted to life. She was selfless and worked hard for the benefit of humanity
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Tacita Dean: Woman With a Red Hat
Centred around the theme of “performance”, this show cleverly connects the art, film and theatre worlds, which cross over not only in Edinburgh’s summer festival lineups, but also in Dean’s work to date
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Jacob Hashimoto: ‘The history of art is full of cultural appropriators. I’m one, too’
The artist talks about The Eclipse, an installation comprising thousands of paper kites, and Never Comes Tomorrow, which references cosmology and history and is covered in hundreds of political stickers
