The Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy in London – what a great show, full of colour, cleverness and wit. A creative tonic for our time.
What can designers achieve with wood…? We find out at fascinating exhibition at the Design Museum in London where the experience of isolation during the pandemic has found form, entirely in wood. Wallpaper* and the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC)invited 20 of the world’s emerging design talents to come up with ideas and now you can see the results.
London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE is currently hosting an interpretation of an ancient Korean Temple situated above the Roman ruins of one of London’s most mysterious survivors from its ancient past. Artist Do Ho Suh brings his impression of a beguiling space in South Korea to London in a very abstract ‘compare and contrast’ of disparate histories.
Paula Rego can feel confident that she is ‘amongst the grown ups’ (something she always craved) with a spectacular retrospective at Tate Britain. Concerned that, as woman, her art won’t be taken as seriously as male artists, this show is a huge moment of recognition for one of the world’s leading contemporary artists and provides a fascinating perspective on her upbringing, the political state she escaped in her native Portugal and her dark, narrative-driven work which illuminates injustice towards women.
Epic Iran: an astounding exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum charts 5,000 years of Iranian art, design and culture. From objects created over 1000 years BC to examples of contemporary art, this is a visual and sensory feast which brings the evolution of Persia and Modern Iran into sharp focus.
The truth about Nero….
Finally it feels like we are on the brink of summer. David Hockney captures last year’s beautiful 2020 lockdown spring from his retreat in Normandy. Charting the emergence of new growth from the blank emptiness of winter to the brilliantly overblown blossom and blooms of spring and early summer, this exhibition at the Royal Academy gladdens the heart.
Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy – the subject of a glorious new show at the Whitechapel Gallery charting her long artistic career and the innovative way she introduced collage and the power of ‘found objects’ into her art.
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