Art and Culture, London

Frieze London 2022 – Better Than Ever

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Yesterday morning, on the first regular (non-VIP) open day of Frieze London 2022. I was among the first visitors to enter the gigantic premises, which will welcome art aficionados until this Sunday, 16 October. HOUSE-KEEPING Unless you see a reference to the artwork discussed in the caption below the picture, the pictures are not related to that particular section of the blog post. I basically took a lot of pictures of random artwork before I sat down and wrote this article. GIGANTIC IN SIZE As in previous years, the size of this art fair is simply breath-taking and at times intimidating. How on earth would a mere mortal with other tasks such as working, eating, breathing, and sleeping on their plate, ever be able to even only briefly eyeball all artworks. EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE Luckily, as everybody knows, there are three exceptions to the day-time drinking ban: airports, family […]

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Antoni Tapies, Alchemy, at Nahmad Projects

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I just visited Antoni Tapies, Alchemy, at Nahmad Projects, which opened at its Cork Street, Mayfair, venue, day before yesterday. It will run until 9 December. A long time ago, I used to live in Barcelona for just under a year. During that time, I stopped by the , at least once a month. I had fallen in love with Tapies’s art in secondary school. Back then, I simply enjoyed the mostly large-scale works for their textures, materials, colours and cool vibes. If anything, I found Tapies’s art decorative. In a similar way to how I find much of Anselm Kiefer’s, Joseph Beuys’s, or Alberto Giacometti’s work decorative.     “When we paint, a kind of magic happens. The simple materials we paint with become something else. From earth and dust, we extract an essence. Dreams become concrete. The ordinary is made sublime. We turn the crude into the ideal. […]

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Frameless, London’s latest immersive art experience

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Earlier today, I visited the Frameless immersive art experience, a brand-new show, which just opened near Marble Arch. The experience consists of 4 large show rooms and covers 40 digitized masterpieces ranging from early Renaissance to the first half of the 20th Century. FRAMELESS IMMERSIVE ART EXPERIENCE IS LONDON’S FIRST PERMANENT VENUE OF ITS KIND Frameless is London’s first permanent immersive art experience. Aiming to emulate the success of Borderless in Tokyo and L’Atelier des Lumières in Paris, the management have plans to open venues in other cities worldwide. FIVECURRENTS BROUGHT TO LIFE THE FRAMELESS IMMERSIVE ART EXPERIENCE The company was brought to life by FiveCurrents, who have a long track record in creating live experiences. Among others, they were the production company behind the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremonies. As the creative force behind Frameless, they have curated and led an ensemble of renowned experts. Artscapes UK selected and […]

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Sculpture In The City 2022 – Free, Good Fun, and Easy to Do

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I checked out the Sculpture In The City 2022 sculpture trail earlier today and was pleasantly surprised. The 19 works of art have been placed in public spaces since 22 June 2022. The display will continue until 1 April next year. Very conveniently, the artworks are all located within a condensed part of the City of London. Roughly in a triangle between the following three tube stations: Bishopsgate, Aldgate, and Monument. Bank, Tower Hill, Farringdon, Moorgate, and several other stations are also very close. To walk past all of the Sculpture In The City 2022 works takes between 45 minutes and two hours. I chose to take the train to Monument, so this is where my walk started. Should you arrive at a different station, you might hopefully still find this blog post useful. Just dive in wherever your drop-off point is closest to. Then continue to go back to […]

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A.A. Murakami at Superblue – Beguiling Bouncing Bubbles

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Ellie & I recently visited A A Murakami’s Silent Fall at Burlington Gardens at the rear end of the Royal Academy building complex. Timed with the beginning of Frieze Week 2021 the installation will be running until summer 2022. FLOATING BUBBLES You enter a giant, relatively dark room where bubbles are being released from tube-like dispensers above you. Because of the mirrors spread all over the walls, the space seems like an infinite forest. The bubbles look relatively heavy like honey or jelly. However, they turn out to weigh next to nothing. This is why they float towards the ground very slowly. CATCH THEM WITH YOUR HAND You can catch them with your hand. The gallery provides you with a glove for that purpose, as you are not supposed to touch the bubbles with your bare hands. You can make the bubbles bounce up and down on your glove-covered palm […]

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