In 1937, the UK, for a brief moment, became the epicentre of progressive contemporary architecture in Europe. On the centenary of the opening of Germany’s most famous art school, RIBA’s new exhibition, Beyond Bauhaus – Modernism in Britain 1933 to 1966, running until 1 February 2020, looks afresh at the moment Britain became Modern. Anchored…
For six decades, German-born artist Hans Haacke has been a pioneer in kinetic, environmental, and Conceptual art, as well as institutional critique. The New Museum’s upcoming retrospective, opening 24 October 2019 and running until January 2020, will bring together more than thirty works from across the artist’s career, focusing in particular on the way he…
Following several years working in kitchens across Europe, perhaps most formatively at Kobe Desramaults’ In de Wulf, Merlin Labron-Johnson was ready for a move to London. His first project, Portland, opened at the beginning of 2015 to critical acclaim, and the following summer Clipstone was born. Extraordinarily, Labron-Johnson received a Michelin star when he was…
In Polish artist Paulina Ołowska’s diverse practice, industry, recreation, and socialist symbolism inhabit the same visual and cultural space. Her realist paintings, drawings, and collages appropriate imagery from Eastern European and American popular culture, creating a dynamic cross-cultural reference. Demonstrating the disjunction of time and cultural impermeability of Eastern Europe, the artist’s multi-faceted oeuvre establishes…
Modern Matter, edited and published biannually by London-based creative director Olu Odukoya, seamlessly blends long-form culture writing with a fine art sensibility and playful fashion aesthetic. Named in honour of its focus on the now, as well as on the facets of art, style, design and culture that most matter to the team behind the…
Martin Margiela first confounded the fashion world in 1989 with a collection that challenged what luxury could be. Applying techniques associated with grunge culture, such as deconstruction, recycling and raw finishes, in a cerebral and refined way, his ideas incited shock and curiosity. In a rejection of mass media culture, Margiela became an anonymous design…
Founded in 2004 by RoseLee Goldberg, art initiative Performa is a leader in exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of art and encouraging new directions in performance. Part of the organisation’s mission is to present a biennial of visual art performance in New York highlighting their explorations. As a “museum without…
Opening on 19 September and running until 24 November 2019, the South London Gallery (SLG) presents the first major solo exhibition, untitled, in London by internationally acclaimed Danish artist Danh Vo. Born in Vietnam, Vo lives and works in Berlin and Mexico City. Emerging from personal relationships and fortuitous encounters, his projects take their final form…