Opening on 19 February and running until 15 May 2022, leading contemporary artist Jenny Holzer has curated an exhibition of works by the late Louise Bourgeois, an immensely influential figure of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Holzer is known for her exploration and subversion of language through the use of unexpected forms, while Bourgeois’ psychologically…
Overlooked for a long time, Edward Owens (1949-2009) was a queer African American artist whose multidisciplinary practice spanned painting, sculpture, and 8mm film at the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1960s. With the encouragement of his teacher, the filmmaker Gregory Markopoulos, Owens relocated to New York where he befriended several eminent artistic personalities of…
To mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, the Dhaka-based Samdani Art Foundation – established in 2011 by couple Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani to support the work of the country’s contemporary artists and architects – in collaboration with the Centre for Research and Information, present a major new exhibition, Witnessing History in the Making: Photographs…
Open now and running until 10 December 2021 as part of Miami Art Week, Skin in the Game is a group exhibition curated by Zoe Lukov and presented by Grand Cayman-based cultural centre Palm Heights. Gabriella Khalil, Palm Heights’ Creative Director, notes, “In keeping with our commitment to provide alternative formats for contemporary culture around…
Yesterday, 25 November 2021, Egypt opened to the public a 3,000-year-old sphinx-lined avenue in the eastern city of Luxor, having finally completed restoration works on the project that took over seven decades to finish. The 1.7-mile long Avenue of the Sphinxes, which is flanked by more than 1,000 statues, officially reopened with an extravagant ceremony…
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…
The Czech Centre is set to welcome audiences back for its 25th edition of the Made in Prague Festival, which this year takes place from 7 November to 10 December 2021. Celebrating Czech culture, this year’s festival returns to London, and continues in nationwide venues with a film programme, as well as a season of…
Hailing from Tehran, Iran and based in Brooklyn, New York, Morehshin Allahyari is a multidisciplinary artist, activist, writer, and educator. Her work investigates the political, social, and cultural contradictions we currently face, using technology as both a philosophical toolset to reflect on objects and as a poetic means of documentation. Allahyari has been part of…