Legendary Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela has kept a decidedly low profile since retiring from the industry in 2008, staying elusive aside from the chance appearance at an event or in print. His eponymous label, established with Jenny Meirens and presently overseen by John Galliano, still exists without its namesake founder at the helm. Now,…
Making It, a group exhibition dedicated to a generation of pioneering women sculptors who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s, opens at Cork Street’s Waddington Custot on 1 October and will run until 13 November 2021. Taking an unexpected approach to their chosen media: fusing gold leaf with linen for instance,…
Opened to the public over the weekend, the Arc de Triomphe, standing at an imposing 164 feet at Place Charles de Gaulle in Paris, has been entirely enveloped in glistening, aluminium-coated blue polypropylene fabric—some 270,000 square feet of the stuff—secured by close to two miles of red rope, fixing the draped textile in place while…
Today Somerset House Studios launches Grounding Practice, a new year round programme of workshops, presentations and conversations as a resource shaped by and for creative practitioners and critical thinkers. With contributors to the programme including director and moving image artist Akinola Davies Jr., feminist writer Lola Olufemi, curator Imani Robinson, and performance artist Florence Peake,…
Imagine stepping into a gallery that cantilevers off a steep hillside, floating in the forest. The bright Provence light sifts inside with you, and its rays wrap the artworks like a glaze. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers, the compelling building was the last work produced by the architect before his retirement from Rogers…
London-based British-Nigerian composer and multi-disciplinary artist Klein has announced today her latest album Harmattan is set for release via acclaimed classical label, PENTATONE, on 19 November 2021. Klein also reveals the self-directed video for first single, hope dealers. Explaining her inspiration behind the track, the artist tells: “Honestly, to me, hope dealers is really an…
Launching this September, London’s Whitechapel Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and Serpentine are set to present a major multi-venue exhibition dedicated to artist Theaster Gates’ clay practice for 2021-22. The programme features a major solo exhibition of the artist’s clay-based work, collection displays and new commissions. This ambitious collaboration is led by Whitechapel…
Doyle Wham, dubbed as the UK’s first contemporary African photography gallery, is collaborating with 14 Cavendish to present a group exhibition showcasing four exciting photographers from Nigeria, Kenya, Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire against a unique architectural backdrop. The exhibition runs from today, 23 July, to 13 August 2021. Offering a compelling insight into current photographic…