Curator Ralph Rugoff OBE has been the Director of London’s Hayward Gallery since 2006, and last year, curated the 58th Venice Biennale, entitled May You Live in Interesting Times. Since his appointment at the Hayward, Rugoff has overseen the institution’s rise to one of the city’s most important public art spaces. With his vision, the…
As part of White Cube’s new online exhibition programme, the gallery presents the work of Tokyo based painter Minoru Nomata. Over the past four decades, the Japanese artist has created a lexicon of imaginary buildings, monoliths, ‘eco-scapes’ and hybrid aerostats. In his singular, striking and heroic forms, Nomata celebrates the machine aesthetic and ingenuity of…
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson consistently seeks to make his art relevant to society at large, engaging the public in striking ways both inside and outside the museum. For Eliasson, the potential of art is determined by the viewer’s own participation in and experience of the work. Covering a diverse range of media, from painting, sculpture,…
Artistic Director of London’s Serpentine Galleries, Zurich-born curator, critic and art historian, Hans-Ulrich Obrist has established a reputation for being one of the most prolific and influential curators in the world. Since his first show “World Soup” (The Kitchen Show) in 1991 he has curated more than 300 diverse exhibitions. Among the titles he’s authored,…
The New Museum has launched a new project by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, called Bedtime Stories, featuring contributions from some of the most eminent names in art and culture, including Iggy Pop, Jeff Koons, Rashid Johnson, David Byrne, Takashi Murakami, Marilyn Minter, Elizabeth Peyton, Jordan Wolfson, Michael Stipe, and Maya Lin. Inviting friends and other artists and performers he admires to keep us…
Exploring indigenous traditions from the Amazon rainforest, alternative perspectives on Western scientific rationalism, and new thinking around plant intelligence, philosophy and cultural theory, The Botanical Mind Online, hosted by London’s Camden Art Centre, investigates the significance of the plant kingdom to human life, consciousness and spirituality across cultures and through time. It positions the plant…
Australian-born and raised in Rome, Judith Clark is a curator and exhibition-maker based in London. She moved to the city to study Architecture at the Bartlett, and later, the Architectural Association. She is currently Professor of Fashion and Museology at the London College of Fashion, where she runs the Fashion Curation masters programme. Since setting…
For over 15 years, the Yvon Lambert bookshop in Paris has supplied curious minds with an extensive and eclectic choice of art books, exhibition catalogues, rare and out of print volumes, collectible multiples and ephemera. Since opening his original Parisian gallery in the late 1960s, Lambert has played an important role in representing and supporting…