Christo and Jeanne-Claude are celebrated for their ambitious sculptural works that intervene in urban and natural landscapes around the world and temporarily alter both the physical form and visual appearances of sites. This summer, in the heart of London, the Serpentine Galleries presents a major exhibition of the artists’ work, which draws upon their use…
ArtfixDaily.com, 24.04.2018: “First Statue of a Woman Enters London’s Parliament Square” The first statue of a woman, and the first to be created by a female artist, went up in London’s Parliament Square on Tuesday. For 150 years, monuments to only male statesmen have populated the square, including Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma…
Standard.co.uk, Robert Dex, 10.04.2018 : “Tracey Emin light sculpture ‘I Want My Time With You’ unveiled at St Pancras International Station” Tracey Emin unveiled her latest work today – a 20 metre-long greeting to commuters arriving at St Pancras station. The light installation that reads ‘I Want My Time With You’ has been hung on wires from the building’s…
TheArtNewspaper.com, Ben Luke, 28.03.18 : “London’s Fourth Plinth unveiled: Michael Rakowitz’s winged bull sculpture made from date syrup cans” Iraqi-American artist has recreated Assyrian lamassu destroyed by Islamic State On a soggy morning in central London, a gleaming new public sculpture lit up Trafalgar Square. Even in pouring rain, the colours of Michael Rakowitz’s The…
Artlyst.com, 26.01.2018 : “Turner Prize Winner Martin Boyce Unveils New Commission At Tate Britain” The new work, unveiled on Thursday, was made possible with the support of the Clore Duffield Foundation. It consists of a newly paved terrace into which the words ‘Remembered Skies’ have been spelt out in illuminated letters, situated between the Clore Gallery – the…
New-York Times, Andrew R. Chow, 29.01.2018 : “Christo to Build Floating Structure in London’s Hyde Park” Christo has long been interested in mastabas, trapezoidal structures that originated in Mesopotamia. He designed a Texas mastaba in 1975, for example, and is devising plans to build a permanent one in Abu Dhabi, which he says will be the…
Time Out, Eddy Frankel and Matt Breen, 09.01.2018 : “Condo 2018 is taking over London’s art scene, here is what you need to know” 1. It’s a giant city-wide exhibition You know what’s better than one art gallery? 46 art galleries. Especially when they’re all getting together and collaborating to put on one enormous city-wide art…
Antiques Trade Gazette, Roland Arkell, 12.11.2017 : “Christie’s withdraws ‘first map’ of America after experts suggest it may be fake” At the eleventh hour, Christie’s has taken the decision to withdraw the headline lot from the December 13 Books and Manuscripts sale in London after serious doubts were expressed over its authenticity. The ‘rediscovered’ fifth…
