I went to see Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms at the Tate, plus an overview of her life and work
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Turkish Art Week @ The Saatchi Gallery, London
In late October 2021 Turkish Art Week’s inaugural exhibition was held over a period of five days at the Saatchi Gallery in London’s fancy Chelsea. The show was organized by online art gallery and arts consultancy Renko London, which was founded by the (rather glamorous) London-based Turkish artist Renk Erbil: “now it’s Turkish art’s time …
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Turkey month
An introduction to my end of year challenge – coinciding more or less with the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas – it’s Turkey month! Anything for a bad pun…
Artist Rashid Al Khalifa (Bahrain)
The mind-blowing art of Bahraini artist Rashid Al Khalifa
Multi-layered, Monumental Work of Artist Meleko Mokgosi (Botswana)
The multi-layered, monumental work of Botswanan artist Meleko Mokgosi
Review no 140: The enormity of the everyday – the art of sculptor Ron Mueck (Australia)
Ron Mueck’s perception-challenging, hyper-realistic sculpture: anything but life-size
Review no 129: Albanian artist Anri Sala
An introduction to the work of Albanian artist Anri Sala
Review no 115: A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar
Reflections on art and life from Pulitzer-prize winning memoirist and novelist Hisham Mater
Review no 111: artist Alberta Whittle (Barbados)
AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tate Britain awarded a Turner Prize bursary award to 10 artists, including Barbados-born artist Alberta Whittle, in place of the normal Turner Prize. She is a previous recipient of the Margaret Tait Award and this year also won the Frieze Artist Award for a …
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Review no 105: Photographer Joana Choumali (Côte d’Ivoire)
Ivorian photographer Joana Choumali laces her images with embroidery to prize-winning effect
Reading and Watching the World: Books, Film and Art 