Sims Reed Gallery and Oliver Projects are delighted to present Drop Shadows — a unique exhibition bringing together, for the first time, two contemporary artists – Katherine Jones RA and Temsuyanger Longkumer. Opening next spring, the exhibition will be a fusion of artistic visions exploring the delicate and often deceptive minutiae of the natural world. Having known each other as part of London’s printmaking community for over twenty years, Herefordshire-born artist Katherine Jones RA and...
London Art Fair returns from 17th-21st January 2024, highlighting a selection of the best galleries from the UK and beyond. The Fair will offer both seasoned and aspiring collectors a diverse presentation of modern and contemporary art, alongside curated displays, and an inspiring programme of talks, tours and performances. In addition, London Art Fair continues to champion and support regional museums through its annual Museum Partnership, which this year invites Charleston, once home to the...
As a part of its centenary celebrations, Triennale Milano is hosting Italian Painting Today from October 25, 2023, to February 11, 2024, an exhibition which draws inspiration from the institution’s history of promoting painting as an art form and features works from 120 notable Italian artists spanning multiple generations, celebrating contemporary Italian painting. The exhibition has been curated by Damiano Gullí through consultation with an international Honorary Board consisting of Francesco Bonami, Suzanne Hudson and Hans...
Unicorns Are Real, an intriguing solo exhibition by British artist Nicole Wassall, runs at contemporary London gallery Fiumano Clase from 15th September to 20th October 2023. It explores ideas of belief, by looking at myth, science, spirituality, environmental concerns, feminism, magic and absurdity. The artist’s thought-provoking approach combines techniques such as etching, sculpting, and water gilding, with materials including gold, semi-precious stones, wax, wires, and a handkerchief to create a dynamic collection. Ghost of a...
An art market report has noted a sharp rise in ‘flipping’ of contemporary works as sales of ‘wet paint’ works (auctioned within two years of production) increased by 166 percent in 2022. According to figures from specialist insurer Hiscox, the market for contemporary artwork has become increasingly speculative, with analysis of auction data showing the number of works being re-sold at auction within two years of being made, more than doubling. In 2022 1,033 ‘wet paint’...
Tokyo Gendai, a new international art fair, will take place at the Pacifico Yokohama from 7th-9th July 2023 (VIP Preview on 6 July) featuring 80-100 leading galleries from Japan, the broader Asia Pacific region and around the globe. Tokyo Gendai is an exciting platform for commercial, artistic and intellectual exchange, and a nexus of cross-cultural discovery. As one of the world’s cultural capitals, Tokyo boasts a dynamic and rich art scene which provides a strong...
From October 21st to October 24th, for its 47th edition, FIAC brings together over 160 galleries from 25 countries at the Grand Palais Ephémère and the Galerie Eiffel, which has been specifically installed for FIAC as an extension of the structure on the Champ-de-Mars. The selection will include modern art, contemporary art, and design galleries, as well as editions, from France and other European countries, Great Britain, North and South America, Asia, Africa as well...
Mary Ronayne explores the joys of life in Fool’s Paradise at HOFA Galleryin her autumn exhibition from 16th-29th September 2021. The contemporary Irish figurative painter and multimedia artist known for her whimsical portraits unveils new, large-scale artworks in her London solo show. In this show, Mary elevates comedy, wit, and fun to a level of purpose never before seen in her work, paving the way for farcical elements like melting faces and candy pop colours...
The jury for the UK’s largest international contemporary art prize Artes Mundi has unanimously decided to award the prize to all six artists shortlisted this year, in recognition of this time of exceptional social and economic upheaval and to acknowledge the outstanding quality of their individual practices, and the powerfully relevant work that has been either been newly created or reconfigured especially for the exhibition. Artists Firelei Báez (Dominican Republic), Dineo Seshee Bopape (South Africa),...
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery of London shows SAN: CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE AFRICAN BUSHMEN from 5th June – 3rd July 2021. This is a major survey show of one of the most exciting, yet least known, movements in contemporary art: a non-Western tradition at once ancient and modern, immediate and other. (Image top of page – Coixe Bob, Rainbird, c2000, coloured linocut, 42 x 46 cm, edition of 110) The culture of the Bushmen, or...
