The festive season is here, and the countdown to London Art Fair 2023 is officially on. If you didn’t make it to Miami Art Week, don’t worry, there’s plenty of top tier art events taking place on our doorstep this month and beyond.
MARINA ABRAMOVIČ: GATES AND PORTALS
‘This is an attempt to do something different, because in a normal exhibition you’re just a silent witness. At Modern Art Oxford, rather than just viewing artworks in front of you, you will be partaking in an experience that will be happening to you.’ – Marina Abramović
Visit Modern Art Oxford this winter to see pioneering performance artist Marina Abramović’s latest exhibition. Gates and Portals explores transitional states of being, with each visitor participating as a performer. During the exhibition visitors will encounter gates and portals that prompt bodily awareness and elevated consciousness.
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Making Modernism is the UK’s first major exhibition devoted to pioneering women artists working in Germany in the early 20th century: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kӓthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin. The exhibition sheds light on the ground-breaking work of these individuals who reframed subjects such as self-portraiture, still-life, the female body, depictions of childhood, landscapes and urban scenes.
‘Combining impressive, bold and intimately-scaled works, this exhibition explores themes of identity, representation and belonging – all powerfully relevant today.’
– Royal Academy
If you’re in North London, make sure to visit Hang Up Gallery’s brand-new solo exhibition of over 30 works by David Shrigley. See a series of limited-edition prints, colour and monochrome originals, ceramics and lithograph prints in this showcase which celebrates Shrigley’s dry sense of humour, intuitive sense of style, whimsical characters and ironic captions.
In ‘Lifeforms’ at 180 Studios, media art and design collective ‘Universal Everything’ brings together 14 projects within a series of habitats designed by Ab Rogers Architects in their largest show to date. This constantly unique exhibition is ‘an amalgam of unpredictable, generative pieces and installations that mirror and shift with time and the public’s interactions.’ Experience this mesmerising interactive exhibition until 30 December at 180 The Strand.
‘Simon Casson is the artist who paints like an angel, but lets the devil in to visibly disrupt his good work.’ – Andrew Lambirth
Long & Ryle are delighted to present a solo exhibition of work by Simon Casson: Downdacious. Simon Casson’s work is inspired by the rural Somerset landscape surrounding his studio, alongside wider European aesthetic influences. The artist pioneers a revolutionary form of figurative painting – ‘an evolution of the Classical, the Rococo; a Fragonard reborn entwined with a radical Richter, Casson made a profound mark on the new wave of British narrative painters launching on the scene’ (Sheridan Casson).
THE NFT GALLERY
At The NFT Gallery in Mayfair, discover an exhibition of works by Rewind Collective until January 2023. The Collective’s mission is to address the under-presentation of minorities as a digital art collective, values which are shared by the Gallery who are committed to showcasing a diverse selection of artists in the digital art space.
CHRISTMAS AT HIDDEN
Celebrate Christmas with Hidden Gallery in Brighton and Bristol this month, where you can explore newly acquired pieces from Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol and others while enjoying mince pies, mulled wine and a glass of festive fizz. Amongst the curated selection of rare and original works, there is something for all tastes and budgets. Head down to your nearest gallery to find the perfect Christmas gift or a piece to add to your own collection.
LONDON ART FAIR
You are invited to join us for the unmissable opening to the international Art calendar this January.
London Art Fair is a platform for discovery, known for connecting the best galleries with both seasoned and aspiring collectors.
The Fair nurtures collecting at all levels, providing a unique opportunity to discover and champion the most outstanding Modern and Contemporary Art. Every January, London Art Fair hosts three distinct exhibiting sections for both UK and International galleries: Galleries, displaying Modern Art and Contemporary Art from established names to today’s leading artists; Encounters, showing curated displays by innovative Contemporary galleries which challenge entrenched views and understandings; and Platform featuring a selection of galleries presenting well-known, overlooked and emerging artists that align to an overarching theme.
To enable engagement with art, we continue to provide access to a robust Talks and Tours Programme and curated presentations such as: Photo50, our annual exhibition of contemporary photography; Museum Partnership, a showcase of key works from important regional collections.
LAF23 takes place from Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 January 2023 (Private View Wednesday 18th January 5 – 9pm). Book your ticket in advance to save on price.
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Reconnect with leading galleries from around the world this January and enjoy an outstanding celebration of Modern and Contemporary Art.
An opportunity for you to discover and engage with iconic modernist names, through to contemporary and emerging artists.
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The gallery is delighted announce the opening of their new gallery in Hampshire with an inaugural ‘Winter’ exhibition.
Jenna Burlingham Gallery has expanded with a move to a much larger building, Rope House, on the same street as their original space in Kingsclere. This was once a 19th-century rope merchant’s home and workshop and now has the feeling of an informal townhouse. With open galleries at ground level and drawing rooms upstairs, paintings, prints, sculptures and ceramics are displayed throughout as part of interior settings.
Sumi, or Japanese ink, has been used for Oriental calligraphic works and paintings for a long time. The need for works in Sumi, an art form backed by a long unbroken history, remains strong.
In contemporary art, which is filled with an indiscriminate mix of materials and representation techniques, works produced based on Sumi are specifically referred to as “Sumi_ism” and at #7 exhibition a collection of works from Reiko Tsunashima and Sogen Chiba, Mizuho Koyama are displayed from this field.
Kerlin Gallery are delighted to present ‘Stuck on dawn,’ Marcel Vidal’s first solo exhibition at the gallery.
Celebrated for his diverse practice and immersive sculptural installations, the exhibition brings together three series of work in Marcel Vidal’s first exhibition dedicated exclusively to painting.
A review of Ikon’s artistic programme in the 1990s, presenting work by 40 artists who showed during this period. With Elizabeth Macgregor as Director, Ikon’s outlook was increasingly international, whilst also showing an eclectic mix of British artists including Basil Beattie, Permindar Kaur, Keith Piper, Yinka Shonibare, Georgina Starr and Mark Wallinger.
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The festive season is here, and the countdown to London Art Fair 2023 is officially on. If you didn’t make it to Miami Art Week, don’t worry, there’s plenty of top tier art events taking place on our doorstep this
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