Feeling inspired by Frieze week? You can still get your culture fix this November with our monthly selection of must-attend exhibitions and events. Discover our top picks below.
Visit Unit London in Mayfair to experience Wahab Saheed’s first London solo exhibition until 19 November. On This Field of Green explores the artist’s Nigerian nationality and identity through portraiture, focusing on the significance of the colour green of the Nigerian flag as a constant that sets the tone for his work.
‘With his exhibition, Saheed considers the phenomenon of japa. In the Yoruba language, japa is a slang term that means “to flee” and it summarises the trend among young Nigerians who choose to migrate to Europe or North America. The artist himself has had to say goodbye to many friends who have left the country with little notice. Saheed’s exhibition, however, focuses on the beauties of his home environment, examining what might encourage a person to stay in Nigeria.’
– Unit London
Make sure to drop in to Cromwell Place from 8 – 13 November to catch a glimpse of ‘Place – Displace’, a brand new exhibition which explores the ‘enduring impact of one’s roots and the inevitable consequential influence on ones contemplations’. This group show displays the work of three artists who now live in different countries to those in which they were born – Charlotte Evans, a British-born artist living in Toronto; Ben Crawford, an Irish-born artist who has lived in Queensland for eleven years; and Veronica Smirnoff, a Russian-born artist who moved to the UK when she was a teenager.
If you’re near Wells this month, make a visit to GBS Fine Art’s magnificent Georgian townhouse gallery to experience ‘Head to Head’, curated by Giles Baker-Smith and Cedric Christie, a celebration of the multiplicity of approaches artists have long used in depicting the human head. Neither comprehensive nor didactic, it revels in diversity and embraces all media from Dürer to Bacon to the contemporary, from the classical to the unabashedly bizarre.
LAF 2017 Museum Partner, The Ingram Collection, is thrilled to present an exhibition in celebration of the publication of Jo Baring’s book, ‘Revisiting Modern British Art’. Visit the Ingram Collection to experience this showcase of modern British and contemporary works featuring artists discussed in the book, such as Edward Burra, Graham Sutherland and Olivia Bax.
The aptly titled Pushing Boundaries solo exhibition by Leigh Davis sees an evolution of the relationship between painting and sculpture in the artist’s work.
‘Whatever medium I’m working in, the idea of composition, colour and surface texture remains the same. […] So I might remember running my hand over a piece of coarse, gritty, grainy stone in the Isles of Scilly; those elements stay in my mind to the extent that when I’m working on the surface texture, I’ll mix sawdust into the paint. But then I might also scrape, scar and scratch into the layers too – you get this real vibration and tension in the application.’
– Leigh Davis
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS
Be immersed in the astonishing life and career of multi-sensory artist William Kentridge in the RA’s unmissable autumn exhibition. The remarkable work of the Johannesburg-born artist includes etching, drawing, collage, sculpture and even tapestry, theatre, opera, dance and music, which have now transformed the main galleries of the RA for you to experience until 11 December.
COUNTRY LIVING CHRISTMAS FAIR
Celebrate a Country Living Christmas with a complimentary ticket to the Fairs in London, Glasgow or Harrogate.
Country Living Fairs are delighted to offer London Art Fair’s readers a complimentary ticket* to one of their three festive fairs.
Step inside a world of unique gifts, delicious food and drink, festive entertainment and more to create a Christmas to remember. Country Living has everything you need to enjoy the perfect seasonal celebration, including…
• Shop from hundreds of unique artisan makers and businesses
• Pick up beautiful handcrafted and bespoke gifts
• Take part in festive crafting workshops
• Be inspired by live cookery demonstrations
• Brand new this year – indulge in tailored tasting sessions
• Soak up the festive atmosphere with Christmas entertainment
• Indulge in a festive drink at the Champagne Bar by Viking
Book now via the links below using code ‘LAF‘ to redeem your complimentary ticket.*
*Offer valid on standard adult tickets only. Not valid on Luxe, VIP, Add-on or Workshop tickets. Offer valid until 4th December 2022 at 11.59pm. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer. £3.95 transaction fee applies. Details correct at time of print.
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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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