Grace Wales Bonner is a hot name in London fashion scene. She is an up-and-coming fashion designer whose work is about exploring identity. The exhibition at Serpentine gallery called A Time for New Dreams however is not about fashion, but a collaboration with several artists, mainly in form of art installations. Continue reading
Islandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s multi-screen art installation called the Visitors is yet another fantastic exhibition at Vinylfactory situated in Brewer Street car park. It is a music performance piece collaboration with musicians and friends.
One of the most intriguing talk I have attended this year was called The Art of Deception at V&A museum, London. It was an interview by director Giles Ramsay with the award-winning actor Sam West and the spy writer Nigel West. The discussion was about the similarities and differences between acting and spying – the mutual arts of deception. Continue reading
This is the first major exhibition to focus on contemporary installation and performance art from China. It brings together the work of some of the most innovative artists from the 1980s to today.
“Change, and the acceptance that everything is subject to change, are deeply rooted in Eastern philosophy. The exhibition focuses on works that deal with transformation, instability and discontinuity, looking at how these themes are conveyed through action or materials”.
Tate Modern Tanks: Art in Action
Tate Modern has opened a new underground art space, The Tanks. For 15 weeks these magnificent raw, industrial spaces offer a sensational line-up of performance and events. Continue reading
