Exploring the cultural geographies of museums, galleries and the arts
The highlight of a recent trip to Turner Contemporary in Margate, Kent, was viewing the exhibition “Place, Space and Who” (18 May - 26 September 2021) by British figurative artist Barbara Walker during its final week on display. Portrait by Barbara Walker featured in the exhibition "Place, Space and Who," Turner Contemporary, Margate. Photo: Carol... Continue Reading →
Chicago-born contemporary visual artist and arts scholar Theaster Gates has been commissioned to design the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London. Since its inception in 2000, the majority of prior pavilion commissions have been awarded to architects. So, Gates makes history as the first artist to receive a solo commission, following only two other... Continue Reading →
The exhibition Lines of Beauty: Master Drawings from Chatsworth opened at Sheffield's Millennium Gallery on 14th February 2020, featuring a selection of more than 50 artworks from Chatsworth House's Devonshire collection. Opening section of the exhibition Lines of Beauty: Master Drawings from Chatsworth, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield. Photo: Carol Ann Dixon. Divided into six sections, the... Continue Reading →
British-Liberian conceptual artist Lina Iris Viktor's exhibition - 'Some Are Born to Endless Night - Dark Matter' (Autograph, Rivington Place, London, 13 September 2019 - 25 January 2020) - featured more than 60 works on paper and canvas (including several new commissions) from a recent portfolio of photographic self-portraiture and performance-based installations that she has... Continue Reading →
The theme for the 1:54 FORUM accompanying the seventh London edition of the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair (Somerset House, 3-6 October 2019) was "Looking Back and Moving Forward" - titled to pay tribute to the life and legacy of the late Nigerian curator and arts scholar Olabisi ("Bisi") Silva (1962-2019), founder of the Centre... Continue Reading →
Carol Ann Dixon