Conference celebrates William Fagg (1914-1992), African art pioneer
William Fagg and the Study of African Art, an international conference at the Courtauld Institute of Art, celebrates Africanist William Buller Fagg (28 April 1914–10 July 1992) and his arguably immense contribution to the study and (perhaps equally important) appreciation of African art in Britain and elsewhere. Fagg was the Keeper of the Department of Anthropology at the British Museum (1969–1974) and, as it transpired, a pioneering...
Wang Huangsheng at the October Gallery
Wang Huangsheng, the academic and painter and a leading proponent of modern interpretations of traditional Chinese ink painting, will have his first individual exhibition in London at the October Gallery (14 May – 20 June 2015). Wang Huangsheng: Unbroken Line is a culmination of many years of exhibiting outside China, with major shows in Europe and elsewhere being followed or preceded by works being collected in public museums and by...
ArtGemini Prize 2015 Call for Entries
ArtGemini Prize 2015, which is scheduled for launch 8 April 2015, has called for entries from artists worldwide in the categories of Painting, Sculpture and Photography. The Third edition of the Prize carries total cash prizes of GBP 6000. Acceptable media: are Painting including oil, acrylic, mixed media, drawing, ink, watercolour and original print; Sculpture; Photography & digital art; and Selfie (new). There is no age limit....
MENA artists at Armory Show
Four MENA artists represented by Edge of Arabia Projects aka EOA.Projects are among artists from the Middle East and North Africa region that feature at this year’s Armory Show in New York. The work on display includes Jordanian American Oraib Toukan’s installation, The New-er Middle East, an interactive puzzle which although dated 2007 appears astonishingly resonant of 2015, amidst the current developments in the region....
Very Important People at EOA.Projects
London’s EOA.Projects gallery brings together a starcast of contemporary artists from the East and the West, including hyphenated Americans and Europeans, in its new exhibition with the promising title, Very Important People, a cunning spelling-out of VIP, which usually stands for a Very Important Person. The playful licence with the much hyped and supremely abused acronym is a promising start. The exhibition features the work...
Meditations on paper: Wang Ai at Hua Gallery
Wang Ai’s works on paper, including craft surfaces based on rice and bark, are travelogues of the mind which invite the viewer to join in. A full appreciation of these meditations on paper represents a veritable challenge in the lively milieu of an opening night and, on a quiet day at a gallery, a demanding exercise when a visitor is assailed by competing visions of art and all that surrounds it. The artist, poet and fiction...