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Six Highlights of Frieze Seoul 2024
Spotlight Six Highlights of Frieze Seoul 2024 Ocula Editors Two outstanding booths in Focus Asia, a section dedicated to young galleries in Asia, were among the noteworthy presentations.
The Donum Collection Sculpture Park
Photolog The Donum Collection: Sculpture Park Home to one of the world's most impressive collections of outdoor sculpture, The Donum Estate in Northern California showcases more than 50 monumental artworks across 200 acres of land, including works by El Anatsui, Subodh Gupta, Louise Bourgeois, and Ai Weiwei.
Seouls Must-See Art Exhibitions
Spotlight Seoul's Must-See Art Exhibitions Elaine YJ Zheng Ocula Magazine reviewed the dozens of exceptional exhibitions planned for September, and provides its recommendation on what to look out for in Seoul's art galleries, institutions and non‑profit spaces.
Kiaf 2021 Lowdown Must-See Exhibitions in Seoul
Spotlight Kiaf 2021 Lowdown: Must-See Exhibitions in Seoul Sherry Paik Coinciding with Kiaf Seoul, galleries and institutions across the city present the best of contemporary art in Korea and beyond.
Frieze 2021 Lowdown Exhibitions to See in London
Spotlight Frieze 2021 Lowdown: Exhibitions to See in London Elaine YJ Zheng We compile a definitive guide of must‑see exhibitions taking place alongside London's autumn art fairs.
Fiona Banners Pranayama Typhoon Breathes Through a World in Crisis
Spotlight Fiona Banner's Pranayama Typhoon Breathes Through a World in Crisis Sujin Jung At Barakat Contemporary in Seoul, Fiona Banner, aka The Vanity Press, reflects the 'powerlessness of a human annus horribilis'.
Art X Lagos Will Return in November 2021
News Art X Lagos Will Return in November 2021 Sam Gaskin The influential Nigerian fair will resume its run at Federal Palace after last year's online only edition.
London Gallery Weekend Shows to See in 2021
Spotlight London Gallery Weekend: Shows to See in 2021 Tessa Moldan Ocula Magazine presents a selection of highlights at the inaugural London Gallery Weekend.
Grace Before Jones Black Image-Making and the Gaze
Spotlight Grace Before Jones: Black Image-Making and the Gaze Cindy Sissokho Nottingham Contemporary presents a multi‑faceted understanding of the pop culture icon.
This Week Francesco Clemente Mystical Trees and the IFPDA Print Fair
News This Week: Francesco Clemente, Mystical Trees, and the IFPDA Print Fair Sam Gaskin The best art to see online and off from Tuesday 12 to Monday 18 May.
Taipei Connections Eleven Works to Collect
Spotlight | Collaboration Taipei Connections: Eleven Works to Collect Sam Gaskin The Ocula team present picks from Taipei Connections, an online platform launched by Ocula and Taipei Dangdai.
El Anatsui The golden rule is there are no rules
Related Video & Audio El Anatsui: ‘The golden rule is, there are no rules’ El Anatsui has carved a name for himself with his monumental hanging sculptures made with recycled metal scraps. As imposing and spectacular as they are fragile and portable, these works have been exh
58th Venice Biennale May You Live In Interesting Times
Spotlight 58th Venice Biennale: May You Live In Interesting Times Mohammad Salemy Mohammad Salemy reviews the 58th Venice Biennale, May You Live In Interesting Times (11 May–24 November 2019), where 'Lithuania demonstrated how it is possible to be both socially relevant while pulling off one of the most likeable national pavilions in recent memory.'
Gary Hume
Related Video & Audio Gary Hume Installation walkthrough of Gary Hume at Matthew Marks Gallery Gary Hume 26 January–30 March, 2019 1062 North Orange Grove 7818 Santa Monica Boulevard
Gwangju Biennale Imagined Borders
Spotlight Gwangju Biennale: Imagined Borders Tessa Moldan ...while the thematic chaos of the multi‑curator approach adopted by this biennial invites easy criticism, the production of an exhibition where vastly different and far‑ranging ideas are able to fluidly interact is also what makes this a model platform.
154 Contemporary African Art Fair in London
Spotlight 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London Amina Diab The quest for dialogue and exchange is at the heart of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair's ethos, whose name references the 54 countries on the African continent.
Shezad Dawood in conversation with Nicolas Bourriaud
Related Video & Audio Shezad Dawood in conversation with Nicolas Bourriaud Continuing an interest in how we experience time, and more specifically how the past continues to echo into the present, Dawood uses the site of Kalimpong – a small town in West Bengal – as a bridge
El Anatsui Language Symbols
Related Video & Audio El Anatsui: Language & Symbols In this video, Ghana's best‑known contemporary artist, El Anatsui, speaks about the role that language and symbols play in his work. He describes how the abstract nature of West African "adinkra" symbols and the flexibility of meaning in the words of his native language of Ewe resonate with the concept of non‑fixity and...
El Anatsui Five Decades at Carriageworks Sydney
Spotlight 'El Anatsui: Five Decades' at Carriageworks, Sydney Rachel Fuller They are sumptuous works and certainly the souring railway warehouses of Carriageworks provide an appropriate level of scale for the monumental pieces.
Sydney Summer Report
Spotlight Sydney Summer Report Rachel Fuller Ocula correspondent Rachel Fuller reports on three of the top exhibitions to see in Sydney this summer
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