Ocula Report Havana Biennial 2019: Constructing the Possible 17 Apr 2019 : Federica Bueti for Ocula I first visited Havana in November 2016, a few days after Fidel Castro died, and just under a year before Hurricane Irma hit Cuba in September 2017. Since then, much has changed, including the hand-painted signs that punctuate the journey from the airport to the city centre, which today do not celebrate the revolution so much as the 'Unidad y...
Ocula Conversation Andrew Stahl and Guo Xiaohui The exhibition Beyond Boundaries at Somerset House in London (12 March–2 April 2019) marked the historic contributions of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (CAFA) and the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, on the occasion of their 100th and 150th anniversaries, respectively. Spread across several rooms of Somerset House's...
Ocula Report The National 2019: New Australian Art 13 Apr 2019 : Elyse Goldfinch for Ocula The National 2019: New Australian Art features work by 70 contemporary Australia-based artists split across three venues: the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Carriageworks, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) (29 March–21 July 2019), as curated by Isobel Parker Philip, curator of photographs at AGNSW; Daniel Mudie Cunningham,...
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Related Press Tony Cragg’s constantly evolving challenge to mass design Apollo Magazine : 19 March 2017 Tony Cragg left the UK for Germany in 1977, the same year Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) was founded on a 500-acre country estate near Wakefield. In the 40 years since, Cragg has become a truly international artist, and YSP an internationally renowned arts venue. Now the two have mounted an extensive exhibition of new and recent works, artfully...
Related Press Tony Cragg walks us around his major survey at Yorkshire Sculpture Park Wallpaper* : 6 March 2017 Tony Cragg began collecting fossils aged 11. His interest in strata, prehistoric forms and found matter have continued to influence his artistic practice as an adult.Over a long and industrious career, Cragg's morphing, geological figures have earned him accolades as far reaching as a Turner Prize in 1988 and a prestigious place at the Venice...
Related Press What exhibitions to see during Frieze Whitewall : 4 October 2016 While in London next week for Frieze, don’t forget to get out of the fair tents and explore the many exhibitions on view at galleries and museums around town. Here is a non-exhaustive but selective list that should keep you busy.William Eggleston Portraits at The National Portrait Gallery in Covent GardenJuly 21-October 23This show...
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Related Press Margaret Calvert, Tony Cragg and Michael Craig-Martin recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours It's Nice That : 14 June 2016 Margaret Calvert, Tony Cragg and Michael Craig-Martin are among those recognised for their services to the visual arts and design industries in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Sculptor, Royal Academician and Turner Prize winner Tony Cragg has been made Knight Bachelor, for services to visual arts and Anglo-German relations....
