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,...
Heide Museum of Modern Art began life in 1934 as the home of John and Sunday Reed and has since evolved into one of Australia's most important cultural institutions. Heide, as it is affectionately known, has a national reputation based upon the vision of the Reeds and their role in the development and promotion of modern art in Australia. For all who visit, Heide offers an inspiring, educational, and thought-provoking experiences of modern and contemporary art, architecture and landscape.
Related Press Emily Floyd At Heide Museum Of Modern Art Robert Nelson for The Sydney Morning Herald / 26 May 2014 : 28 May 2014 Emily Floyd has a brilliant theme and a flawless technique. Her works are monumental, prolific and ambitious. They occupy space in a subtle way, both delicate and imposing. Her sculptures, wall objects and prints have a signature aesthetic presence in the same way that they have absorbing and sustaining subject matter.Floyd’s exhibition...
