Neuf-3 displays a total of 35 artworks, created by 13 artists from Africa and the diaspora. South African artists Mary Sibande, William Kentridge and Lebohang Kganye are among the artists featuring their work at neuf-3. The exhibition brings African contemporary art directly to the people of Saint-Denis; an opportunity for them to see themselves and their histories embodied through artistic expression in the streets of their hometown.
Read MoreGiven everything that Yoko Ono was, continues to be, and will always remain, it would be virtually impossible to separate the woman from her art and demonstrate favouritism for her composition without paying tribute to the person behind the melodies.
Read MoreThe first major London exhibition by Mumbai-based artist Shilpa Gupta highlights the fragility of one’s right to expression whilst raising urgent questions of censorship, confinement and resistance.
Read MoreNeshat has devoted much of her career to women’s rights and the fight for democracy, both as a photographer and filmmaker. She has spoken frequently about the plight of artists living in exile, longing for loved ones and her homeland while opposing the oppressive regime in Iran. And she points out that she also must confront Western misconceptions about Persian identity, gender, and religion.
Read MoreShilpa Gupta’s multi-channel immersive sound installation For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit is the outcome of a years-long research project into persecuted poets across time and geographies.The physical installation spans over 3,000 square feet and includes 100 microphones suspended from the ceiling. They play an audio loop of snippets of poems whose authors have been subjected to imprisonment, detainment, and execution.
Read MoreA comprehensive exhibition showcasing 80 works of renowned contemporary German artist Gerhard Richter has opened in the Hungarian National Gallery (MNG). Entitled “Gerhard Richter. Truth in Semblance”, the show presents in Budapest a large selection of the 89-year-old artist. It features works from international and Hungarian public and private collections and represents every period of the artist’s carrier.
Read MoreThe trade routes between India and Bangladesh contributed to a shared history and culture before the partitions and international borders separated the legacy of the land that was united, and not divided. With the work 1:2138, Gupta brings to the forefront the history of textile and trade of the regions that was put to rest post the division. This work — an orb made out of cotton thread — encapsulates the art practice of Gupta to its best.
Read MoreOf all the life lessons we can draw from Yoko Ono’s life and work, her “mending” series is perhaps a perfect metaphor for the Japanese polymath’s unique approach to existence. Thoughtful, curious, and experimental, this idiosyncratic series of artworks invite viewers to positively engage with the present moment in a range of practical, contemplative, and transformative ways. In this instance, broken fragments of pottery are presented alongside glue, twine, tape, and scissors and Ono’s simple instructions “Mend carefully.
Read MoreShirin Neshat’s film “Land of Dreams” is part of the Horizons Extra section of the 2021 Venice Film Festival. The festival will run September 1–11, with Land of Dreams as its opener and Il Bambino Nascosto closing things out.
Read MoreFor the past two decades, Chiharu Shiota has created entire universes woven from pieces of string, which has become her signature medium in the making of deeply moving, haunting and poetic large-scale environments interspersed with found objects like shoes, dresses, book pages, suitcases, bed frames, windows and doors. Encountering the Berlin-based Japanese artist’s somewhat autobiographical work is like entering another dimension: we can imagine ourselves inside a monumental spider’s web, under a giant sail, in a cave or under ocean waves.
Read MoreGoodman Gallery Cape Town is pleased to present Shirin Neshat and Distant Visions: Postcards from Africa concurrent solo exhibitions by Shirin Neshat and Sue Williamson. Both artists are known for works that address overlooked histories and the lived experience of individuals not often prioritised by society.
Read MoreFollowing the performance, Ono took to Twitter to react and share her thoughts on what ‘Imagine’ embodied to her and Lennon.
“IMAGINE. John and I were both artists and we were living together, so we inspired each other,” she wrote. “The song ‘Imagine’ embodied what we believed together at the time. John and I met – he comes from the West and I come from the East – and still we are together.”
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