Tag: Art
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London – Whistler At The Tate
This is the most insightful exhibition into an artist that is both well-known and one that flies somewhat under the radar. I’ve always thought James Abbot McNeill Whistler ought to be more widely known that he currently is. Whenever I visit Paris, I always make a stop at the Musee D’Orsay to see one painting…
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HURVIN ANDERSON AT THE TATE
The thing about being an immigrant is that home becomes a place of conflict in one’s mind, when considered in the fullness of the word, a conflict of dualities because, where is home? The one we left behind in hopes of a better place on foreign shores? Or the foreign land upon which we hope…
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KERRY JAMES MARSHALL – THE HISTORIES
Blacker than black with layers of complexity and richness. Our history loud and full, quiet and beautiful. I couldn’t love this exhibition any more than I do, so much so, I saw it twice in one day then went back the next day to see it again. I stood in awe and was moved to…
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IL David di Michelangelo
Masterpiece is a word that gets thrown around too often for it to mean anything these days but in some respects it is a befitting word, maybe even inadequate. La Primavera is, in my opinion, the masterpiece when compared to Venus. The Flat Iron building in Manhattan is an architectural masterpiece. Tutu by Ben Enwonu…
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ELTON JOHN & DAVID FURNISH AT THE V&A
I wasn’t going to attend this exhibition, I’ve no idea why, but it simply was not on my radar to attend but I am glad I found myself in London with some free time to play away at the V&A which is my favourite museum in the UK. This is a stunning and rich and…
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YINKA SHONIBARE – SUSPENDED STATES
Suspended States addresses the suspension of boundaries, whether psychological, physical, or geographical — all boundaries of nationhood are in a state of suspense. This is an exhibition in which Western iconography is reimagined and interrogated, at a moment in history when nationalism, protectionism and hostility towards foreigners is on the rise.” – Yinka Shonibare CBE…
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LONDON – IMPRESSIONISTS ON PAPER; DEGAS TO LAUTREC
I have never not been in my Degas era, because I love his work, most everything I have seen of it. Matter of fact on my bucket list is an acquisition of a Degas sketch because I love how he conveys romanticism within the slight of his pencil. Degas captures a softness that comes with…
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MUNCH- MISERY & MELANCHOLY
When the Munch exhibition came to London, I saw it at the Coulthard, and when it went to Paris as a larger exhibition, I headed to the city to see it on a short hop and skip of a plane ride away. I’ve admired the works of Munch for as long as I can remember…
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ON ART – CURATING A COLLECTION
I know no one who loves art like my sister, she would do most anything for a work of art that she loves, we have entered auctions together and held hands in the nail biting countdown to a winning bid. It is a drug and the high last forever, as long as you see the…