Christine Khondji: Beyond the Thread Bin Matar House, Muharraq, Bahrain22 April – 30 May 2024 Christine Khondji is exhibiting her embroideries based on childhood memories and mythological references in Beyond the Thread: A group exhibition in textile and fiber, at the Bin Matar House, Muharraq, Bahrain. Khondji says: “Embroidering is walking step by step on...
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Anne Bean featured in Tate Etc magazine
Anne Bean featured in Tate Etc magazine 8 January 2024 Anne Bean is interviewed by Figgy Guyver for the In the Picture feature in Issue 60: Winter 2023 of Tate Etc magazine. In this interview, Bean recalls the perilous process behind her iconic series of photographs, Elemental (Heat) from the late 1970s, saying that ‘danger...
Monica Ross and ‘The Time of Our Lives’
Monica Ross: State of Emergency, 1992. Installation view, Drawing Room, 2024. Monica Ross and ‘The Time of Our Lives’ The Drawing Room, London SE125 January – 21 April 2024 Monica Ross (1950-2013) is one of the artists featured in the exhibition The Time of Our Lives that focuses on pioneering drawing practices of women artists...
The Participation Art Event 1973: Provocation or Prophecy?
A Stitch in Time at Edinburgh College of Art 1973. Photo: John Dugger Archive, England & Co. The Participation Art Event 1973: Provocation or Prophecy? Edinburgh College of Art, 13 February 2024 ‘The Participation Art Event 1973: Provocation or Prophecy?’ was the title of Lynn MacRitchie‘s public lecture on 13 February at Edinburgh College of...
Photo London 2024
Anne Bean: Shouting Mortality as I Drown (1977). Performed for camera, 1977; first performed 1973. Archival pigment print. Anne Bean: Heat (1974-77). Construction with nine distressed and altered silver gelatin prints. Acquired by Tate. PRESS RELEASE PHOTO LONDON 2024 16-19 May 2024 Room W04 in West Wing of Somerset House, London WC2. England & Co’s...
Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–1990
Exhibition poster. Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–1990 Tate Britain, London SW1 8 November 2023 – 7 April 2024 Anne Bean, Hannah O’Shea and Tina Keane are among the artists included in Women in Revolt! Art and Activisim in the UK 1970–1990, Tate Britain’s landmark exhibition of feminist art in the...
Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction 1950-1970
Anthea Alley: sculpture installation view at Turner Contemporary, Margate. Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction 1950-1970 Turner Contemporary, Margate 3 February – 6 May 2024 Paule Vézelay and Anthea Alley are included in Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction 1950-1970, a group exhibition presenting abstraction as a radical global language shared by women artists in the twenty...
Allied Craftsmen 2020
Sparks Gallery is happy to once all over again host an exhibition of find artwork by customers of The Allied Craftsmen of San Diego. Allied Craftsmen carries on to be a major influence of present-day craft and art in San Diego. Allied Craftsmen members go after their inspiration as a result of an impressive system...
Julia San Román / GLIMMER
GLIMMER, a term defined as a faint or wavering light-weight, conjures up thoughts of fascination and optimism. As people, we are hardwired to gravitate towards issues that glisten and gleam – a deeply rooted evolutionary survival system. Our affinity towards glowing light originates from our prehistoric ancestors’ need to search for out fresh new water....
Julia San Roman Solo Show Video
Click the movie to check out the stroll-through of Julia San Román’s Solo Clearly show, “GLIMMER” at Sparks Gallery. Julia San Román was born in Madrid, Spain. She retains a PhD in Biology and qualified in Studio Arts and Art Historical past. In her solo exhibit at Sparks Gallery, a fight of forces takes centre...