Kwang Young Chun, new work and a memorable date
New work by Kwang Young Chun is the highlight of a triple event centred on London’s Bernard Jacobson Gallery even as some of the happenings are taking place thousands of miles away. The gallery exhibition (12 March – 17 April 2014) marks the artist’s 70th birthday and the publication in New York of a monograph, Mulberry Mindscapes, that references Chun’s innovative use of hanji mulberry paper and natural dyes...
One up on the avant-garde
How time flies and its tangible and intangible outcomes linger around and sometimes sustain us. The October Gallery in London celebrates its 35th anniversary in April 2014 and, according to its founders, the date coincides with the birth of the transvangarde movement, writes SAJID RIZVI. The gallery lays claim to having coined the phrase, which means beyond — but also perhaps through — avant-garde in the widest sense...
Yingmei Duan, Junebum Park and Sungfeel Yun at Art14
A group exhibition of three international artists with London’s Hanmi Gallery is one of the highlights of Art14 (28 February-2 March 2014). The works by Yingmei Duan, Junebum Park and Sungfeel Yun feature new media and installation works. Set in Motion, an exhibition which is part of the gallery’s presentation, explores the intricate and dynamic ideas of ceaseless movement in both the physical, and conceptual realms of...
Mogadishu: Lost Moderns
Mogadishu – Lost Moderns is a multimedia exhibition by architect Rashid Ali and photographer Andrew Cross opening 6 March 2014 at the Mosaic Rooms. It is also the first exhibition to explore Mogadishu through its architecture and urban environment, narrating the story of Somalia’s journey from traditional African nation via colonisation and post colonialism to emergent independent state. ...
Mauritshuis to reopen after refit
Mauritshuis, home of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring in The Hague, Netherlands, will open 27 June 2014 following a major renovation, writes SAJID RIZVI. Celebrated both for its architectural beauty and its holdings — most famously the Vermeer masterpiece but also the so-called Royal Cabinet of Paintings, about 800-strong — the 17th century building and the small museum within will reopen after a major rehang and other...
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