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Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room – Beauty Described by a Spherical Heart (2024)
It is wrong to call this infinity but to left, right, front and behind, the room does appears to stretch, endlessly indeed. You’ll think it possible to fall through the floor, since the suggestion of infinitude is a gaping maw; just as the sky is no longer a limit but also imbued with a sense …
October 10, 2024 -
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A double dunk in London
Taking the plunge in immersive shows at both The Barbican and Tate Modern
July 30, 2024 -
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“I’m not sure yet.”
This is an artwork I heard about, and in truth there was nothing to see. Jon Carritt and Dan Palmer, two artists who share work space had erased themselves from an Open Studio weekend at Phoenix Art Space, Brighton. They had plastered over their studio door. A few indications remained that there was once a …
June 12, 2024 -
Book review: Maylis de Kerangal, Painting Time, 2021
Listing shades of pigment is as writerly as mixing shades of pigment is painterly. Maylis de Kerangal appears to have a handle on both disciplines as she builds the tale of Paula Karst, across a number of well-set scenes in the theatrical world of tromp l’oeil art. We first meet the protagonist in Paris. We …
June 4, 2024