Small but mighty: stunning exhibitions openings off the beaten track this week
Cool, convenient, cheap and off the beaten track. From the Deutsche Börse to Yayoi Kusama, these are the London gallery shows that have art-scene insiders a-frenzy this week
John Latham: A World View, Serpentine & Serpentine Sackler Gallery
John Latham is a pioneer of conceptual art who created a considerable body of baffling, philosophical (yet, oddly accessible) works. The British artist gets, not one, but two shows at the Serpentine and Serpentine Sackler.
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Traumata: Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama, Sotheby’s S|2 Gallery
Sotheby's SI2 Gallery puts on display the transformative works of Yayoi Kusama and Louise Bourgeoise, prominent visionaries who successfully turned their trauma into beautiful, beautiful art.
Read more ...Maria Lassnig, Hauser & Wirth
An underappreciated artist in her lifetime, Austrian Maria Lassnig gets a solo exhibition of her beautiful tonal nudes. Much of her work is usually held at the MoMA, New York, so this is a great opportunity to see it in the UK.
Read more ...Deutsche Börse Prize, Photographers' Gallery
Postcards, abstract landscapes and the undying magic of the wide open road; this year's Deutsche Börse Prize shortlist is a typically mixed bag.
Established by The Photographers’ Gallery in 1996, it is awarded annually for a publication or exhibition that has contributed significantly to the field.
Read more ...Josiah McElheny: The Crystal Land, White Cube Bermondsey
Contemplate art, science, information, materiality and everything in between with the work of Josiah McElheny. EcElheny was an apprentice to master glassblowers and has created reliefs constructed out of painted metal and glass and awe-inspiring aluminium chandeliers that hang from the ceiling bursting with rods and lightbulbs: at once threatening, microbial and eternal.
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