Cultural Fix, Spring 2024
Cultural Fix
16 February 2024
Philip Guston at Tate Modern, London
One of the most influential painters of the late 20th century, a contemporary of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, this exhibition marks the first major retrospective of the artist in the UK in twenty years. An astute chronicler of the social turmoil of his time, his paintings are seen to bridge the personal and the political, the abstract and the figurative, the humorous and the tragic.
Recommended by Ruth Chapman, Co-founder of Matches Fashion
Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
Until 25 February 2024
Challengers by Luca Guadagnino
The latest love triangle from Luca Guadagnino of Call Me By Your Name fame. Set in the sun-soaked world of professional tennis (which lends itself to a cavalcade of love double entendres) Zendaya stars, going method and performing her own match scenes.
Recommended by Robin Mellery-Pratt, Head of Content Strategy at Business of Fashion
Released 26 April 2024
Atelier Brancusi at Centre Pompidou, Paris
Consisting of the full recreation of Constantin Brancusi’s studio by renowned architect, Renzo Piano, the Pompidou offers a rare treat into experiencing the workspace of the artist, featuring all of his works in the arrangement he intended them. It is also a compelling reason to visit the museum itself which closes down in 2025 for a lengthy five year renovation.
Recommended by Laura Stoloff, Stylist and Creative Consultant
Place Georges Pompidou, 75004 Paris, France
An Enemy Of The People at Circle In The Square Theatre, New York
Ending an 11 year break from New York theatre, Jeremy Strong, Kendall Roy of Succession fame, stars in Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. The Yale grad shares the stage with another prestige television alum, Michael Imperioli of the Sopranos, in this tale of the misfortunes of a town’s whistleblower.
Recommended by Robin Mellery-Pratt, Head of Content Strategy Business of Fashion
Circle In the Square Theatre, 235 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10019
27th February - 16th June 2024
Venice Biennale
The most important platform for contemporary artwork in the world, this year’s 60th exhibition is the first falling under the direction of the newly appointed curator, the first Latin American to hold the position, Adriano Pedrosa. Presiding under the title of ‘Foreigners Everywhere,’ this year’s biennale promises to bring together a unique assemblage of global talent, including visionary Native American artist, Jeffrey Gibson.
Recommended by Susan Bender Whitfield, Creative Director and Contributing Editor at British Vogue
Venice, Italy
20 April - 24 November 2024
Rite of Spring & Common Ground
Celebrating the idea of exchange in this dance program featuring two parts; the first, Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring performed by a newly assembled company of dancers from African countries, and the second, Common Ground, a new work created, performed and inspired by the lives of two remarkable women; Germaine Acogny, founder of the Ècole des Sables, and Malou Airaudo, a key performer in Bausch’s many early works.
Recommended by Nicole Cari, Art Director
Touring USA, Switzerland and Netherlands
2nd February - 8th March 2024
Erwin Wurm at Thaddaeus Ropac, London
Featuring new sculptures including three series of works shown for the very first time; Paradise, Mind Bubbles, and Dreamers, Surrogates promises to be the latest provocative show from the Austrian artist. Notable for his sense of humor evidenced in the iconic One Minute Sculptures series and Fat Car, the artist leaves his audience rethinking the distinctions between subject and object, human and non-human, spectator and participant.
Recommended by Sarah Rustin, Global Senior Director at Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery
Thaddaeus Ropac, 37 Dover Street, London W1S 4NJ
15th February - 14th April 2024
Exhibit by R.O. Kwon
The follow-up to her best-selling, The Incendiaries, Exhibit follows the lives of two women at a crossroads. One, a brilliant young photographer, the other, a world-class ballerina, both drawn together in a sumptuous exploration of art, expectation, familial curses, feminism and desire. A sure page turner.
Recommended by Erik Maza, Executive Style Director at Town & Country
Released 21st May 2024
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art at Barbican, London
Celebrating the oft overlooked legacy of fibre arts, this sweeping exhibition captures its poignancy with narratives that critique regimes of power while defying the traditional expectations of textiles. Featuring 50 international artists, the innovative Sheila Hicks and Lenore Tawney included among them.
Recommended by Fernando Jorge, Jewellery Designer
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS
13th February - 26th May 2024
Sam Falls at Tomio Toyama, Tokyo
Highly distinctive in approach and presentation, the New York-based artist shows new work incorporating painting, ceramics, and photography. Produced in collaboration with elements of the natural world; changes in light, the passage of time, morning dew, his pieces reflect the organic contours of nature as well as the metaphorical microcosms of the cycle of life and death.
Recommended by Nicole Cari, Art Director
Tomio Toyama Gallery, Complex665 2F, 6-5-24, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032
3rd February - 9th March 2024
INK by Dimitris Papaioannou at Sadler's Wells, London
The provocateur, director, choreographer, Dimitri Papaioannaou unleashes a hyper-visual dance theater for this, his latest work. Full of floods, golden fields of wheat, an octopus and an enigmatic intruder, the protagonist tries to gain control of his water-logged dystopia in a succession of dream images at breakneck speed. A sight to behold.
Recommended by Sara Sjolund, Co-founder of Geist Talks
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN
28th February - 2nd March 2024
Alex Katz at Fondazione Cini, Venice
At age 96, iconic American artist, Alex Katz, remains productive. A sampling of his figurative and landscape work will be on display at the very picturesque Fondazione housed in the former San Giorgio Monastery dating back several hundred years. Located on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, it also boasts the famous Borges Labyrinth to explore and find your way through.
Recommended by Sarah Rustin, Global Senior Director at Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery
30133 Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy
Opens 16th April 2024
Ricky Swallow at David Kordansky, New York
Presenting new works as well as pieces made over the last fifteen years, this solo exhibition continues the Los Angeles-based artist’s exploration of humble everyday objects elevated through medium and material. Featuring sculpture as well as drawings, his bronze work is highlighted by a chair composition blurring the parameters of the two- and three- dimensional form.
Recommended by Nicole Cari, Art Director
David Kordansky Gallery, 520 W 20th Street, New York, NY 10011
8th March - 13th April 2024
