Well, Art Basel Hong Kong has been and gone, summer art fair season has ended, and vacation is upon us. There have been plenty of posts on the Basel brand’s inaugural HK fair, so why add another to the pile? Really I just wanted an excuse to post lots and lots of pics of my … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Space Oddity: Mariko Mori
On the two occasions that I meet with Tokyo-born, New York-based artist Mariko Mori, she is dressed in austere white, in fabrics and a cut that looks chaste if not a little severe. It’s her trademark look, white on white, like a living, breathing Robert Ryman work. With her black hair pulled back into two … Continue reading
Rudolf Stingel at Palazzo Grassi
One of my favourite exhibitions during the 55th Venice Biennale is Italian-born, New York-based Rudolf Stingel‘s solo at the Francois Pinault owned Palazzo Grassi. The exhibition takes wall-to-wall carpeting to a whole new level, as every inch of floor and wall space (that’s 50,000 square feet of floor and 30,000 square feet of wall in … Continue reading
Interview: Lee Kit
Lee Kit is everywhere at the moment. His work has been popping up at art fairs, including several booths at Art Basel HK; international solo exhibitions from Beijing to Palermo, and group shows at MoMA in New York, and the New Museum; and the pages of countless newspapers and art journals. There’s a lot of … Continue reading
Back in the Saddle at the Saut Hermès
Earlier this April I got the chance to hop off to Paris and attend the world class CSI5* jumping competition, the Saut Hermès. As an equestrienne and jumper I couldn’t bear to tear myself away for even a moment from the three days of competition at the Grand Palais; it was some the most impressive … Continue reading