Exhibitions

HEYWOOD & CONDIE

NATURAL – Vigo Gallery, London 20 December 2018 - 16 January 2019 Vigo Gallery DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE Consult the genius of the place in all; That tells the waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th' ambitious hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the vale; Calls in the country, catches opening glades, Joins willing woods, and varies... Read more

HEYWOOD & CONDIE

SACRÉ BLUR – 25 Porchester Place, Hyde Park Estate, London 22 November 2018 - 22 June 2019 25 Porchester Place, Hyde Park Estate, London, W2 2PE 3pm - 11pm every day Porchester Place The picturesque destination, Connaught Village located near Hyde Park , welcomes a new outdoor art installation The Greenhouse by Heywood and Condie, first seen as part of the Barbican exhibition, to sit amongst the... Read more

JOHNNY ABRAHAMS

I AM THE TORTOISE, BUT ALSO THE CAT AND THE DOG – Vigo Gallery, London 16 November - 13 December 2018 Vigo Gallery PRESS RELEASE JOHNNY ABRAHAMS CV Vigo is excited to announce its second solo exhibition with New York based artist, Johnny Abrahams. Known for his mastery of intricate optical geometries, the exhibition is comprised of Abraham’s most recent series of paintings, which illustrate his progress towards quietude. The exhibition... Read more

IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI

MEDITATION TREE – 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London 3 - 7 October 2018 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair Courtyard, Somerset House Strand, London WC2R 1LA “It has been some time now, since I think the year 2000, that the idea came to me about this tree called Haraz…it’s a huge tree with a very, very soft pulp – and there is a legend... Read more

SEMIHA BERKSOY

FRIEZE MASTERS LONDON. A JOINT PRESENTATION WITH GALERIST, ISTANBUL 3 October 2018 - 8 October 2019 Stand G15 Regents Park, London, NW1 4HA DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE LINK TO SEMIHA BERKSOY CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ Vigo Gallery, London and Galerist, Istanbul is proud to present, a solo presentation of historically significant paintings by Semiha Berksoy (1910 – 2004) at Frieze Masters 2018. One of the most notable figures in... Read more

IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI

FORESTS AND SPIRITS: FIGURATIVE ART FROM THE KHARTOUM SCHOOL – Salon | Saatchi Gallery, London 28 September - 25 November 2018 Salon | Saatchi Gallery Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4RY DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE SALON, in collaboration with Roubi L’Roubi, is delighted to present Forests and Spirits: F igurative art from the Khartoum S ch ool, an exhibition of recent works by Sudanese artists Salah Elmur, Kamala... Read more

IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI

BY HIS WILL WE TEACH BIRDS HOW TO FLY IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI IN BLACK AND WHITE. CURATED BY SALAHI HASSAN AND TOBY CLARKE – Vigo Gallery, London 19 September - 10 November 2018 Vigo Gallery DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE DOWNLOAD CATALOGUE It is that moment in prayer In silence we feel We were there Where things begin in His name To make real sense No more no less Ibrahim El-Salahi, 2017 This exhibition is a celebration of important black and white works spanning the... Read more

ZAK OVÉ

THE INVISIBLE MAN AND THE MASQUE OF BLACKNESS – New Art Centre, Salisbury 15 September 2018 - 15 March 2019 New Art Centre Salisbury SP5 1BG Read more

IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI

AFRICAN-ATLANTIC HISTORIES – MASP, São Paulo 30 June - 21 October 2018 MASP AVENIDA PAULISTA, 1578 01310-200 SÃO PAULO-BRASIL More than 400 works, over five centuries of production, from around 210 artists from Brazil and abroad, from various contexts and times, occupy both institutions. At Instituto Tomie Ohtake, two exhibition rooms will be occupied, while at MASP all the temporary exhibition spaces... Read more

ZAK OVÉ

THE INVISIBLE MAN AND THE MASQUE OF BLACKNESS – San Francisco Civic Centre 28 June - 7 November 2018 San Francisco Civic Centre Read more

DANIEL CREWS-CHUBB – IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI – MARCUS HARVEY – BRAM BOGART

MASTERPIECE LONDON – Stand B22, South Grounds, The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London 27 June - 4 July 2018 Stand B22 South Grounds, The Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chelsea, London SW3 4LW DOWNLOAD Read more

DANIEL CREWS-CHUBB – LEONARDO DREW – IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI – MARCUS HARVEY – DUNCAN MACASKILL

TREE – Vigo Gallery, London 20 June - 23 August 2018 Vigo Gallery This exhibition brings together five artists who have made works relating to the Tree. Throughout history Trees have held a particular fascination for artists not least because of the associated ideas of growth, nature resonating with human development and legacy. On 18th April 2018, The Ashmolean Museum, the... Read more

DERRICK ADAMS

TRANSMISSION – MCA, Denver 8 June - 26 August 2018 MCA Denver 1485 Delgany St, Denver, CO 80202 The sculptures, installations, and works on paper included in this exhibition illustrate American artist Derrick Adams’ ongoing study of racial identity as it is both filtered through popular culture and also reimagined for the future. Each body of work featured in this... Read more

LEONARDO DREW – HASSAN HAJJAJ – ZAK OVÉ

TALISMAN IN THE AGE OF DIFFERENCE – Stephen Friedman, London 5 June - 21 July 2018 Stephen Friedman 25-28 Old Burlington St, Mayfair, London W1S 3AN DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE Larry Achiampong (British / Ghanaian) Derrick Adams (American) Ghada Amer (Egyptian) Benny Andrews (American) Michael Armitage (British / Kenyan) Romare Bearden American) Armand Boua (Ivorian) Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (Ivorian) Sonia Boyce (British) Jake & Dinos Chapman (British)... Read more

DUNCAN MACASKILL

DFM RECORDINGS – Vigo Gallery, London 27 April - 25 May 2018 Vigo Gallery For Duncan MacAskill’s third show at Vigo he revisits his DNA paintings of the 90s with three brand new works presented alongside three classic nineties paintings. In addition, the exhibition features several highlights from his ten-year show at Toynbee Studios. He was artist in residence between 2004 and... Read more

IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI

A SUDANESE ARTIST IN OXFORD – The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 18 April - 2 September 2018 The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Beaumont Street, Oxford DOWNLOAD EXHIBITION CATALOGUE The exhibition will provide an important opportunity for local audiences to engage with Ibrahim El-Salahi’s art for the first time, whilst also presenting a new understanding to those familiar with it. It will be free of charge and aims to... Read more

ZAK OVÉ

ECO-VISIONARIES: ART AND ARCHITECTURE AFTER THE ANTHROPOCENE – Vigo Gallery, London 11 April - 8 October 2018 Vigo Gallery In MAAT’s first collaboration with several European museums, the Eco-Visionaries: Art and Architecture after the Anthropocene project is centred on current practices that propose critical and creative visions vis-à-vis the environmental transformations that are disturbing our planet. At a moment when climate changes are even more widely felt,... Read more

ZAK OVÉ

STAR LINER – Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai 19 March - 17 May 2018 Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue Al-Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE Lawrie Shabibi is delighted to announce Star Liner , a major new show by British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové, his first solo exhibition at the gallery and in the Middle East region, opening on 19 March to coincide... Read more

HEYWOOD & CONDIE

BREATHE: A GREEN LUNG – Barbican Centre, London 13 March - 7 May 2018 Barbican Centre Main Foyer Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS An installation reflecting upon the interactions between people and plants, that are essential for creating healthier cities. A lack of clean air is a recognised problem in urban areas. One way of addressing this is by increasing the amount of plants... Read more

DERRICK ADAMS

FUTURE PEOPLE – The Armory Show New York 8 - 11 March 2018 The Armory Show New York #P1 Piers 92 & 94, 711 12th Avenue at 55th Street, New York, NY, USA Future People, a solo exhibition by Derrick Adams, was first conceived for Theaster Gates’ Stoney Island Arts Bank as is a multifaceted experience combining large scale two-dimensional works on paper... Read more

HENRY KROKATSIS

SAUNAKABIN – Jerwood Gallery, Hastings 27 January - 16 September 2018 Jerwood Gallery Rock-A-Nore Rd, Hastings TN34 3DW Kabin takes the form of a handcrafted wooden architectural structure drawing on the grammar of the small, feature-rich buildings typically found in British parks and on promenades such as bandstands, seated shelters, and ornate sheds like the timber-framed tool hut in Soho Square... Read more

DERRICK ADAMS

SANCTUARY – Museum of Art and Design, New York 25 January - 12 August 2018 Museum of Art and Design, New York THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN JEROME AND SIMONA CHAZEN BUILDING / 2 COLUMBUS CIRCLE / NEW YORK, NY 10019 'There will be a time sometime in the future when this guide will not have to be published. That's when we as a... Read more

HENRY KROKATSIS

HOUSEHOLD FAITH – Vigo Gallery, London 12 January - 10 February 2018 Vigo Gallery There should be a short paragraph or two summarising the exhibition quickly. People don't want to read masses and masses of text immediately. If they do want to read more, then they can click on the link. The Mirror's place in science, magic and myth is well documented.... Read more

IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI

BY HIS WILL WE TEACH BIRDS HOW TO FLY. IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI IN BLACK AND WHITE – Prince Claus Fund Gallery, Amsterdam 23 November 2017 - 1 March 2018 Prince Claus Fund Gallery Three Crossings: El-Salahi, Hammons, Brouwn Herengracht 603, 1017 CE Amsterdam DOWNLOAD EXHIBITION CATALOGUE DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE The Prince Claus Fund, together with the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) present three visionary artists whose works have enriched global discourses of contemporary art. On view at three... Read more

DANIEL CREWS-CHUBB

ICONOCLASTS – Saatchi Gallery, London 27 September 2017 - 7 January 2018 Saatchi Gallery Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4RY DOWNLOAD EXHIBITION CATALOGUE London, UK – Saatchi Gallery presents ICONOCLASTS: ART OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM, a major new exhibition featuring the work of thirteen contemporary artists. Iconoclasts explores the experimental and often transformational practices of a small group... Read more

HASSAN HAJJAJ

LA CARAVANE – Somerset House, London 4 September 2017 - 7 January 2018 Somerset House Terrace Rooms, South Wing Strand, London WC2R 1LA DOWNLOAD From 5 October, Somerset House and 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, in association with Vigo Gallery presents Hassan Hajjaj: La Caravane, the British Moroccan artist’s first show in London for seven years. The exhibition will continue throughout Somerset's House... Read more

DERRICK ADAMS

PATRICK KELLY, THE JOURNEY – The Studio Museum, New York 3 May 2017 - 23 February 2018 The Studio Museum, Harlem 144 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, USA DOWNLOAD EXHIBITION BROCHURE Derrick Adams: Patrick Kelly, The Journey is an inHarlemproject presented by The Studio Museum in Harlem in partnership with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the New York Public Library’s Countee... Read more

ZAK OVÉ

THE INVISIBLE MAN AND THE MASQUE OF BLACKNESS – Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield 8 April 2017 - 4 June 2018 Yorkshire Sculpture Park Lower Park West Bretton, Wakefield WF4 4JX This spring, Yorkshire Sculpture Park welcome an extraordinary assembly of 80 sculptures by British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové. Black and Blue: The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness, a mass of identical two-metre-tall figures, is a striking statement within the... Read more