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Artnet Work of the Week: Jordy Kerwick’s ‘Le Tigre’
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Ibrahim El-Salahi at 1-54 New York
The Financial Times 1 June 2024 Please find the FT's discussion of Ibrahim El-Salahi's Pain Relief series at 1-54 New York here. Read more -
MoMA acquires work by Ibrahim El-Salahi
5 March 2024 Vigo is proud to announce that The Museum of Modern Art, New York, has acquired Ibrahim El-Salahi's, No Shade but... Read more -
Jordy Kerwick at the Thyssen Museum
22 September 2023 Vigo is delighted to announce that the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum , Madrid, is exhibiting nine works by Jordy Kerwick, ranging... Read more
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Ibrahim El-Salahi at 90: artist, diplomat, prisoner ... revolutionary
Malika Browne, The National News 2 August 2023 Read more -
The great face off: 16 of the most wonderful portraits ever painted
Guardian, 19 June 2023 20 June 2023 Read more -
An Anecdotal History of Art (According to Matthew Collings), Part 3: The Ecstasy of Color
New Orleans Review, Emily Farranto 9 May 2023 Read more -
Artist Salah Elmur: ‘I have to come back to Khartoum every now and then to fill my imagination and my vision’
Guardian, Zeinab Mohammed Salih, Friday 24 March 2023 13 April 2023 Read more
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ERIN LAWLOR
5 Artists on Our Radar in February 2023 – Artsy Editorial 6 February 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE 'Artist s on Our Radar” is a monthly series produced by the Artsy team. Utilizing our art... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Pippa Garner: Act Like You Know Me / Ibrahim El-Salahi: Pain Relief Drawings – e-flux Announcements 3 February 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE Kunsthalle Zürich is pleased to announce new solo exhibitions by Pippa Garner and Ibrahim El-Salahi. Born in... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Entanglements and Exchanges: Calligraphic Abstraction’s International Pull at Midcentury – MoMA – Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi 1 February 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE Our newly opened fourth-floor collection exhibition Calligraphic Abstraction focuses on artists from around the world who turned... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena’s joyful art wraps an electrical substation in London – Creative Review – Megan Williams 20 January 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE London-based artist Lakwena Maciver has developed a design for an energy facility in Brent Cross Town in... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Kaleidoscopic substation in London "celebrates the spirit of the local community" – dezeen – Tom Ravenscroft 19 January 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE UK architecture studio IF–DO and artist Lakwena have wrapped an electrical substation in Brent Cross, London ,... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Doses Of Relief In Ibrahim El-Salahi’s Drawings Of Pain – Live Theatre UK – Rebecca Anthony 8 January 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE Pain is an inherent part and parcel of human experience. It can be difficult to measure or... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Endless Organic Growth – The New York Review – Robyn Creswell 5 January 2023 LINK TO ARTICLE The face is a mask, vaguely leonine, narrowing from its enormous eyes to a snout of flared... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
A Fisk Exhibition Shows the Importance of Cross-Continental Communication – Nashville Scene – Laura Hutson Hunter 14 December 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE In December 1961, the exhibition Art From Africa of Our Time opened at the Harmon Foundation in... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Maciver’s Murals Offer a Blueprint for a Better World – Anothermag – Connor Garel 5 December 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE The artist’s new exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park considers questions of power and ownership, colonialism and free... Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
Instagram hit Jordy Kerwick draws on myths and folklore in his raw and bold paintings – Creative Boom – Dom Carter 29 November 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Recently hailed by Artsy as the second most in-demand artist worldwide, self-taught Australian painter Jordy Kerwick has... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
A Green and Pleasant Land (HA-HA) review. laughing across social divides – The Guardian – Hannah Clugston 15 November 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE In the contemplative halls of the art world, inviting laughter in response to carefully created paintings is... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Artist Lakwena Maciver Digs Below the Surface of Our Green and Pleasant Land – Esquire – Miranda Collinge 12 November 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE It was in 2021 that the British-Ugandan artist Lakwena Maciver was asked to put together a solo... Read more
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IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Worldly Wise – Ibrahim El-Salahi's memories is packed with extraordinary encountrers – APOLLO – Zoe Cormack 30 October 2022 DOWNLOAD Read more -
MATTHEW BURROWS
Former Whitechapel director Iwona Blazwick and #artistsupportpledge founder Matthew Burrows receive Critics’ Circle awards in London – The Artnewspaper – Simon Tait 27 October 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE THE PAIR WERE HONOURED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ART INDUSTRY. The curator and art historian Iwona... Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
Jordy Kerwick, Q&A – Modern Forms – Nick Hackworth 28 September 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Learn To Feel Again Modern Forms Floreat House 33 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QU 14 October –... Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
We Asked Art Experts Which Young Artists Are Primed to Blow Up This Fall. Here Are 10 They Chose – Artnet – Naomi Rea 15 September 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Simon de Pury, Meriem Berrada, Nicky Wilson, and others share the artists on their radar. The art... Read more
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MATTHEW BURROWS
Artist Support Pledge – a perfect storm creates a sustainable economy for artists – The Inspirer 6 September 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Artist Support Pledge is an an unbelievable social media movement, started by contemporary British painter Matthew Burrows.... Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
The Rise of Naive Art – Live Art Monitor 21 August 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE IF TWO ARTISTS CAN BE CALLED a movement, then there’s a new movement popular among collectors. Call... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
MINI RECHARGED X LAKWENA: A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE. – MINI 9 August 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Colourful, bold and very, very loud. London-based artist Lakwena Maciver has transformed a classic Mini into a... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Time Out’s art director on orchestrating an illustrated love letter to London for its last print issue – It's Nice That – Liz Gorny 24 June 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE “My God, the amount of emailing”: art director Bryan Mayes talks us through the highs, lows, and... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER – HASSAN HAJJAJ
Time Out London comes to 'happy, natural end' in print – Press Gazette – Bron Maher 21 June 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Time Out distributes its last London print copies on Thursday. The final edition leads on a “London... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Maciver’s ‘The Jump Paintings’ Captures the Beauty of the Game by Reimagining Basketball Courts – SLAM – Sammy Gunnell 17 June 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings Hastings Contemporary 18 June – 25 September 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Basketball tells stories. Some... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Little Bits of Everywhere: Ibrahim El-Salahi’s ‘At Home in the World’ – ArtReview – Mark Rappolt 10 June 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Before he was widely celebrated as one of the pioneers of African Modernism, Ibrahim El-Salahi lived a... Read more -
HEYWOOD & CONDIE
Repurposed Stained Glass Comprises a Disorienting Illuminated Greenhouse by Heywood & Condie – Colossal – Grace Ebert 16 May 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE A brilliant greenhouse suffused with a rich spectrum of color stands at 25 Porchester Place in London.... Read more
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JOHNNY ABRAHAMS
London Gallery Weekend 10 May 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE You & I Are Earth, 1661 4 – 27 May 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
The self-taught Instagram artist who’s now courted by billionaires – The Telegraph – Colin Gleadell 3 May 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Vertical Planes Wellington Arch, Apsley Way, London W1J 7JZ 6 April – 29 May 2022 LINK TO... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Venice Biennale kicks off with brightness and joy amid global tensions – The Guardian – Charlotte Higgins 19 April 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE A choir of joyful, experimental, virtuosic Black female voices greets visitors to the British pavilion at the... Read more -
The Venice Biennale Power List: Here Is Every Gallery Representing an Artist at the 59th Edition of the Venice Biennale – ArtNet News – Naomi Rea 18 April 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Being included in the Venice Biennale is a very big deal. For emerging artists, it can be... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
7 Artists to Watch – and Invest in – This Year. From NFTs to fabric sculptures, these are the art movers and shakers to put on your radar. – Travel+Leisure – Dobrina Zhekova 2 April 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Collecting art is more than a hobby. It's also has potential as a long-term investment and is... Read more -
MATTHEW BURROWS
Artist Support Pledge sales campaign, which raised more than £80m on Instagram during the pandemic, turns attention to Ukraine crisis – The Art Newspaper – Louisa Buck 17 March 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Just over a week after Russia invaded Ukraine, Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie was transformed into a two-day, non-stop... Read more -
AMIR NIKRAVAN
Inside a Magical Florida Home That Looks Like the Fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon – Architectural Digest – Troy J. McMullen 11 March 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE From the outside, the newly built, intensely contemporary home in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami perfectly... Read more -
8 Artists Who Had Breakout Moments at London's March 2022 Auctions – ARTSY – Colin Gleadell 9 March 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE This past week, London’s March sales of modern and contemporary art chalked up £577.5 million ($760 million).... Read more
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SALAH ELMUR
Salah Elmur Sudan made me an artist – WePresent 22 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Born in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1966, artist Salah Elmur has since moved through Kenya, and now lives... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Art review: Jump Paintings and Back in the Air by Lakwena – Church Times – Jonathan Evens 11 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 2 8 – 28 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION In 2020, as a muralist... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
My Art Diary And Other Thoughts February 2022 – ArtLystRevd – Jonathan Evens 9 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 2 8 – 28 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Living through the pandemic and... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Spin the Ball – Cent Magazine Catarina – Figuiredo Soares 4 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 1 Vigo Gallery 19 January – 5 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Spinning the... Read more
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IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
A Venice Biennale Informed by the Pandemic Will Spotlight Women – The New York Times – Robin Pogrebin 3 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE The Milk of Dreams @ The 59th Venice Biennale – Curated by Cecilia Alemani Fondazione La Biennale... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Time capsules, more women and a room for Paula Rego: curator Cecilia Alemani reveals her plans for this years Venice Biennale – The Art Newspaper – Gareth Harris 2 February 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE The Milk of Dreams @ The 59th Venice Biennale – Curated by Cecilia Alemani Fondazione La Biennale... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Maciver interview: I like to think my work will bring hope to people – Studio International – David Trigg 28 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 1 Vigo Gallery 19 January – 5 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION The London-based... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Macivers paintings celebrate Black joy on the basketball court. Jump Portraits is a vibrant ode to the beauty, majesty, and divine inspiration of the sports most iconic players – DAZED – Emily Dinsdale 27 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE You may have already encountered Lakwena Maciver’s “Afrofuturistic portals to utopia” across sites in London, Paris, Munich,... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Why do artists ignore sport? It's time for changeOur critic blows the whistle on this cultural failing – The Sunday Times – Waldemar Januszczak 23 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 1 Vigo Gallery 19 January – 5 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Sport. The... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
The Sky isn't the Limit: Artist Lakwena Maciver's Jump Paintings are an expression of Black Joy – Twin Factory – Gabriella Nkom 14 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 1 Vigo Gallery 19 January – 5 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION For some,... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Maciver blasts colour and energy into a hidden corner of London – South West Londoner – Soraya Aslam 14 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Jump Paintings; Part 1 Vigo Gallery 19 January – 5 February 2022 LINK TO EXHIBITION Lakwena Maciver’s... Read more -
ZAK OVÉ
Navigating Worlds an Ocean Apart, Through Art. Four artists featured in a major London exhibition about Britain and the Caribbean reflect on identity, the art world and living through changing times. – The New York Times – Desiree Ibekwe 7 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s - Now Tate Britain 1 December 2021 – 3 April 2022... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
12 Artists Poised to Break Out in 2022, Based on Our Survey of Top Dealers, Advisors, and Curators – Artnet 4 January 2022 LINK TO ARTICLE Who will be the next big thing? We asked some of the art world’s leading curators, writers,... Read more -
MATTHEW BURROWS – MARCUS HARVEY
Top 10 Alt Power 100 2021 Artlyst – Artlyst 29 December 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Presenting the much-coveted Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2021. This is our way of acknowledging our industry’s hard... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Why, for me, Frieze London is a satellite art fair. Ahead of its time, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is more than just a satellite to the Regent's Park event – The Art Newspaper – Chibundu Onuzo 17 December 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R... Read more -
ZAK OVÉ
As interest in artists of Caribbean heritage grows, Tate Britain show aims to create 'landmark' moment – The Art Newspaper – Anna Brady 30 November 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s - Now Tate Britain 1 December 2021 – 3 April 2022... Read more
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NIKA NEELOVA
Nika Neelova interview: Everything in the world around us is constantly undoing and you can just grasp a moment of it – Studio International – Veronica Simpson 15 November 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Silt Brighton CCA Brighton, BN2 0JY 22 October – 22 December 2021 LINK TO EXHIBITION The artist... Read more -
NIKA NEELOVA
CELINE: New London Store Captures Hedi Slimane's Exacting Sense of Taste. Including a new series of art commissions, and furniture made by the designer himself. – HypeBeast – HB Team 10 November 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Hedi Slimane’s aesthetic sense is famously precise, combining as it does his encyclopaedic knowledge of modern and... Read more -
NIKA NEELOVA
Celine New Bond Street: a carnival of materials, furniture and art – Wallpaper – Dal Chodha 10 November 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE The French maison opens Celine New Bond Street, an art-filled flagship store in central London. Commissioned artworks... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
A different perspective: the changing status of Black British art – The Guardian – Rianna Jade Parker 8 November 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Lakwena Maciver paints a "vision of paradise" on the roof of London tube station – dezeen – Alice Finney 26 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
From the shredder to the metaverse – Financial Times – Melanie Gerlis 21 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
The Artists Garden with Lakwena 1400sqm Temple Station Roof Terrace Comes to Life – FAD Magazine – Mark Westall 20 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Back in the Air, The Artist's Garden, review: A colourful dose of joy on a forgotten rooftop by the Thames – i Review – Florence Hallett 19 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Why black Art MattersI was a sceptic, but diversity in art has been wondrous and may be its salvation – The Sunday Times – Waldemar Januszczak 17 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Fiorucci And Lakwena Celebrate Their Rousing Collaboration In Colourful Style – Vogue – Emma Weymouth 17 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE The power of connectivity is at the heart of Lakwena and Fiorucci’s bold collaboration. “My name means... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Court Artist Says It With Flowers – The Art Newspaper 15 October 2021 Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R 1LA 14 –... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Ibrahim El-Salahi on the importance of stories, trees and why he misses Sudan – The Art Newspaper – Lee Cheshire 15 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Frieze Sculpture. Meditation Tree Regents Park, London 14 September – 31 October 2021 LINK TO EXHIBITION “Ibrahim... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
A private party with Radiohead and big questions on the big screen: the latest gossip from Frieze London. Court Artist says it with flowers – The Art Newspaper 15 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Fiorucci 15 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Based in London, artist Lakwena Maciver employs bright colour and bold text to create paintings which, often... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Are There Any Left?: A Sales Frenzy at London's 1-54 Fair Reflects the Heated Demand for African Contemporary Art – ArtNet – Amah-Rose Abrams 14 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Nets Lakwena Maciver Basketball Paintings – Ocula – Sam Gaskin 13 October 2021 Aerial Basket Ball paintings 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair The courtyard of Somerset House. Strand, London WC2R 1LA 14 –... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Frieze And Fanciful Art: London's Artistic Highlights This Fall – Forbes – Sarah Turner 12 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
Artist Lakwena Maciver Unveils her expansive, immersive floorscape tiles - Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground, commissioned by theColab. – The Telegraph 6 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
A colourful rood and giant feet: Best Photographs of the Day – The Guardian – Natasha Rees Bloor 6 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more -
LAKWENA MACIVER
A razzle dazzle makeover for Temple Station's Roof Garden – Londonist – Will Noble 6 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground Temple Station's Roof Terrace 7 October 2021 –... Read more
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LAKWENA MACIVER
Artist turns secret tube station roof into technicolour garden – Metro – Jordan King 6 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE It may seem pointless painting a roof hardly anyone can see, but this artist wanted to create... Read more -
JORDY KERWICK
The Most In-Demand Artists on Artsy in September – Artsy – Benjamin Sutton 5 October 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE The chart above shows the artists who had the biggest increases in the number of collectors inquiring... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI – LAKWENA MACIVER – ZAK OVÉ
This immersive exhibition traces the legacy of Black British creativity. Visionary curator Aindrea Emelife has taken over Christie's with the most thrilling Black British artworks of the last four decades – Dazed – Emily Dinsdale 30 September 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Black Bold British. Curated by Aindrea Emelife Christies 1 – 22 October 2021 LINK TO EXHIBITION “I... Read more -
IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI
Frieze Sculpture at Regent's Park review: a delightful meeting of park and art – Evening Standard – Ben Luke 16 September 2021 LINK TO ARTICLE Frieze Sculpture. Meditation Tree Regents Park, London 14 September – 31 October 2021 LINK TO EXHIBITION The... Read more
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