WHAT'S ON ELSEWHERE
Following our much enjoyed trip to Pallant House, and those who are sad they missed it, you may be interested:
July 4, 21:30: Looking for Leonora on BBC Radio 3
As a young woman, Leonora Carrington fell in love with surrealism. She also fell in love with Max Ernst, went to France and met Picasso, Dali and some of the twentieth century's greatest artists. She fled war-torn Europe and after a breakdown, ended up in an asylum. She has spent the past seventy years in Mexico, where she is now considered one of the country's greatest living artists.Joanna Moorhead travels to Mexico and finds an extraordinary woman, who was estranged from her own, and Joanna's family. A rebellious debutante, she knew Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo yet found herself at the centre of a vibrant artistic European emigre community. She still speaks with a cut-glass Edwardian accent.
Joanna visits Leonora's childhood home in Lancashire to discover what propelled her into the life of an artist. She talks to friends about the years post-war and pieces together the events that affected Leonora after Mexico's 1968 student massacre.In recent years, the acknowledgement of work by women artists like Leonora Carrington, has forced a reappraisal of the surrealist movement. At 93, Leonora looks backs at her remarkable life.
Last Few Days:
Until 10 July
Klari Reis at Cynthia Corbett Gallery/offsite at 27 Cork Street
New, exciting work by Klari Reis. This extraordinary project comprises a series of petri dishes which are hand painted using reflective epoxy polymer to depict electron microscope images of viruses, viscera and pharmaceuticals reacting with the human body. Friends of NMWA UK are cordially invited to join the Jazz Reception on 6th July.
www.thecynthiacorbettgallery.com
Until 10 July
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries
Founded in 1855, the society is dedicated to promoting art by women. The Annual Exhibition at the prestigious Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, SW1, showcases an eclectic mix of artwork in all media.
www.society-women-artists.org.uk
Until 11 July
Agnes Martin at Kettle’s Yard
Ten canvases made between 1991-2002 when she lived in the New Mexico desert.
www.kettlesyard.co.uk/exhibitions/agnes_martin
www.kettlesyard.co.uk
Until 18 July
Hannah Starkey at Maureen Paley
New work by this exciting photographic artist.
www.maureenpaley.com
22 July
Bridget Riley in Conversation at the National Portrait Gallery
To mark the current display in the Balcony Gallery, world-renowned artist, Bridget Riley, will be in conversation with curator Paul Moorhouse, 20th Century Curator at the National Portrait Gallery.To book tickets call 020 7306 0055
Until 31 July
Rachel Khedoori at Hauser and Wirth
For her first solo exhibition in London, LA Based artist, Khedoori will present ‘The Iraq Book Project’, as well as a photographic series and a film installation featured upstairs in the American Room.
www.hauserwirth.com
Until 1 August
The Rise of Women Artists at the Walker (Liverpool)
Tracking the historical changes influencing women artists, this exhibition explores the similarities and differences between the status and careers of women working in different areas within the fine and decorative arts fields as reflected in the collections of the Walker Art Gallery.
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
Until 15 August
Janice Kerbel at Tate Britain
For Art Now, Kerbel presents a selection of print-based works including new work from Remarkable – text-based poster prints that imagine extraordinary beings and acts in the style of a nineteenth-century fairground attraction. Behind Kerbel's diverse works lies a fascination with the possibility of realising an impossible event or encounter.
www.tate.org.uk
7 July – 20 August
Paula Rego at Marlborough Fine Art
This show will present three new strands of work including drawings and etchings. Paula Rego was created a Dame of the British Empire in the recent Honours list.
www.marlboroughfineart.com
Until 22 August
Summer Exhibition 2010 at the Royal Academy
The world’s largest open submission exhibition of contemporary art will feature a vast range of exciting works for sale, and will include new works by Academicians, including Gillian Ayres and Tracey Emin.
www.royalacademy.org.uk
Until 30 August
Dorothy Bohm at Manchester Art Gallery
This is the first comprehensive retrospective to trace Dorothy Bohm’s exceptional photographic career – a career that spans six decades and several continents. From vintage portraits through jewel-like Polaroids to colourful images of contemporary life, the exhibition features over 200 original prints by this leading photographer who helped found the Photographers Gallery and was its Associate Director for 15 years.
www.manchestergalleries.org
Until 30 August
Haris Epaminonda, Vol VI at Tate Modern- Level 2 Gallery
Using layers of imagery and sculpture to create a false history or new journey through time, Epaminonda transforms the gallery into a three-dimensional collage using the gallery space and walls to juxtapose found objects, such as vases and statues, paper collage and video projection.
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Rineke Dijkstra at Tate Liverpool (Liverpool)
Two compelling video portraits of school children from Liverpool.
www.tate.org.uk
Until 30 August
Caroline Irby at the V&A Museum of Childhood
Photographer Caroline Irby spent one year tracking down a child born in every country in the world (now living in the UK), then photographed and interviewed each one.
www.vam.ac.uk
Until 12 September
Surreal Friends at Pallant House, Chichester
Fabulous exhibition of work by Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Kati Horna.
www.pallant.org.uk
3 July – 12 September
Tomoko Takahashi at de la Warr Pavillion
This is the first major exhibition of Takahashi’s work. Takahashi has made a reputation through the playful recycling of everyday detritus into illuminating pieces of art.
www.dlwp.com
8 July – 17 September
Alice Neel at Whitechapel
Spanning seven decades of work, this retrospective features influential 20th century American painter Alice Neel, 1900–1984. A self-proclaimed ‘collector of souls,’ Neel is best known for her portraits of celebrated artists and writers from New York.
www.whitechapelgallery.org
Until 19 September 2010
Sally Mann at the Photographers’ Gallery
The first solo show in the UK of the prominent, powerful American photographer, Sally Mann. Drawing on several series of her works, this show highlights how her photography draws on family and the landscape in which she lives and works.
www.photonet.org.uk
Until 19 September
BP Portrait Prize 2010
The UK’s most important prize for portraiture includes Prize winner Daphne Todd who painted her 100 year old mother shortly after her death.
www.npg.org.uk
Until 22 September
Tracey Emin at Royal Academy
Sir Hugh Casson Room for Friends (open to the public from 4:00 - 6:00 pm, until 10 pm on Fridays)
www.royalacademy.org.uk
Until 26 September
Lily van der Stokker at Tate St Ives
www.tate.org
17 July - 3 October
Diane Arbus at Nottingham Contemporary
www.nottinghamcontemporary.org
Until October 3
Exposed at Tate Modern
Over 250 photographs exploring voyeurism in photography, including work by Lee Miller, Nan Goldin, Susan Meiselas, Alison Jackson and Jemima Stahl.
www.tate.org.uk
Until 19 October
Cornelia Parker at Baltic Mill
www.balticmill.com
Until 3 January
Fiona Banner - Duveen's Commission at Tate Britain
www.tate.org
Until 2 May 2011
Claire Barclay, Bloomberg Commission at Whitechapel Gallery
www.whitechapelgallery.org
CURRENTLY AT NMWA
in Washington, DC: www.nmwa.org
• Pomp and Power: Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella's Entrance of the Emperor Sigismond into Mantua. (Until August 22) Twenty-five engravings employing the grand pictorial language of ancient Rome to depict the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismond’s visit to Mantua in 1433.
• Ju-Yeon Kim: The In-Between (sculpture installation) : Until September 13
• June Wayne’s Dorothy Series (lithographs): Until September 13
• The Collaborative Print: Work from SOLO Impression (prints): Until September 13
• Women to Watch 2010: Body of Work: New Perspectives on Figure Painting – includes Rose Wylie, UK painter (July 2-September 12.)
• New York Avenue Sculpture Project: Features four monumental sculptures by French-born artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002).