Author: Lizzy Vartanian Collier

Lizzy Vartanian Collier aka Gallery Girl is a writer and curator based in London. Her work has been featured in publications including Dazed, Hyperallergic and Vogue Arabia. She was curator of Perpetual Movement during AWAN Festival 2018 and in 2019 had a residency at the Lab at Darat Al Funun in Amman, Jordan. She has also worked with Armenia Art Fair for its inaugural edition and previously worked as an editor at I.B.Tauris Publishers. In 2019 she co-founded Arsheef, Yemen’s first contemporary art gallery. She has given workshops at Manara Culture in Amman, Jordan and Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK. As of 2020 she is currently in law school, with the ambition of greater understanding the intersection between art and the law.

Dale Chihuly @ Halcyon Gallery

February 17, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

Among various Mayfair shop windows is a display of stunning colours and impeccably shaped glass. This glasswork belongs to Dale Chihuly, an american best known for his spectacular chandelier in the V&A entrance hall. 2012 marks fifty years of the international studio glass movement, of which Chihuly was a prominent and founding member. The exhibition […]

The Strange Face Project @ Idea Generation

February 8, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

Nick Drake committed suicide in 1974 when he was just 26 years old and an almost unknown artist. Today, almost 40 years later, he is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the last century and has had an impact on a large percentage of modern recording artists and musicians. The Strange Face […]

The Unknown @ London’s Auction Houses

February 6, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

I thought I’d take a quick moment to briefly talk about the treasures that can be uncovered on a quick visit to one of London’s reputable and distinguished auction houses. It is little talked about what can be found at such places as many believe that such venues are only open to the wealthy art […]

Hume @ White Cube, Hoxton Square

February 3, 2012.Reading time 3 minutes.

The White Cube galleries on Hoxton Square and Mason’s Yard are hosting ‘The Indifferent Owl’, an exhibition showing new work by Gary Hume. I went down to the Hoxton Square gallery to take a look and was met by a display of natural and childish imagery in hues of pinks, greens and yellows. What struck […]

Hirst @ Gagosian, Britannia & Davies Street

January 25, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

A common sight can be seen across eleven Gagosian galleries worldwide: dozens and dozens of brightly coloured spots by the highly praised Damien Hirst. I went along to the two London galleries to get my own look at this dotty display and the gallery has also set a challenge for viewers to visit all eleven […]