The literal translation from German into English of Gesamtkunstwerk is complete artwork. It was first used by Richard Wagner to describe a new type of art in the 19th century, which brought together many different types of art – including painting, literature and music, a new all-inclusive, modern art form. The newest exhibition at the […]
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The Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery is currently hosting the first major retrospective of New Yorker George Condo. Showcasing work spanning three decades, beginning in 1982, the appropriately titled ‘Mental States’ juxtaposes raw emotion with the fantastical and grotesque. The show is set out thematically, with three foci: portraiture, abstract figuration and mania and melancholy. Condo, the […]
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Currently on display at the Whitechapel Gallery in east London is a replica of the first solo British exhibition by Russian-born American, Mark Rothko. The show was originally displayed at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1961 and the 2011/12 display marks its 50th anniversary. The reconstructed version however, is not an exact reproduction; it is a […]
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Wilhelm Sasnal is a Polish painter and filmmaker who lives and works in Krakow. His exhibition on show at the Whitechapel Gallery gives its audience a fresh view of history, politics and contemporary art. While there has been extensive comparison between Sasnal and Gerhard Richter, after having seen Panorama at the Tate Modern earlier this […]
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Two Temple Place is a neo-Gothic mansion on the London Embankment. In 1895, it cost £250,000 to build for William Waldorf Astor, equal to £25million today. The building, which was designed to characterize literature and embody art, craft and architecture, encompasses Spanish mahogany hammer-beam ceilings and marble floors. This dazzling and dramatic building is home […]
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