The Tate Modern opened in May 2000 when I was six years old. During its inauguration year, a huge steel spider made its home in the Turbine Hall, allowing the viewer to walk around its long spindly legs and look up at its body, or down onto it from the above gallery floors. This […]
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Earlier this month, dozens of copper structures were hung from the ceilings of David Zwirner in New York. The very material from which the wired objects are constructed from, would suggest for a cold, uninviting viewing experience. However, the sculptures rested gently like serene satellites, causing the viewer to stare in wonder. Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) […]
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To stones from which we build an ocean of dreams To stones where beginnings and endings abide… …To stones in which I chisel a path for the soul To stones that I touch, and the vapors of love arise And as I polish them my soul thins out And the gods of mystery talk to […]
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I have a lover who thinks the world Of himself and when he sees me off He cocks up ‘You couldn’t have had a better man.’ And I throw back: ‘Do you know of a better woman?’ – Hafsa bint Hamdan, 10th century Islamic Spain It is no secret that throughout history, the voices of […]
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Photography is now eclipsing almost everything. Thanks largely to social media sites Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, if an event has not been photographed, it hasn’t been documented and it never really happened. Now seems like a fitting time then, for Gagosian to be showing the sculptural masterpieces of Alberto Giacometti in photographic form, which are […]
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