What's On: London Galleries

A monthly update of a selection of exhibitions in London galleries and museums.

February | 2014

Commercial Galleries

Alexandre Singh, "The Humans". Sprüth Magers London
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- Now Showing (17/01 - 22/02)
Carroll/Fletcher
56-57 Eastcastle Street, W1W 8EQ

- Georg Baselitz: Farewell Bill (13/02 - 29/03)
Gagosian Gallery
6-24 Britannia St, W1K 3DE

- Alex Van Gelder : Meat Portraits (10/01 - 08/02)
- Zhang Enli: The Box (10/01 - 01/03)
- Hans Arp: Change - Form - Language (and Franzwestigation) (10/01 - 01/03)
Hauser & Wirth
196a Piccadilly and 23 Saville Row

- Olivier Richon & Karen Knorr : Punks (16/01 - 22/02)
- Rodrigo Matheus: Coqueiro Chorão (27/02 - 29/03)
IBID.
37 Albemarle St, W1S 4JF

- The Book of Materiality and Making (04/02 - 07/03)
London Gallery West
The Forum, School of Media, Arts & Design, University of Westminister, HA1 3TP

- Emilia Sunyer (17/01 - 07/03)
Maddox Arts
52 Brook's Mews, W1K 4ED

- Dean Hughes: New Works (24/01 - 08/03)
Maria Senfors
Unit 10, 21 Wren Street, WC1X 0HF

- Pamela Golden: Good Morning! Mister Williams (15/01 to 15/02)
Marlborough Contemporary
6 Albemarle Street, W1S 4BY

- Stephen Hannock (05/02 to 01/03)
Marlborough Fine Art
6 Albemarle Street, W1S 4BY

- Luis Tomasello (03/02 - 28/03)
The Mayor Gallery
21 Cork St, W1S 3LZ

- Isaac Julien: Playtime (24/01 - 01/03)
Victoria Miro, Islington
16 Wharf Road, N1 7RW

- Isaac Julien: Playtime (24/01 - 01/03)
Victoria Miro, Mayfair
14 St George St, W1S 1FS

- James Turrell (07/02 - 05/04/2015)
Pace London, Mayfair
21 Herald Street, E2 6JT

- Mark Flood (21/02 - 22/03)
Modern Art
21 Herald Street, E2 6JT

- Out of Site (16/01 - 08/03)
Peer
97/99 Hoxton Street, N1 6QL

- Helen Marten (29/01 - 15/03)
Sadie Coles HQ
62 Kingley St, W1B 5QN

- Paloma Varga Weisz (23/01 - 01/03)
Sadie Coles HQ
69 South Audley St, W1K 2QZ

- Telling Tales (to 08/02)
- David Buckingham: Under the Influence (21/02 - 29/03)
Scream
27-28 Eastcastle St, W1W 8DH

- George Condo (11/02 - 22/03)
Simon Lee

12 Berkley St, W1J 8DT

- George Condo: Ink Drawings (11/02 - 05/04)
Skanderst Gallery London

23 Old Bond Street, W1S 4PZ

- Matheus Rocha Pitta: L'Accordo (30/01 - 15/03)
Sprovieri

23 Heddon St, W1B 4BQ

- Alexandre Singh (24/01 - 08/03)
Sprüth Magers London

7a Grafton St, W1S 4EJ

- Liu Wei: Density (29/01 - 15/03)

White Cube, Mason's Yard

25-26 Mason's Yard, SW1Y 6BU

Museums and Institutional Galleries

Richard Hamilton, "Just what is it that makes today's homes so different?" (1992). Tate.
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Barbican Art Gallery & The Curve:
- Pop Art Design (to 09/02/2014)
- Unites Visual Artists : Momentum (13/02 - 01/06)
Barbican Centre, EC2Y 8DS

Drawing Room:

- Abstract Drawing: Curated by Richard Deacon (20/02 - 12/04)

12 Rich Estate, Crimscott St, SE1 5TE

Hayward Gallery:

- Martin Creed: What's the Point of It? (29/01 - 27/04)

Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX

ICA, institute of Contemporary Art:

- David Robilliard: The Yes No Quality of Dreams (to 15/06)
- Richard Hamilton at ICA (12/02 - 06/04)

The Mall, SW1Y 5AH

Saatchi Gallery:

- Body Language ( to 16/03)
- New Order II: British Art Today (to 06/04)

- Richard Wilson : 20:50 (Permanent)

Duke of York's HQ, King's Road, SW3 4RY

Serpentine Galleries:

- Jake and Dinos Chapman : Come and See (to 09/02)
Serpentine Sackler Gallery, Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA
- Wael Shawky (to 09/02)
Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA
- Fischli/Weiss : Rock on Top of Another Rock (to 06/03) 
Outdoor, Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA

Tate Britain:

- Painting Now : Five Contemporary Artists (to 09/02)
- Richard Deacon (05/02 - 27/04)
Millbank, SW1P 4RG

Tate Modern:

- Paul Klee : Making Visible (to 09/03)
- Project Space : Inverted House (to 09/03)
- Harry Callahan (through May 2014)
- Richard Hamilton (13/02 - 26/05)
Bankside, SE1 9TG

Work Gallery:

- Joseph Kosuth Re-defining the Context of Art: 1968-2013. The Second Investigation and Public Media (28/02 - 26/04)
10A Acton St, WC1X 9NG

Whitechapel Gallery:

- Hannah Höch : Radical works from the woman behind collage (to 23/03)
- Supporting Artists : Acme's First Decade 1972-1982 (to 22/02)
- Rachel Whiteread: Tree of Life
77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX

Zabludowicz Collection:

- Infinite City (27/02 - 11/05)

176 Prince of Wales Rd, NW5 3PT

Art of the Week: From an Ethnographic Museum Series

Hannah Höch, Untitled from the series "Ethnographic Museum" (1929)
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Hannah Höch was one of the few woman artists from the Dada Movement. After a development in the collage-making technique she developed the series "Ethnographic Museum", where she produced some of her most well known pieces. The collages juxtapose mainly of women with ethnographic objects, like tribal masks, and usually incorporate plinths and other elements used for presentation. These pieces are simultaneously beautiful and monstrous, and deals with ideas of exoticism and colonial aesthetics with emphasis, mainly, on the figure of the woman. Though never publicly criticising racism or colonial ideals, her photomontage clearly criticises such topics. Her pieces emphasise cultural and racial differences and how all may come together.*

A main exhibition of her works are shown today at the Whitechapel Gallery.

*Based on Whitechapel Gallery exhibition text on "From an Ethnographic Museum".

What's On: London Galleries

October | 2013

Adriana Varejão: Octopus Ink. Victoria Miro, Islington.
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Victoria Miro, Islington - 16 Wharf Road, N1 7RW

- Idris Khan: Beyond the Black

- Adriana Varejão: Octopus Ink

Victoria Miro, Mayfair - 14 St George St, W1S 1FS

- Yayoi Kusama: White Infinity Nets

Max Wingram Gallery - 106 New Bond St, W1S 1DN

- Luiz Zerbini: Papagaio do Futuro

- James White: ...and from this position

Maureen Paley - 21 Herald St, E2 6JT

- Wolfgang Tillmans

Hauser & Wirth - 196a Piccadilly, W1J 9DY

- Re-View Onnasch Collection

Lisson Gallery - 29 Bell St, NW1 5BY

- Liu Xiaodong

Lisson Gallery - 52-54 Bell St, NW1 5DA

- Tatsuo Miyajima : I-Model

Blain | Southern - 4 Hannover Square, W1S 1BP

- Felix Gonzalez-Torres | Damien Hirst : Candy

Skarstedt Gallery London - 23 Old Bond St, W1S 4PZ

- Richard Prince: Protest Paintings

White Cube, Mason's Yard - 25-26 Mason's Yard, SW1Y 6BU

- Haim Steimbach: Travel

White Cube, Bermondsey - 144-152 Bermondsey St, SE1 3TQ

- Mark Bradford: Through darkest America by truck and tank

- Larry Bell: Inside the White Cube

S | 2 London - 31 St George St, W1S 2FJ

- Joseph Beuys Revealed

Sadie Coles HQ - 69 South Audley St, W1K 2QZ

- Shannon Ebner: The Electric Comma

Sadie Coles HQ - 62 Kingly St, W1B 5QN

- Ryan Sullivan

A few other events in Non-Profit Galleries which are worth visiting:

- Saatchi Gallery - Paper Exhibtion

- Serpentine Gallery

- Whitechapel - Sarah Lucas (YBA)