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Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy 19 May 2021 - 29 August 2021 / Whitechapel Gallery / Art Categories Events, Exhibition / / / / Whether dancing on the rooftops in Paris, sharing ideas with Pablo Picasso, or gathering starfish on the beaches of Cornwall, Eileen Agar (b.1899 Buenos Aires – d.1991 London) transformed the everyday into the extraordinary. Her unique style nimbly spanned painting, collage, photography and sculpture, even ceremonial hats.  Combining order and chaos, Agar’s work fuses vivid abstraction with imagery from classical art, the natural world, and sexual pleasu...

  I am sorry to confess that I belong to that class of unworthy individuals before whom the spirits cease their activities and the supernatural disappears. – Freud I came upon this monument on a dismal, autumnal day in September 1967. It was in the midst of a cold, discomforting downpour. Such a haunted, solitary moment; the deserted garden path stretched ahead, strewn with slippery, sodden leaves. Suddenly that famous phrase from Nadja echoed in my head; it was very loud and insistent – I just had to stop: “ La beaute sera CONVULSIVE ou ne sera pas.” I not only heard this phrase, I...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Mani Kaul’s Ashad Ka Ek Din, undoubtedly one of the most radical films from the Indian New Wave movement. Mani’s second feature still retains its austere power, and along with his Uski Roti, Duvidha, Dhrupad and Mati Manas, is a perfect showcase of his economic style and painterly sophistication. The historical romance, based on Mohan Rakesh’s acclaimed play, unspools in three acts. Mallika (Rekha Sabnis) is in love with the poet-playwright Kalidas (Arun Khopkar). Kalidas has been conferred a state honour, but refuses the king’s offer to tra...

Algerian artist, scientist showcased by Sharjah Museums Authority 31 Jan 2021 Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine (1931 — 1998) will be under the spotlight and her works displayed for the first time in a survey show dedicated to her, at the Sharjah Art Museum (Feb. 24 — July 31), as part of Sharjah Museums Authority’s (SMA) Lasting Impressions series. Works from Mahieddine’s first solo exhibition in Paris (1947) are among over 70 paintings spanning her six decade career, which will be showcased. Considered one of Algeria’s most acclaimed ar...

Dreams of a Dreamer: Delphine Desane @ Luce Gallery, Turin Luce Gallery // January 28, 2021 - February 27, 2021 January 28, 2021 | in Painting In Turin, from 28 January to 27 February 2021, Luce Gallery presents the solo show of Delphine Desane titled Dreams of a Dreamer. Born and raised in France to Haitian parents, the artist reflects on black womanhood and motherhood drawing from her own life experiences. The subjects of her paintings—mostly women, are portrayed with minimal details and eyes full of expression against colored backgrounds, which exalt their inner state of mind. Re...