Welcome to issue no. 10 of The Art List! I’ve had so much fun writing this newsletter over the past few months, and I hope that you’ve enjoyed reading it.
It’s a packed week in the London art scene, so you have your pick of openings & events to attend.
Two of the gallery shows I’m most excited about this month are Absent Presence, a wonderful and intimate show that places paintings by Mary Stephenson in conversation with the work of Rachel Whiteread, and Smooth Sailing, a solo presentation of Alma Berrow’s playful ceramics on view at Sapling gallery. For museum exhibitions, I’m looking forward to visiting the Peter Doig at The Courtauld Gallery.
Happy art-going and feel free to message me with any questions, or if you want a custom gallery hop route!
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Amanda
Openings & Events
Organized by date, Rsvp & ticket requirements indicated where necessary
This week:
Opening Art on a Postcard’s International Women’s Day Auction at Fitzrovia Gallery, Tuesday 7 March, 6-8pm
Opening Alexis-Soul Gray & Polika Pak: Undusted Corners, hosted by New Normal Projects at Cromwell Place in South Kensington, Tuesday 7 March, 6-8pm (rsvp to info@newnormalprojects.com)
Opening & Performance Adelaide Cioni - Ab ovo / On Patterns at Mimosa House in Bloomsbury, Wednesday 8 March, 6.30 - 8pm (performance at 7pm, rsvp here)
Walk to Lamb’s Conduit St after for a drink or dinner - Noble Rot or Ciao Bella are both great options.
Exhibition Tour of Antigone: Women in Fibre Art led by Barbican curator Wells Fray-Smith at Richard Saltoun in Mayfair, Thursday 9 March, 12.30pm (rsvp to rsvp@richardsaltoun.com)
Opening Barbara Kasten: Present Continuous at Thomas Dane in Mayfair, Thursday 9 March, 6-8pm
Opening Within + Without group show, featuring contemporary artists working within the historically gendered mediums of textiles and ceramics, at Unit Gallery in Mayfair, Thursday 9 March, 6-8pm (rsvp here)
Opening Lubaina Himid and Sensing Abstraction at Cristea Roberts in St. James’s, Thursday 9 March, 6-7.30pm (rsvp to rsvp@cristearoberts.com)
Opening Thom Trajanowski: Glade at Brooke Benington in Fitzrovia, Thursday 9 March, 6-8pm
Opening Jaylon Israel: Gothica at Maximillian William in Fitzrovia, Thursday 9 March, 6-8pm
Follow with a cocktail across the street at Mortimer House or walk to Store St for a drink and bite at Café Deco.
Opening Skin Deep group show at Studio West in Notting Hill, Friday 10 March, 6.30-8.30pm
Afterward, head to the Pelican for a glass of wine and light bites at the bar.
Talk Serena Korda & Jenny Lomax in Conversation at Cooke Latham Gallery in Battersea, Saturday 11 March, 11.30am (dm or email to rsvp)
Talk with artists exhibiting in Still Here - Women Making Abstract Sculpture at A.P.T. Gallery in Deptford, Saturday 11 March, 2-4pm
Performance for Adelaide Cioni show that explores how music and the dancing body respond to abstract patterns, at Mimosa House in Bloomsbury, Wednesday 8 March, 4-5pm (rsvp here)
Next week:
Opening STRETCH group show at Somers Gallery near Kings Cross, on Tuesday 14 March, 6-9pm
Curator’s Tour of Ebun Sodipo: Nasty Girl (The Sharpest Girl in Town) at V.O. Curations in Mayfair on Wednesday 15 March, 6.30-8pm (rsvp here)
Pop-up Exhibition Unfolding: A collaboration by Rosie Ramsden and Kristin Perers at The Flower Factory on Columbia Road in Shoreditch on Saturday 18 March
While you’re on Columbia Road, go for a late Saturday lunch at Campagnia
Opening Charlotte Edey: Framework at Ginny on Frederick in Farringdon on Saturday 18 March, 5-8pm
Right near the Barbican if you want to pair it with a visit to the recently opened Alice Neel show!
Exhibitions
This is a running list, so you’ll always have a complete, up-to-date exhibitions list in each newsletter! New additions are added in every issue.
Gallery Shows
Mayfair
Liza Giles: The Shape of Things at Flowers Gallery, through 11 March
Linder - Hannah Wilke at Alison Jacques, through 11 March
Form: (Women) Makers at Sotheby’s, 7 - 16 March
Alma Berrow: Smooth Sailing at Sapling, through 18 March
Antigone: Women in Fibre Art at Richard Saltoun, through 18 March
Absent Presence showcasing paintings by Mary Stephenson in dialogue with the work of Rachel Whiteread at 20 Davies Street, through 19 March
Joseph Beuys: 40 Years of Drawing at Thaddaeus Ropac, through 22 March
Unladylike at D Contemporary, through 25 March
Gretchen Bender and Jon Rafman at Sprüth Magers, through 25 March
Within + Without group show at Unit Gallery, through 6 April
Paul de Flers: Black Island at Almine Rech, through 6 April
Lynda Benglis and Barbara Kasten: Present Continuous at Thomas Dane, through 29 April and 10 March - 6 May, respectively
Günther Förg: Tupfenbilder at Hauser & Wirth, through 29 April
Balthus at Luxembourg + Co, through 4 June
Favourite coffee spots in Mayfair to fuel your gallery hopping: Ralph’s, Connaught Patisserie, Marchesi (to sit)
St. James’s
Lubaina Himid: Alla Prima/Cross Hatch and Sensing Abstraction at Cristea Roberts in St. James’s, 10 March - 22 April
Soho
Gil Button: Impermanence at Soho Revue, through 31 March
Alicia Reyes McNamara at Niru Ratnam, through 1 April
Fitzrovia
Duo show: Mizuki Nishiyama & Julia Bennett at Gillian Jason, through 25 March
Zayn Qahtani: Angels in Purgatory at VITRINE, through 8 April
Bloomsbury
Adelaide Cioni - Ab ovo / On Patterns at Mimosa House in Bloomsbury, 9 March - 25 April
Farringdon
Charlotte Edey: Framework at Ginny on Frederick in Farringdon, 18 March - 22 April
South Kensington
Alexis-Soul Gray & Polika Pak: Undusted Corners hosted by New Normal Projects at Cromwell Place in South Kensington, through 12 March
North West London
Fa Razavi: Dancing on a Knife’s Edge, curated by Mollie Barnes founder of She Curates, at Wilder Gallery in Kensal Rise, through 11 March
Skin Deep group show at Studio West in Notting Hill, through 5 April
East London
Larissa de Jesús Negrón: Distraída at Guts Gallery in Hackney, 10 - 31 March
South London
Serena Korda: The Maidens at Cooke Latham Gallery in Battersea, through 17 March
Still Here - Women Making Abstract Sculpture at A.P.T. Gallery in Deptford, 9 - 26 March
Tomas Harker: Multiple Choice Fairytale Ending at The Sunday Painter in Vauxhall, through 1 April
Museum Shows
Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy (featuring a film programme curated by Jamily Prowse, playing daily) at Somerset House on the Strand, through 12 March
Bloomberg New Contemporaries showcasing graduates from UK art schools at South London Gallery, Camberwell, through 12 March
M.K. Čiurlionis: Between Worlds at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich Village, through 12 March (£16.50 ticket)
Peter Doig at The Courtauld at Somerset House, through 29 May (£16 ticket, with concessions available)
Be sure to also carve out time to view their permanent collection. Then after your visit, walk around the corner to Toklas Bakery & Cafe for lunch or a snack, or stroll into Covent Garden to get a coffee at Neal’s Yard.
Alice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle at the Barbican, through 21 May (£18 ticket, discount options available)
Open until 8pm (last entry 7pm) on Thursdays and Fridays. Enjoy an evening visit then mosey on over to the casual bar area at St. JOHN Smithfield for a glass of wine and some delectable bites.
Action. Gesture. Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70 at Whitechapel Gallery, through 7 May (£16.50 ticket, discount options available)
Open until 9pm on Thursdays. For your post-exhibition eats, Bubala and St. John Bread + Wine are great dinner options nearby.
Alternatively, if you go on a weekend morning, enjoy a stroll afterward further north to get lunch from a stand at Netil Market.
Giorgio Morandi at the Estorick Collection, Islington, thorugh 28 May (£7.50 ticket)
Pair with a visit to the nearby Pophams Bakery for a coffee and sweet treat.
Mohammed Sami: The Point 0 at Camden Art Centre, Hampstead, through 28 May
Several recommended shows at the Tate Modern:
The EY Exhibition: Cezanne, through 12 March (£22 ticket)
Cecilia Vicuña’s Turbine Hall commission, through 16 April
Magdalena Abakanowiccz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope, through 21 May (£16 ticket)
Maria Bartuszová, through 25 June (£16 ticket)
Barbara Chase Riboud: Infinite Folds at Serpentine in Kensington Gardens, through 10 April
Book a table at Maggie Jones for lunch after.