The Art World, London (2026)

06/03/2023

Berlinde de Bruyckere (b. 1964) is a Belgian 🇧🇪 contemporary artist specializing in sculpture in various media, including 🕯️wax, wood, wool, horse skin, and hair.

She also works in watercolor and gouache, and since the early 1990s, many of her major works have featured structures involving blankets. Their use symbolizes warmth, shelter, and the vulnerable circumstances, such as wars, that make people seek such shelter.

🧜The title of her current exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in Zurich, "A simple prophecy," is a line drawn from the poem 'Preliminary Investigation of an Angel' by 20th-century Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert, which considers the transgression of the divine to the profane by drawing parallels between totalitarian regimes and biblical mythology—reads the Tessa Moldan's article.*

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Berlinde de Bruyckere (née en 1964) est une artiste contemporaine belge 🇧🇪 spécialisée dans la sculpture sur divers supports, notamment 🕯️la cire, le bois, la laine, la peau de cheval et les cheveux.*

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*"Berlinde De Bruyckere: What’s Divine Is Never Simple," In Conversation with Tessa Moldan, Zurich, 15 February 2023, .art
Image 1: Berlinde De Bruyckere. ©Berlinde De Bruyckere. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth . Ph Thomas Dashuber /Diözesanmuseum Freising, .art
Image 2: Exhibition view: Berlinde De Bruyckere, "A simple prophecy," Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Limmatstrasse (26 January–13 May 2023). ©Berlinde De Bruyckere. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Ph Stefan Altenburger Photography Zürich.
Image 3: Berlinde De Bruyckere, "No Life Lost II," 2015 (2015). Horse skin, wood, glass, fabric, leather, blankets, iron, and polyester. 237.5 x 342.9 x 188 cm. ©Berlinde De Bruyckere. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Ph Mirjam Devriendt .
Image 4: from .nl
Image 5: Installation view, MO.CO , Berlinde De Bruyckere, “Plunder | Ekphrasis.” Ph Mirjam Devriendt ,

15/02/2023

Rokudenashiko ("good-for-nothing" or "reprobate child" in Japanese), known globally for her manko art or va**na art, is a this week! 🌐❤️

🍑 She is a Japanese sculptor and manga artist whose works picture her v***a, being a representation of all female ge****ls around the world and holding a message of equity and freedom that comes within her creations 💪

"Among the pieces she's created are a va**na chandelier, a remote-controlled va**na car, and a 3-D-printed kayak modeled after her v***a, which she rowed in 2014 "as a metaphorical image of life springing from it," —writes Suzannah Weiss for (*1)

🥰 As she underlines, "manko is a part of her body, and her body is not an obscenity." (*2)

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Rokudenashiko («bonne à rien» ou «enfant réprouvée» en japonais), mondialement connue pour son art manko ou art du vagin, est cette semaine ! 🌐❤️

🍑 C'est une sculptrice et mangaka japonaise dont les œuvres mettent en scène sa vulve, étant une représentation de tous les organes génitaux féminins du monde et porteuse d'un message d'équité et de liberté qui accompagne ses créations 💪

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(*1) "Meet Rokudenashiko, the Artist Arrested for Making a Boat Out of Her Va**na" by Suzannah Weiss, June 19, 2017
(*2) "Va**na Art & the Paradox of Japanese Censorship Laws" published on Vice Life YouTube channel, The Globe and Mail YouTube channel,
Image 1:
Image 2: Courtesy of Megumi Igarashi, published in
Image 3: "This Woman Wants You to See Her Va**na" by Elizabeth Ballou, published July 15, 2014,
Image 4: Shutterstock, published in "The Japanese Artist Persecuted for Her ‘Pussy Boat’ Vows to Keep Fighting,"

10/02/2023

Yto Barrada’s work is certainly political, though she resists interpretations that reduce it to a critique of contemporary Morocco 🇲🇦—notices Ross Simonini in the introduction to his interview with the artist published in in 2017. ✍️

💬 Yto Barrada also explains that despite her photography studies at the International Center of Photography in New York and the fact that she has made several films, such as "Hand-Me-Downs" (2011), [...] and "Faux Départ/False Start" (2016), [...], describing her as a photographer and filmmaker is misleading—the artist creates a vast spectrum of curious, anthropological-looking objects, installations of colorful rugs or blocks, and stacks of idiosyncratic research. 👩‍🎨

🙅🏾 “All my work explores strategies of survival—of resistance and constraint,” she said. “The central question remains disobedience and insurrection. How does one acquire and transmit political courage?”*

*Quoted in the announcement of Yto Barrada: "The Dye Garden" (co-organized by the Neuberger Museum of Art and the American Academy in Rome; co-curated by Helaine Posner, ’s Chief Curator and Peter Benson Miller , Curator); published on ;

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Le travail d'Yto Barrada est certes politique, bien qu'elle résiste aux interprétations qui le réduisent à une critique du Maroc contemporain 🇲🇦 — remarque Ross Simonini dans l'introduction de son entretien avec l'artiste paru dans en 2017. ✍️

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Img 1: ph Anass Ouaziz for
Img 2: Yto Barrada, "A day is a day," 2020
Img 3: Yto Barrada & Stéphanie Marin, ”Le Salon Géologique” (2016); published on
Img 4, 5: "Plumber Assemblage," 2015, mixed media, published on , part of Adrastus collection .museum

06/02/2023

Yto Barrada , a this week❤️, is a Franco-Moroccan multimedia visual artist. 🇫🇷 🇲🇦

🏰 She lives and works in Tangier, Morocco, and New York City.

In 2006, Barrada cofounded the Cinémathèque de Tanger , where she led a group of artists and filmmakers. 🎥 She also works as an artistic director for the Tangier art house movie theatre. Previously, she was a member of the Beirut-based Arab Image Foundation .

[Cinémathèque de Tanger] art deco cinema sits at the heart of the city and has been lovingly restored to its original grandeur. But it’s hardly a sacred temple of film; the cinema is a neighborhood hub that bustles with local life even on a baking midsummer morning. It’s the art house other art houses dream of being—beautiful, eccentric, and welcoming—writes Hester Underhill for .

🪅🌎 Barrada is recognized for her multidisciplinary investigations of cultural phenomena and historical narratives—writes .

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Yto Barrada est une artiste visuelle multimédia franco-marocaine. 🇫🇷 🇲🇦

🏰 Elle vit et travaille à Tanger, au Maroc, et à New York.

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Image 1: ph Anass Ouaziz for
Image 2: Yto Barrada, "Arbre généalogique (Family Tree)," 2005, chromogenic print, 59" x 59" (image and paper), 61" x 61" x 2–1/4" (frame), from an edition of 5 with 2 APs ©Yto Barrada from
Image 3: Yto Barrada, "Palissade de Chantier (Building Site Wall), Ferry, Tangier, Fig. 3," 2009, published on
Image 4: Yto Barrada, "Dormeur (The Sleepers), Série Jardin Public, Tangier, Fig. 1," 2006, published on

01/02/2023

Noémie Goudal is a French 🇫🇷 visual artist currently residing in London. She works with photography, film, and installation.

The artist has an ongoing fascination with the history of Earth, its climate, and its geology. 🌍

Her work was featured at the Azerbaijan Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale . In 2013, she won HSBC Prix pour la Photographie .

🎓 Goudal studied at Central Saint Martins , where she graduated in Graphic Design. She then went on to do her master's degree in art photography at the Royal College of Art and graduated in 2010.

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Noémie Goudal est une artiste visuelle française 🇫🇷 résidant actuellement à Londres. Elle travaille avec la photographie, le cinéma et l'installation.

L'artiste a une fascination permanente pour l'histoire de la Terre, son climat et sa géologie. 🌍

Son travail a été présenté au pavillon de l'Azerbaïdjan à la 56e Biennale de Venise. En 2013, elle remporte le Prix HSBC pour la Photographie.

🎓 Goudal a étudié à Central Saint Martins, où elle est diplômée en Design Graphique. Elle a ensuite fait sa maîtrise en photographie d'art au Royal College of Art et a obtenu son diplôme en 2010.

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Image 1: ‘It’s about re-finding our place’ Noémie Goudal, ph Linda Nylind/The Guardian
Image 2: "Anima," ph , published in
Image 3: "Anima," Noémie Goudal et Maëlle Poésy .poesy, 2022 © Christophe Raynaud de Lage .raynauddelage – Festival d’Avignon ,
Image 4: “Plongée” (2021) by Noémie Goudal, published in
Image 5: published in

23/01/2023

We start a new week with the amazing Kerstin Brätsch , a German contemporary visual artist known for her colorful, large-scale compositions. 🟠🟣🟡

Our , Kerstin Brätsch is primarily known as a painter, also working collaboratively as DAS INSTITUT (with artist Adele Röder) and KAYA (with artist Debo Eilers). The artist participated in the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia . 🎭 She currently lives and works in New York City. 🗽

🔵 When she was working on "Fossil Psychics for Christa" (2019), a work commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art , Brätsch told : "I like to think of the plaster as breaking apart to form bones and body parts—ritualistic amulets that, when placed together, evoke an unknown language." 🤓

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Nous commençons une nouvelle semaine avec l'incroyable Kerstin Brätsc, une artiste visuelle contemporaine allemande connue pour ses compositions colorées à grande échelle. 🟠🟣🟡

, Kerstin Brätsch est principalement connue comme peintre, travaillant également en collaboration avec DAS INSTITUT (avec l'artiste Adele Röder) et KAYA (avec l'artiste Debo Eilers). L'artiste a participé à la 59e exposition internationale d'art de La Biennale di Venezia. 🎭 Elle vit et travaille actuellement à New York. 🗽

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Image 1: Kerstin Brätsch, ph Andrea Rossetti , courtesy
Image 2: “Kerstin Brätsch. Sein” exhibition view, courtesy
Images 3, 4: "Fossil Psychics for Christa," a special commission for MoMA’s Terrace Café, courtesy , ph Daniele Molajoli .molajoli
Images 5, 6: KAYA (Kerstin Brätsch & Debo Eilers), "Processione [JAKE]," 2017 at
, courtesy

18/01/2023

When it comes to , Rick Rubin is definitely the one to look up to. 🏆

Rick Rubin is an American record producer, according to MTV, "the most important producer of the last 20 years," and an influential figure in general, according to Time's who placed him among the "100 Most Influential People in the World". ❤️

🎙️He holds eight Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, which he won with the Dixie Chicks (2007) and Adele (2012) . He also won numerous producer of the year awards. 😃

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En ce qui concerne , Rick Rubin est définitivement celui qu'il faut admirer. 🏆

Rick Rubin est un producteur de disques américain, selon MTV, "le producteur le plus important des 20 dernières années", et une personnalité influente en général, selon Time's qui l'a placé parmi les "100 personnes les plus influentes au monde". ❤️

🎙️Il détient huit Grammy Awards, dont Album de l'année, qu'il a remporté avec les Dixie Chicks (2007) et Adele (2012) . Il a également remporté de nombreux prix du producteur de l'année. 😃

Images 1,2: RICK RUBIN INTERVIEW for Firenze made in Tuscany, photo by https://www.dariogarofalo.com/RICK-RUBIN-INTERVIEW
Image 3: "Rick Rubin Ice Challenge" by Nova News Team, 27.08.2014 https://www.nova.ie/rick-rubin-ice-challenge-2-32161/

13/01/2023

💙 The coach of our dreams this week, Latifa Echakhch .echa, is a Moroccan-born contemporary artist who has established herself as a leading creative mind in her home country of Switzerland.

“I’m a happy person,” she exclaims, “but when I make work, I find I’m creating beautiful things and then destroying them! I’m always asking: what’s my problem?”*1 😊

Informed by the ways in which everyday objects and imagery can be transfigured into signifiers of identity, history, and mythology, Latifa Echakhch’s practice takes the form of painting, installation, sculpture, and sound. [...] 🎀

🌏 Echakhch states she has “no other goals but questioning the world around me.”

Throughout her career, the artist has constructed a visual vocabulary of signs, systems, and references that are rooted in her impulse to convey the experience of a feeling, to transcend that which is easily defined, and arrive at the intangible.*2

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💙 La coach de nos rêves cette semaine, Latifa Echakhch .echa, est une artiste contemporaine d'origine marocaine qui s'est imposée comme un esprit créatif de premier plan dans son pays d'origine, la Suisse.

Image 1: courtesy
Image 2: Latifa Echakhch, "Night Time (As Seen by Sim Ouch)," 2022 (fragment)
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https://theface.com/culture/latifa-echakhch-pace-gallery-exhibition-interview
Image 3: Installation view, Latifa Echakhch, "La dépossession," 2014, Theatre canvas, painting, steel tube, and straps, included in "Latifa Echakhch: All around fades to a heavy sound," kamel mennour , 2014, Paris, ph Fabrice Seixas ©Latifa Echakhch, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris/London ©Latifa Echakhch https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/latifa-echakhch/
*2 https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/latifa-echakhch-night-time/

09/01/2023

Today, we start a week dedicated to Latifa Echakhch .echa, one of our 💃🏽

The artist was born in 1974 in Morocco, and currently lives and works in Switzerland.

As Kemel Mennour writes: Driven by the necessity to counter certain prejudices, contradictions, and stereotypes in our society, she isolates and questions materials that are symbolic for these phenomena. [...]*

Her work has been presented in numerous solo exhibitions, among others, at Kunsthaus in Zurich , the Centre Pompidou in Paris , the macLYON in Lyon , the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles , MACBA in Barcelona , FRI ART in Friborg , Frac Champagne-Ardenne in Reims , Swiss Institute in New York , Tate Modern in London , Le Magasin in Grenoble ; She represented Switzerland at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022.

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Aujourd'hui, on démarre une semaine dédiée à Latifa Echakhch .echa, une de nos 💃🏽

L'artiste est né en 1974 au Maroc, vit et travaille actuellement en Suisse.

Image 1: Latifa Echakhch, „Fantasia“ (détail), Esposizione internazionale d’arte di Venezia, Venise – Venedig, ph credits Burkhard Maus
http://menschmaus.eu/latifa-echakhch-59-biennale-dart-de-venise-2022-pour-la-suisse/
Image 2: Exhibition view, 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia
Image 3: "There's tears / This partial explanation could point to the existence of "exotic physics": new weird effects that scientists don't yet know about," 2015,
Image 4: Exhibition view, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, 2020;
from ,
*https://kamelmennour.com/artists/latifa-echakhch/there-s-tears-this-partial-explanation-could-point-to-the-existence-of-exotic-physics-new-weird-effects-that-scientists-don-t-yet-know-about

04/01/2023

Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) was an English fashion designer and businesswoman who brought modern punk and new-wave fashions into the mainstream. 🤘

Yet, apart from rocking the fashion world, also the art world greatly appreciated her input.

What were her beginnings? 💃

At the age of 17, Westwood took a jewellery and silversmith course at the University of Westminster, then known as the Harrow Art School, but left after one term, saying: "I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world". 😲

After working in a factory and studying at a teacher-training college, she became a primary-school teacher. During this period, she created her own jewellery, which she sold at a stall on Portobello Road. In 1962, she met Derek Westwood, a Hoover factory apprentice. For their wedding, Westwood made her own wedding dress.

Westwood came to public notice when she made clothes for the boutique that she and Malcolm McLaren ran on King's Road, which became known as S*X, synthesising clothing and music that shaped the 1970s UK punk scene, dominated by McLaren's band, the S*x Pistols.

❤️ Punk, for her, was a way to "see if one could put a spoke in the system".*

Westwood opened four shops in London and eventually expanded throughout Britain and the world. Some of her merchandise promoted her many political causes, such as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, climate change and civil rights groups.

*All-TIME 100 Fashion Icons: Vivienne Westwood https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2110513_2110512_2110755,00.html
Images: https://twitter.com/itgirlenergy/status/1608577704248610816

29/12/2022

In this week's Coaches of Our Dreams series, we host the marvellous Tracey Emin (1963). 🥇

🗺 The artist lives and works between London, Margate and the South of France. In 2007, she represented Britain at the 52nd Venice Biennale . In 2011, she became the Royal Academy's Professor of Drawing. In 2012, Queen Elizabeth II appointed her Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her contributions to the visual arts.

Since the early '90s, Tracey Emin has produced a body of work that encompasses all forms of artistic expression, including painting, print-making, drawing, film, photography, installations, appliqué, sculpture and neon text.

She is recognizable by her frank, confessional style and transforming her inner emotional and psychological world—personal experiences, memories and feelings—into art that is both intimate yet profoundly universal.*🔥

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Dans la série Coaches of Our Dreams de cette semaine, nous accueillons la merveilleuse Tracey Emin (1963). 🥇

🗺 L'artiste vit et travaille entre Londres, Margate et le Sud de la France. En 2007, elle a représenté la Grande-Bretagne à la 52e Biennale de Venise . En 2011, elle devient professeur de dessin à la Royal Academy. En 2012, la reine Elizabeth II l'a nommée Commandeur de l'Ordre le plus excellent de l'Empire britannique pour ses contributions aux arts visuels. [...]*

*Xavier Hufkens; https://www.xavierhufkens.com/artists/tracey-emin
Image 1: Xavier Hufkens, https://www.xavierhufkens.com/artists/tracey-emin
Image 2: "Like A Cloud of Blood" (2022), Tracey Emin, Christies https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6394264
Image 3: "My Bed" (1998), "Why was Tracey Emin’s bed a shock to the audience?," Public Delivery; https://publicdelivery.org/tracey-emin-bed/

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