A year in art, tried to do one work per month but that was too difficult.
1. January: Semiha Berksoy, Hamburger Bahnhof
2. February: Chila Burman, IWM North
3. February: Wangechi Mutu presented by Research Curator Christine Eyene in The Plant that Stowed Away, Tate Liverpool
4. March: Fatma Belkis, Sharjah Biennial
5. March: Monira Al Qadiri, Sharjah Biennial
6. March, Ayoung Kim, Hamburger Bahnhof
7. April: Francis Bacon’s studio, re-presented at Hugh Lane Gallery
8. May: David Hockney, Fondation Louis Vuitton
9. May: Kelly Williams in Paris Noir, Centre Pompidou
10. June: Hadassa Ngamba, Liverpool Biennial (photo courtesy Liverpool Biennial as mine were terrible)
11. July: Tau Lewis, Sadie Coles
12. Eva Hesse in Abstract Erotic, The Courtauld
13. July: Duane Linklater, Camden Art Centre
14. August: Wael Shawky, Talbot Rice
15. September: Veronika Sleivyte in Klaipeda Biennial
16. October: Yayoi Kusama’s Narcissus Garden, Naoshima
17. November: Ben Enwonwu in Nigerian Modernism, Tate Modern
18. November: Kerry James Marshall, Royal Academy
19. December: Archive box in Chila Burman’s studio
20. December: cheating because I saw this in November but, festive David Hockney 🎄
The news is out - @chilaburman will reopen @tateliverpool in 2027 with a major exhibition 🎉 💫
We’ll be bringing work that covers five decades of her trailblazing practice to her hometown, including collage, prints, drawings, video, sculptures, and neons.
@manifestabiennial , thank you to @contemporaryartsociety for organising such a wonderful trip. Eva Fabregas, Bea Bonafini, CHOI+SHINE Architects, Mike Nelson, Buhlebezwe Siwani, Larry Achiampong, Binta Diaw
Some of the art on display in Munich and Frankfurt now @haus_der_kunst@mmkfrankfurt@museumbrandhorst@schirnkunsthalle - from left to right: Faith Wilding, Marta Minujin, Judy Chicago, Raymond Saunders, Arthur Simms, Pope L., Cyprien Gaillard, Elizabeth Catlett
You Get a Car [Everybody Gets a Car] @resolvecollective is open now at Tate Liverpool’s temporary home in RIBA North✨☄️ Made entirely from surplus materials from Tate - old furniture, staff lockers, exhibition builds, paint - the space platforms the work of community groups across Liverpool and shares the ongoing redistribution project started with Resolve last year as we temporarily moved out of the Albert Dock space. Curated by @carineharmand and developed in collaboration with @squashliverpool@granbyworkshop@granby4streetsclt@pagoda_arts@kittyslaundry@doesliverpool
Material Power @whitworthart including work by @khalilrabah and Mounira Al Solh - brilliant research-led exhibition with beautifully displayed textiles from Palestine throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
Huge congratulations to all of the Turner Prize nominated artists, and the team @townergallery for a brilliant set of shows. Very special to see @barbarawalkerstudio powerful new series Burden of Proof and her moving, monumental wall drawings. 1-3: Barbara Walker 4: Jesse Darling 5. Rory Pilgrim 6. Ghislaine Leung
Highlights from current shows in London. 1. El Anatsui being installed at Tate Modern 2&3. Sarah Lucas, Tate Britain 4. Aida Muluneh, A World in Common, Tate Modern 5&6 Alvaro Barrington, Sadie Coles 7. Sooim Jeong, Workplace