Category Archives: Sculpture

I’ve been working with Tamsyn Challenger to help publicise her new exhibition,  “Monoculture”, the culmination of her residency at Beaconsfield in South London. There’s a great review of it on The Journal of Wild Culture – read it here. When … Continue reading →

Posted on February 21, 2013 by annavinegrad | Comments Off on Birds and Bees: Tamsyn Challenger’s “Monoculture” at Beaconsfield

Tryouts: a magical and banal Grand Tour of the age

Posted on April 15, 2012 by annavinegrad

Opening next month at the wonderful artist-run Down Stairs gallery space in Madley, Herefordshire, Tryouts is an exhibition curated by artists Russell Hill and Murray O’Grady. Presenting work by a group of established and emerging artists, the show explores ideas … Continue reading →

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Alice Anderson at the MAC

Posted on December 7, 2011 by annavinegrad

Alice Anderson’s solo show Years after Years at Co-Exist Gallery closes on 11 December. Anderson made a new body of work for the space, filling the gallery with 365 pillars made from red dolls hair and copper. Alice has also … Continue reading →

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Alice Anderson: Years After Years

Posted on October 30, 2011 by annavinegrad

Artist Alice Anderson was mentioned by Marina Warner in her article about Tate Liverpool’s new exhibition Alice In Wonderland in this Saturday’s Guardian Review section. “The Surrealist legacy is still very fertile, in the context of a growing return to … Continue reading →

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LUMIERE LIGHT FESTIVAL, DURHAM

Posted on October 24, 2011 by annavinegrad

It’s less than a month until LUMIERE arrives in Durham. Taking place over four nights 17-20 November,  and with 35 international and British artists involved, the festival celebrates of light as art in all its forms. Artists include Welsh-born Canadian … Continue reading →

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Phyllida Barlow

Posted on October 24, 2011 by annavinegrad

So glad I caught Phyllida Barlow’s RIG at Hauser & Wirth before it closed this weekend. The rooms of this beautiful old building are crammed and congested with “stuff”, that you have to pick your way through as if negotiating … Continue reading →

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Stallions, stud farms and Dürer’s Rhino

Posted on October 9, 2011 by annavinegrad

I met a woman yesterday who wants to open a stud farm. She works with horses, “breaks” them in fact, a kind of horse whisperer, but one whose work if done properly means a horse whisperer isn’t necessary. It was … Continue reading →

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Visual Poetry

Posted on October 6, 2011 by annavinegrad

Last night I had a sneak peak of Rosenfeld Porcini’s new sculpture show Memory, as it was being installed, finally seeing the pieces that Ian has been talking to me about for the last couple of months. However hard I … Continue reading →

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Tallinn it like it is

Posted on September 25, 2011 by annavinegrad

I spent the last couple of days in Tallinn. The Estonian capital is sharing this year’s European Capital of Culture accolade with Turku in Finland, which may explain why there were at least four festivals running concurrently when I visited:  … Continue reading →

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Leonardo Drew

Posted on September 21, 2011 by annavinegrad

The wonderfully named Leonardo Drew is having a bit of a moment. The American sculptor’s solo opens tomorrow at Galeria Napolinobilissima in  Italy, shortly to be followed by two exhibitions in London, a solo show at Toby Clarke’s new gallery, … Continue reading →

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