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LINN PHYLLIS SEEGER MAKES THE INTERNET TANGIBLE: 'TRUE IDLE' AT SHIPTON GALLERY
Spilling out from functionality, always surpassing its primary use as transport, a car contains multitudes. In the most expansive use of the word, cars move us. Linn Phyllis Seeger’s exhibition true idle , which ran until April 4th, at Shipton Gallery, takes this excess as its premise. Linn Phyllis Seeger 's video-sculptures are assemblages of car parts and screens playing footage from the road. Her three forms lean, mirror, and balance. Structurally, the sculptures felt on
Lottie Hughes
17 hours ago3 min read


JILL TATE'S 'SELF-FULFILMENT' AT SEVENTEEN GALLERY
Jill Tate's Self-Fulfilment being a winter show felt important, because when I got into Seventeen Gallery I was already wanting more light. On route to Haggerston, the day was gearing towards grey torpor. So, inside, the warmth from Tate's paintings hit harder. Installation photography courtesy of gallery Self-Fulfillment is the artist's second solo with Seventeen , the first being Ground Truthing in 2024, similarly done in a monochrome of terracotta, mixed by Tate from n
Lottie Hughes
Mar 163 min read


CLAUDIA WANG'S DREAM STATE
At Indra Gallery, waiting for Claudia Wang ’s SS26/AW26 LFW presentation to begin, the atmosphere already feels faintly surreal. Three stacks of silk pillows sit deliberately against the concrete-grey flooring — soft interruptions in an otherwise austere gallery space. Their presence feels intentional rather than decorative, as though the audience has stepped into a staged dream rather than a traditional runway venue. The crowd — largely young, distinctly Gen Z — moves with u
Zoe Goetzmann
Mar 93 min read


ROSE WYLIE PUTS THE PICTURE FIRST AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY
At the RA, Rose Wylie reframes figuration through scale and text. Tanya Mascarenhas unpacks the 90-work exhibition. Rose Wylie’s exhibition The Picture Comes First at the Royal Academy of Arts brings together an electric mix of 90 artworks. While Marina Abramović’s 2023 exhibition was widely framed as a historic first, the RA’s Main Galleries were first given over to a solo female artist in 1985, when Elizabeth Frink exhibited there. Wylie’s exhibition marks a differen
Tanya Mascarenhas
Mar 23 min read


LYU CHIRKOVA AND THE UNMAKING OF HOME
What can “home” mean in contemporary art once the domestic space stops being a stable site of comfort? Curated by Arina Baburskova , My Home Is… at Roha Gallery , Lyu Chirkova stages the familiar vocabulary of toys, furniture, and household surfaces as materially and psychologically unstable in an attempt to answer the question of what "home" really means. Installation view courtesy of Arina Baburskova There is a particular tension running through Lyu Chirkova 's My Home I
Victoria Comstock-Kershaw
Feb 185 min read


FRENCH PLACE LAUNCHES 'CORALE' IN MILAN AFTER FOUR YEARS IN LONDON
FRENCH PLACE has opened a new permanent space in Milan, marking the latest phase for an organisation that began in London in 2020. Originally based at 9 French Place in Shoreditch, the project started as an independent exhibition venue and has now relocated its programme to Via Carlo Goldoni 64, 20129 Milan , where it will run exhibitions alongside residencies and public events. Installation photography courtesy of gallery The opening is inaugurated by CORALE , a group exhi
Victoria Comstock-Kershaw
Feb 33 min read


APPETITE AND THE AESTHETICS OF DESIRE AT MAXIMILLIAN WOLFGANG GALLERY
Where do the boundaries between consumption and desire begin to blur? Zoë Goetzmann looks back at APPETITE , held last year at Maximillian Wolfgang Gallery , to explore how closely sex and food are entwined in our visual language of want. Photography courtesy of gallery Last fall and winter, Maximillian Wolfgang Gallery ’s exh ibition, APPETITE (November 2025, featuring artists Angel Qin, Adrián Coto, Barney Pau, Guta Galli, Parks Sadler, and Rachel Alexandrou ) presente
Zoe Goetzmann
Feb 23 min read
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