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    "The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way" John Ruskin, 1856 

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    Rubem Valentim
    Angélica
    • Feb 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    Rubem Valentim

    The Approach brings to the UK Rubem Valentim's first solo exhibition. Inspired by Candomblé, Valentim was a crucial figure of Brazilian art.
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    Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
    Angélica
    • Jan 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

    Waddington Custot Gallery, London On until 15th February 2020 (FREE) I came across the work of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908 - 1992)...
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    General Meeting
    Angélica
    • Nov 20, 2019
    • 4 min

    General Meeting

    Freehouse, London On until 21st December 2019 (FREE) Human beings have an inherent need to reduce information, to classify. A strategy th...
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    Anna Maria Maiolino - Making Love Revolutionary
    Angélica
    • Oct 8, 2019
    • 6 min

    Anna Maria Maiolino - Making Love Revolutionary

    Maiolino is more than an artist she is a visual philosopher. Any attempt to translate that philosophy into words will inevitably fail.
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    Nour El Saleh - Exquisite Farces
    Angélica
    • Sep 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    Nour El Saleh - Exquisite Farces

    Exquisite Farces is a solo exhibition of six large canvas and two relatively smaller works on paper.
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    Her Ground: Women Photographing Landscapes
    Angélica
    • Jul 31, 2019
    • 3 min

    Her Ground: Women Photographing Landscapes

    Flowers Gallery - Kingsland Road, London On until 31st August 2019 (FREE) What would these photographs be like were they taken by men? As...
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    Under the Spell of the Image
    Angélica
    • Jul 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    Under the Spell of the Image

    The show explores how King, Kettner and Bush's exile from the world has set them free to explore the full potential of their imagination.
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    Vik Muniz: Real Pictures
    Angélica
    • Jul 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    Vik Muniz: Real Pictures

    Vik Muniz mixed media exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts Gallery in London.
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    Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi - A Marvellous Entanglement
    Angélica
    • Jun 19, 2019
    • 4 min

    Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi - A Marvellous Entanglement

    Isaac Julien's new film about Brazilian architect, Lina Bo Bardi - A Marvellous Entanglement
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    Phyllida Barlow: cul-de-sac
    Angélica
    • May 23, 2019
    • 6 min

    Phyllida Barlow: cul-de-sac

    Royal Academy of Arts, London On until 23rd June 2019 (£14 admission) Phyllida Barlow: cul-de-sac has been on show at the Royal Academy o...
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    Tarsila Popular
    Angélica
    • Apr 26, 2019
    • 4 min

    Tarsila Popular

    MASP, São Paulo On until 28th July 2019 (FREE on Tuesdays) I wish I’d met Tarsila. I wish I’d heard her voice when she uttered so many ti...
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    Dorothea Tanning
    Angélica
    • Mar 16, 2019
    • 6 min

    Dorothea Tanning

    Tate Modern, London On until 9th June 2019 (£13 admission - worth every penny) Dorothea Tanning’s exhibition at Tate Modern doesn’t seem ...
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    Random Access Memory - Miroslaw Balka
    Angélica
    • Feb 25, 2019
    • 3 min

    Random Access Memory - Miroslaw Balka

    White Cube Mason's Yard, London Until 9th March 2019 (FREE entry) While most of the press seems to have been focused on Tracey Emin’s exh...
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    Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory
    Angélica
    • Jan 30, 2019
    • 4 min

    Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory

    Tate Modern, London On until 6th May 2019 (£18 admission) I go to quite a few exhibitions every month (every week even) but I don’t write...
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    Staging Jackson Pollock
    Angélica
    • Jan 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    Staging Jackson Pollock

    Whitechapel Gallery, London On until 24th March 2019 (FREE) My first exhibition of 2019. YAY! And what a start! I am writing this from th...
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    Klimt/Schiele
    Angélica
    • Dec 19, 2018
    • 4 min

    Klimt/Schiele

    Royal Academy of Arts, London On until 3rd February 2019 I am writing this after my second visit to the Klimt/Schiele exhibition at the R...
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    Frida
    Angélica
    • Nov 14, 2018
    • 4 min

    Frida

    Making herself up at the V&A After weeks of trying I’ve finally managed to visit Frida Kahlo’s exhibition at the V&A “Frida Kahlo: Making...
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