Tuesday 24th July: Frieze Sculpture Park 2018

Returning for a second year, the success of the Frieze Sculpture Park has opened with twenty five artists curated by Clare Lilley (Yorkshire Sculpture Park).  These contemporary pieces include this selection of my faves by (top to bottom): Kimsooja's "Needle Woman & Sky", Rana Begum's "No. 814", Larry Achiampong's "Pan African Flags For the Relic Travellers' Alliance", Conrad Shawcross "Optic Labyrinth", Virgina Overton's "Untilted" and Richard Woods "Holiday Home".

Check out all the works until 7th October and use the App to navigate the plots and artists.

See last year's collection here.

Thursday 19th October: Frieze Sculpture Park 2017

This year's Frieze Sculpture Park served as a perfect place for more of our "arts run" half marathon training!  Here are highlights including (top to bottom):  Takuro Kuwata, Kaws, Bernar Venet, Tony Cragg, Rasheed Araeen and Thomas J. Price.  All 25 contemporary artworks selected by Clare Lilley (Director of Programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park) are on display in Regents Park free for public viewing.

Friday 7th October: Frieze Sculpture Park 2016

From dawn till dusk - Frieze Art Fair's free sculpture park in Regents Park, open to the public in daylight hours.  This year the selection has been curated by Clare Lilley from Yorkshire Sculpture Park including artists, top to bottom:  Eduardo Paolozzi, Huang Rui, Eddie Martinez, Claes Oldenburg, Jean Dubuffet and Conrad Shawcross.  Navigate the site with the official App in collaboration with The Art Fund.

Monday 19th October: "Running Naked" at TJ. Boulting

Icelandic, New York based artist Shoplifter has been in London for Frieze Art Fair week, taking part in a group show at nearby TJ.Boulting.  The "Running Naked" exhibition is a collaboration of 3 artist's individual styles morphing into a brand new body of work.  The trio of friends have come together in joint force for the first time, fusing the multicolour visions of AVAF (Assume Vivid Astro Focus), Cibelle Cavalli Bastos & Shoppy.   For example, AVAF's soft digital print "Vertigo Anxiety" has a Shoppy hair sculpture addition and sits ontop of Cibelle's oil cloth patchwork flooring.   The riot of colour on every surface is an equal equation of a spectrum sum in one complete cosmic outcome.  Obviously a dream for me to visit in this technicolour world and have the chance to see Shoppy brighten up our city with her joyous vibes, thanks to TJ. Boulting.

See archive posts on AVAF in NYC here, and Shoppy at Trolley here.    

Thursday 15th October: Millie Brown's "Rainbow Body" at Gazelli Art House

Millie Brown is back in town this week to take part in the Frieze week of events with her UK debut at Gazelli with a site-specific performance installation.  Her rainbow theme continues with this new work using crystals acting as prisms to cast spectrum reflections from her ceiling suspension.  She is in situ for 4 hour stints for 4 days at the gallery on Dover Street to be viewed from either outside on the street or up close.  Her frame hangs in amongst the parallel show inside the space "Let there be light, revisited" which highlights pioneers of the 60's/70's Light & Space movement.   I was lucky enough to be treated to dinner at Bistrotheque on Monday to celebrate both the event and her birthday. Apparently it's standard practise in the art-world to hold a dinner party as a private view ...... I now realise which industry I should have gone into!!!!!!!  Thanks for the taster Millie!  

Gazelli Art House, 39 Dover Street, London W1S 4NN

Thurs 15th Oct 5-9pm, Fri & Sat 17th Oct 2-6pm

(Bottom photo by Mandy Lennard of Princess Julia, Craig Lawrence & I at Bistrotheque)