Category: Critic
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Frieze London and Art Basel Paris: How emerging galleries pay the price of prestige
Coming back from an intense week at Frieze London, where I worked in the Focus section, I couldn’t help but compare how the two major fairs—Frieze London and Art Basel Paris—treat emerging galleries and artists. How do they each support, or fail to support, the artists and galleries trying to find their place in an…
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Grillo Meets Toorop: Painting, Stained Glass and Religion as a Symbiotic Relationship
Contemporary Nigerian artist Yusuf Grillo is a highly influential figure in Nigerian art history. Born in Lagos in 1934, he is celebrated for his inventive use of color, especially his signature shades of deep blue (a reference to adire and resist-dye textiles used in Nigeria), and for his expressive interpretations of Yoruba culture. His iconic…
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Reflections on Brotherly Love and the Intimacies of Men in David Chariandy’s ‘Brother’
A short reflection based on Michael Bucknor’s essay ‘That Body Always Just a Skin Away’: Brotherly Love and the Intimacies of Men in David Chariandy’s ‘Brother’.
プロテオドラ Theodora Poulot 