From Chic Stays to Fashion Redefined: Your Culture Guide to October

Go – Frieze London & Frieze Masterpiece, Regents Park. Looking for some inspiration this October? Don’t miss Frieze London and Frieze Masterpiece featuring more than 160 modern galleries and more than 130 leading historical galleries. 6th-9th October 2016. 

Read – Chic Stays, Assouline. Ever wondered were Kate Moss and Sofia Coppola love to stay? Look no further, Assouline’s latest book Chic Stays takes you on a tour of the world’s most beautiful hotels with your favourite writers, musicians, models and actors. 

Assouline: Chic Stays, 2016. 

Visit – Turner Prize, Tate Britain. Established in 1984, the Turner Prize is renowned as one of the most prestigious international visual arts awards. It will be awarded in December to an artist under fifty, born, living or working in Britain. This year’s four shortlisted artists for the Turner Prize 2016 are Michael Dean, Anthea Hamilton, Helen Marten and Josephine Pryde. We love this brick suit by Anthea Hamilton. 

Anthea Hamilton: Brick Suit.

See – The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined, The Barbican. The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined is the first exhibition to explore the thought-provoking but utterly compelling territory of taste in fashion. Drawn from major collections worldwide, the exhibition showcases over 120 exquisite objects, with contributions from prominent designers such as Christian Dior, Muiccia Prada and Philip Treacy. Opens 13th October, 2016.

Yosma, Marylebone.

Eat – Yosma, Marylebone. We love the newly opened Yosma in Marylebone. If the super sleek décor wasn’t enough, the menu of fresh fish and revitalizing salads will keep you going back for more. 50 Baker Street, London, W1U 7BT. 

A Cuban Retrospective in London: Wilfredo Lam at Tate Modern

This September, don't miss the chance to see one of the most notable Cuban and modernist artists of the twentieth century in this major retrospective at The Tate Modern. Wilfredo Lam's work addresses themes of nature and spirituality as well as social injustice. His work is closely associated with icons such as Andre Breton, Pablo Picasso and Lucio Fontana. 

Having witnessed political upheaval throughout his life, including the Spanish Civil War and the evacuation of artists and intellectuals in France during the onset of WW II, Lam offered a unique historical perspective through his painting of a post-colonial world. 

Wifredo Lam, Horse-headed Woman, 1950

The exhibition will include over 200 paintings, drawings, photographs and prints, and will trace Lam's 60-year career from the 1920s to the 1970s, confirming his place at the centre of cosmopolitan modernism. 

Wifredo Lam, Tate Modern – 14th September 2016 – 8th January 2017

Magnified Flowers and Mexican Landscapes: Georgia O'Keeffe

Magnified flowers and Mexican landscapes will soon land in our capital. Don’t miss a rare chance to see Georgia O’Keeffe’s truly gorgeous (in every way) body of work, primarily because none of her work is on display in public collections in the UK.  She was best known for her abstract paintings and depictions of natural forms. 

This will be the first exhibition of O’Keeffe’s work in 20 years. Come first and foremost to challenge the female vs male divide, a topic O’Keeffe’s paintings so naturally conjure up.

“Men put me down as the best woman painter…
…I think I’m one of the best painters.”

Georgia O’Keeffe

Jimson Weed / White Flower No. 1

The highlight of the show for us will be Jimson Weed / White Flower No. 1 (pictured), the most expensive painting by a woman ever sold at auction (not a small feat Georgia). The exhibition will open with her charcoals that were first exhibited in 1915 and will end on more conceptual river scenes from the early 1960s, an unfeigned journey through her life and career. 

From July 6th at The Tate Modern’s Eyal Ofer Galleries, this is really a show not to be missed.  Head over on a Summer afternoon in your very best attire to get lost in the ethereal landscape of O’Keeffe’s New Mexico. 

July 6th – 30th October 2016

Tate Modern

   

Meet Miss Martin

Agnes Martin’s subtle pencil lines and light colour washes will be welcomed this summer to London’s Tate Modern. The exhibition will display three decades of Martin’s work, from her early beginnings in New York to her escape from fame in Taos, New Mexico.  Agnes Martin was born in Canada and considered herself an abstract expressionist, like her male peers Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. 

Agnes Martin. 

Martin once remarked that ‘Without awareness of beauty, innocence and happiness, one cannot make works of art’, which suggests her reasoning for moving away from the competitive New York art scene and to seek creative comfort in New Mexico’s foreign lands. Martin believed in the power of the emotional over the physical and also believed that her most recent work of art was always her best.  Somewhat controversially, Martin wished for all of her early works to be destroyed, a collection of which will be on show to the public this summer.  We must feel privileged to have the opportunity to witness the growth of a successful female artist, in an arena that was monopolized by men. Women artists are gaining more and more attention in the current climate, with Georgia O’Keefe recently setting a new record for the highest female auction price for her White Flower Number One. Expect to be soothed and meditative in front of Martin’s paintings, their striped linen canvases will hold your attention with their ever so slight details.  

"I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable."

– Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin, artist portrait. 

Agnes Martin at The Tate Modern 3rd June – 11th October 2015.