CONTEMPORARY DESIGN NEWS
News of Contemporary Design, Architecture and Interiors
News of contemporary, modern art including works around the world by both leading and emerging artists.
5-7 October 2018 (Preview 3 & 4 October)
The 16th edition of Frieze London feature around 160 galleries with art from over 1000 of todays leading artists. Frieze London coincides with Frieze Sculpture and Frieze Masters at Regent's Park. Frieze London 2018.
3 May - 6 May 2018 at Randall's Island Park
Frieze New York, led by the director of Frieze Fairs Victoria Siddall and Artistic director Loring Randolph, features over 1,000 leading contemporary and modern artists at more than 190 galleries from 30 countries. Frieze
9 April - 29 July 2018.
The National Gallery in London features an exhibition dedicated to Claude Monet's paintings of architecture. The image above is of Monet's Thames below Westminster (La Tamise et le Parlement) painted about 1871. © The National Gallery, London. National Gallery
25 March - 15 July 2018.
This exhibition at Houghton Hall, as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival, will feature new paintings by Damien Hirst that will be shown to the public for the first time. The series of paintings, titled Colour Space will include Flesh Tint (shown above). Flesh Tint (2016) Household gloss on canvas 610 x 813 mm Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2017. NN Festival
2 November 2017 - 7 May 2018.
The 'Impressionists in London' exhibition at the Tate Britain displays over 100 works including art by Monet, Tissot and Pissaro, created while the artists were in exile in Britain during the Franco-Prussian war. The exhibition explores London through the eyes of the French artists, and is curated by Dr Caroline Corbeau-Parsons. Tate Britain
Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen of OS and OOS designed the Matrix Bench as part of the Matix project. The project aims to create a system with endless configurations using a grid structure that changes from being almost transparent to solid depending on the perspective. Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen work from Eidenhover in the Netherlands and created OS and OOs in 2011. OS and OOS
19 January - 10 March 2018.
Bridget Riley's work from the last four years will be on display at the David Zwirner gallery at 24 Grafton Street, London W1. David Zwirner
Moritz & Ottisen's ‘blueprints’ series is inspired by intricate architectural drawings. These prussian blue prints capture the charming complexity of different cities. The London Blueprint features Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace and the London Eye. High quality print on 240gsm Munken paper. The City Works.
Metallic silver screen print on 120gsm Keaykolour Royal Blue uncoated paper. A history of electronic music mapped out to the circuit board of a theremin, which is widely regarded as one of the first electronic musical instruments. Electric Love Blueprint celebrates over 200 inventors, innovators, artists, composers and musicians who (in Dorothy's opinion) have been pivotal to the evolution of electronic music from the invention of the earliest known sound recording device in 1857 to the present day. Dorothy