EDITOR’S LETTER
Welcome to The Wick
Dear Culturally Curious,
A letter to start the week for a change.
It’s bravo to Sinner and time to fly some flags of the art type: New West End Company (NWEC) has partnered with the Royal Academy of Arts for its ninth edition of Art in Mayfair making flags the perfect accompaniment to a summer walk. Ugo Rondinone is the artist in residence, and he has transformed Bond Street with 27 colourful flags during the Royal Academy’s 258th Summer Exhibition. Based on the artist’s signature ‘sunrise sunset’ watercolour paintings, the works create a wonderful promenade. Don’t miss Rondinone’s 10-metre-long LED sign THE SONG IS YOU made up of rainbow-striped letters in the Royal Academy courtyard.
Meanwhile in Paris, Dior continued its long association with artists with Jonathan Anderson paying homage to American artist Lynda Benglis. How to up cultural capital? Dior’s answer was to turn Jonathan Anderson’s collection into a public access exhibition at the show’s location, the delightful Musée Rodin. Entitled The Grammar of Forms, original Dior creations from the heyday of 1950s couture were shown alongside Anderson’s latest work and Bengli’s twisted metal and fabric sculptures. On visiting last week, visitors including groups of school children were enthralled.
While in Arles why not head to Fonds Bustamante, a new independent foundation by artist Jean-Marc Bustamante housed in a serene, renovated 12th-century church. It opens with a group show En Miroirs. Don’t miss the art world favourite Luma Arles and the exhibition Animal Model: 200 Years of Photography, with curator Nathalie Herschdorfer exploring humankind’s relationship to animals. Whilst there check out Richter Overpainted photographs, Julian Knxx, Hans Ulrich’s homage to Zaha Hadid, Patti Smith and Dior’s Visual Arts Award – you might need a full day! Afterwards un cafe au lait with Martin Parr at the Nord Pinus is a must.
Wishing you a great week head, come on England!
Katy & The Wick KTW team
A letter to start the week for a change.
It’s bravo to Sinner and time to fly some flags of the art type: New West End Company (NWEC) has partnered with the Royal Academy of Arts for its ninth edition of Art in Mayfair making flags the perfect accompaniment to a summer walk. Ugo Rondinone is the artist in residence, and he has transformed Bond Street with 27 colourful flags during the Royal Academy’s 258th Summer Exhibition. Based on the artist’s signature ‘sunrise sunset’ watercolour paintings, the works create a wonderful promenade. Don’t miss Rondinone’s 10-metre-long LED sign THE SONG IS YOU made up of rainbow-striped letters in the Royal Academy courtyard.
Meanwhile in Paris, Dior continued its long association with artists with Jonathan Anderson paying homage to American artist Lynda Benglis. How to up cultural capital? Dior’s answer was to turn Jonathan Anderson’s collection into a public access exhibition at the show’s location, the delightful Musée Rodin. Entitled The Grammar of Forms, original Dior creations from the heyday of 1950s couture were shown alongside Anderson’s latest work and Bengli’s twisted metal and fabric sculptures. On visiting last week, visitors including groups of school children were enthralled.
While in Arles why not head to Fonds Bustamante, a new independent foundation by artist Jean-Marc Bustamante housed in a serene, renovated 12th-century church. It opens with a group show En Miroirs. Don’t miss the art world favourite Luma Arles and the exhibition Animal Model: 200 Years of Photography, with curator Nathalie Herschdorfer exploring humankind’s relationship to animals. Whilst there check out Richter Overpainted photographs, Julian Knxx, Hans Ulrich’s homage to Zaha Hadid, Patti Smith and Dior’s Visual Arts Award – you might need a full day! Afterwards un cafe au lait with Martin Parr at the Nord Pinus is a must.
Wishing you a great week head, come on England!
Katy & The Wick KTW team
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