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Viewing Art Basel Miami Beach

The Wick Culture - Art Basel Miami Beach

Above Art Basel Miami Beach

The Wick Culture - Helen Escobedo, Trilogi amarilla 1970, credit Ramiro Chaves

Above Helen Escobedo, Trilogi amarilla 1970, credit Ramiro Chaves

The Wick Culture - Alfredo Volpi Bandeirinhas Mastro 1960s

Above Alfredo Volpi Bandeirinhas Mastro 1960s

The Wick Culture - Tsinnajinnie, Cold Water

Above Tsinnajinnie, Cold Water

Above Art Basel Miami Beach

Above Helen Escobedo, Trilogi amarilla 1970, credit Ramiro Chaves

Above Alfredo Volpi Bandeirinhas Mastro 1960s

Above Tsinnajinnie, Cold Water

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Centre, Miami

1 — 3 December 2022 (29 and 30 November by invitation only)
www.artbasel.com/miami-beach

The time has come for the art glitterati to pack their bags and hotfoot it to Miami for Art Basel Miami Beach. The 20th anniversary edition of the leading contemporary art fair will be the largest to date, featuring 282 exhibitors from 38 countries, including a core contingent from the Americas.

In addition to the fair’s main sections — Galleries, Positions, Nova, Survey and Edition — is the Kabinett sector, which presents 29 specially curated installations within exhibitors’ booths. Beeline for The Modern Institute, which presents new works by Alberta Whittle, before exploring Stephen Friedman Gallery, whose booth features new works by Japanese artist Izumi Kato.

Also noteworthy is the Meridians section, curated for the third time by Magalí Arriola, which features 20 large-scale projects by emerging artists including Christopher Myers, Cauleen Smith and Zanele Muholi. Not to be missed is Birth (1984), a large-scale, hand-crocheted wall-hanging by pioneering feminist artist Judy Chicago.

Taking place alongside the fair is Conversations, featuring 35 speakers across 9 panels, including collectors Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, curator and co-director of the Serpentine Galleries Hans Ulrich Obrist and arts editor Tim Schneider.

While you’re in Miami, be sure to explore the packed programme of satellite and collateral events too. Highlights include Design Miami, Untitled Art Fair and the carousel of glitzy drink receptions, dinners and all-night beach parties. You can sleep when you’re back!

Viewing Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life

The Wick Culture - Sculpture with Colour (Deep Blue and Red), 1940 © Bowness. Photo © Tate

Above Sculpture with Colour (Deep Blue and Red), 1940 © Bowness. Photo © Tate

The Wick Culture - Notes and swatches for Sir Michael Tippett's opera, 'The Midsummer Marriage' by the artist Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975).

Above Notes and swatches for Sir Michael Tippett’s opera, ‘The Midsummer Marriage’ by the artist Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975).

The Wick Culture - Barbara Hepworth at Trewyn Studio, St Ives in 1957 with Stringed Figure (Curlew) [Version II] 1956 © Bowness

Above Barbara Hepworth at Trewyn Studio, St Ives in 1957 with Stringed Figure (Curlew) [Version II] 1956 © Bowness

The Wick Culture - Barbara Hepworth in Trewyn Studio, St Ives in 1958 © Bowness. Photo by Michel Ramon

Above Barbara Hepworth in Trewyn Studio, St Ives in 1958 © Bowness. Photo by Michel Ramon

The Wick Culture - Stringed Figure (Curlew) [Version II] 1956, edition 1959. © Bowness. Photo © Tate

Above Stringed Figure (Curlew) [Version II] 1956, edition 1959. © Bowness. Photo © Tate

The Wick Culture - Barbara Hepworth - Curved Form (Trevalgan) 1956. Courtesy of the British Council Collection. Photo © The British Council

Above Barbara Hepworth – Curved Form (Trevalgan) 1956. Courtesy of the British Council Collection. Photo © The British Council

The Wick Culture - Barbara Hepworth - Construction 1. Image courtesy of The Ingram Collection.

Above Barbara Hepworth – Construction 1. Image courtesy of The Ingram Collection.

The Wick Culture - Bicentric Form 1949 © Bowness. Image © Tate

Above Bicentric Form 1949 © Bowness. Image © Tate

Above Sculpture with Colour (Deep Blue and Red), 1940 © Bowness. Photo © Tate

Above Notes and swatches for Sir Michael Tippett’s opera, ‘The Midsummer Marriage’ by the artist Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975).

Above Barbara Hepworth at Trewyn Studio, St Ives in 1957 with Stringed Figure (Curlew) [Version II] 1956 © Bowness

Above Barbara Hepworth in Trewyn Studio, St Ives in 1958 © Bowness. Photo by Michel Ramon

Above Stringed Figure (Curlew) [Version II] 1956, edition 1959. © Bowness. Photo © Tate

Above Barbara Hepworth – Curved Form (Trevalgan) 1956. Courtesy of the British Council Collection. Photo © The British Council

Above Barbara Hepworth – Construction 1. Image courtesy of The Ingram Collection.

Above Bicentric Form 1949 © Bowness. Image © Tate

Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life
Tate St Ives, St Ives

26 November 2022 — 1 May 2023
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/barbara-hepworth-art-and-life

Barbara Hepworth is one of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century. Taking inspiration from the landscape around her, she revolutionised sculpture by exploring the possibilities of neutral space. This landmark retrospective, first seen at the Hepworth Wakefield in Yorkshire, celebrates her life and art, while underlining the influence of St Ives and its close-knit artistic community on her work.

Through some 50 sculptures, as well as rarely seen drawings, paintings and archival material, Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life traces the artist’s journey from her initial studies in Leeds and her travels in Europe, to her life in London and later years in St Ives. You’ll see her transition from overtly figurative work towards abstraction as well as her enduring interest in the body, space and spirituality.

Highlight works include Disc with Strings (Moon) from 1969, perhaps inspired by advances in space exploration, and her monumental Single Form, made for the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 1964. Also shown are the artist’s forays into stage design.

Shown together, they reveal the remarkable range of Hepworth’s work — and her steadfast commitment to challenging the boundaries of modern sculpture.

Viewing Nasim Hantehzadeh: Ray of Light

The Wick Culture - Nasim Hantehzadeh
At the end of the day, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh At the end of the day, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

The Wick Culture - Nasim Hantehzadeh
Hugging myself, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh Hugging myself, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

The Wick Culture - Nasim Hantehzadeh
Last year was the 10th year, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh Last year was the 10th year, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

The Wick Culture - Nasim Hantehzadeh
On the night of the full moon, we learned to trust each other, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh On the night of the full moon, we learned to trust each other, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

The Wick Culture - Nasim Hantehzadeh
The circle, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh The circle, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

The Wick Culture - Nasim Hantehzadeh
Which way is time moving? All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh Which way is time moving? All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh At the end of the day, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh Hugging myself, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh Last year was the 10th year, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh On the night of the full moon, we learned to trust each other, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh The circle, 2022. All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Above Nasim Hantehzadeh Which way is time moving? All images courtesy of the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London.

Nasim Hantehzadeh: Ray of Light
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London

18 November 2022 — 7 January 2023
www.houldsworth.co.uk/exhibitions/125-nasim-hantehzadeh-ray-of-light/press_release_text/

Zip over to Pippy Houldsworth Gallery this November to see the first UK solo exhibition by LA-based Iranian artist Nasim Hantehzadeh. Inspired by everything from Palaeolithic cave paintings and indigenous art from Mexico to Islamic architecture and ancient Persian rug patterns, Hantehzadeh creates deeply personal works that reflect their cultural duality and explore personal and collective memory.

They also addresse themes of identity, personhood, sexuality and race, evoking a world in which categories are deliberately in flux and undefined. In At the End of the Day (2022), for instance, the embellished orifices and sexual organs are transfigured from the corporeal to the otherworldly. The gate is open, meanwhile, is a meditation on vulnerability and openness in the face of the country’s extreme laws against LGBT people.

By dismantling preconceptions of a pre-modern Islamic gender system, Hantehzadeh fortifies their stance on Iranian feminism and the powerful role it plays in their country’s culture wars. Considering the current political situation, this show couldn’t be more apt.