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Viewing Triangle: Will Kendrick, Catherine Parsonage, Jess Power

The Wick Culture - Will Kendrick, Nothing But Make Believe Will Ever Feel This Real Again, 2017

Above Will Kendrick, Nothing But Make Believe Will Ever Feel This Real Again, 2017

The Wick Culture - Catherine Parsonage,
La Grand Odalisque Manifesto Cat, 2021

Above Catherine Parsonage, La Grand Odalisque Manifesto Cat, 2021

The Wick Culture - Jess Power, Twisted Tales at the Euphoric Turbine, 2021

Above Jess Power, Twisted Tales at the Euphoric Turbine, 2021

Above Will Kendrick, Nothing But Make Believe Will Ever Feel This Real Again, 2017

Above Catherine Parsonage, La Grand Odalisque Manifesto Cat, 2021

Above Jess Power, Twisted Tales at the Euphoric Turbine, 2021

13 January — 20 February 2022
Freelands Foundation, London
https://freelandsfoundation.co.uk

Since its launch in 2015, the Freelands Foundation has championed innovative approaches to art education through partnerships and programmes across the UK. Its current exhibition, Triangle, presents the work of the three artists on the inaugural Freelands Painting Fellowships.

There is a pleasingly diverse range of work on display. Look closer at the abstract compositions of Jess Power and you’ll soon decipher a smattering of recognisable references including fantasy creatures, elements of landscape and furniture. Will Kendrick’s installations, meanwhile, examine the world around us and its materials through themes of science fiction and alien life. As for Catherine Parsonage, her intriguing paintings fuse a variety of styles and references, prompting the viewer to question the canon of art history.

For the duration of the exhibition, the Reading Room will also present selected texts and publications that relate to the artists’ practice. A compelling exhibition that will open your ideas to new and exciting ideas in art.

Viewing Fotografiska Shanghai and Berlin

Above Fotografiska Berlin

The Wick Culture - Fotografiska Shanghai

Above Fotografiska Shanghai

Above Fotografiska Berlin

Above Fotografiska Shanghai

Shanghai (opening Fall 2022) / Berlin (opening Winter 2022)
http://www.fotografiska.com

Founded in Stockholm in 2010 by brothers Jan and Per Broman, Fotografiska is one of the world’s leading centres of contemporary photography. It now has three museums worldwide (Stockholm, New York and Tallinn) and has three more in the works. Both the Shanghai and Berlin outposts are poised to open later this year, while the Miami venue is slated for 2023.

The museum in Shanghai will open in an early 20th-century warehouse near the recently renovated Suzhou Creek area. The 4,637-square-metre building spans four floors and features extensive exhibition galleries, indoor and outdoor event space, a concept store and a restaurant overlooking the river. The Berlin museum, meanwhile, will move into the well-known abandoned department store on Oranienburger Strasse in the heart of the city’s Mitte district.

Like the existing Fotografiska venues, the new spaces will host a programme of rotating exhibitions spanning various genres. Expect to see established names like Andy Warhol and Martin Parr shown alongside lesser-known artists and rising stars. If its string of recent exhibitions is anything to go by, we’re in for a treat.

Viewing The Burrell Collection

The Wick Culture - Pink Roses Peploe, Samuel John. Courtesy CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Collections.

Above Pink Roses Peploe, Samuel John. Courtesy CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Collections.

The Wick Culture - Portrait of Miss Mary Burrell, John Lavery. Courtesy CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Collections.

Above Portrait of Miss Mary Burrell, John Lavery. Courtesy CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Collections.

The Wick Culture - Princess Cecily. Courtesy CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Collections.

Above Princess Cecily. Courtesy CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Collections.

Above Pink Roses Peploe, Samuel John. Courtesy CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Collections.

Above Portrait of Miss Mary Burrell, John Lavery. Courtesy CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Collections.

Above Princess Cecily. Courtesy CSG CIC Glasgow Museums and Collections.

Opening in March 2022
The Burrell Collection, Glasgow
https://burrellcollection.com

The Burrell Collection is one of the finest civic museum collections in the UK. The collection of around 9,000 objects was assembled by Sir William Burrell (1861-1958) and his wife Constance and generously donated by the couple to the City of Glasgow in 1944.

Although best known for its glorious collection of gothic and early renaissance works of art from Northern Europe, and its significant group of Degas works, it also includes one of the most significant holdings of Chinese art in the UK. Additionally, it is home to an important collection of medieval treasures including stained glass and arms and armour, over 200 tapestries which rank among the finest in the world, and paintings by such celebrated French Impressionists as Manet and Cézanne.

The Burrell Collection is housed in a purpose-built premise in Glasgow’s Pollok Country Park. The building, which has been closed for refurbishment since 2016, will now reopen in March. When it does, you’ll be able to visit all three of its floors, including the museum’s stores; enjoy new immersive and interactive displays; and access new learning and community areas, a refreshed café, indoor picnic areas as well as a bigger shop.