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Viewing Once Upon a Turquoise Past

Curated by art historian Carrie Scott, Once Upon a Turquoise Past presents new photographic work by the art collector, patron and writer Maryam Eisler. Captured in the early-winter light at Leighton House — the opulent Kensington home of Orientalist Lord Leighton — this new series blends colours, patterns, cultural references and social histories, transporting the viewer into another world. It also explores Eisler’s continued interest in depicting the female form — the Sublime Feminine — through plays on light.

Born in Iran and raised in Europe and later in New York, Eisler draws inspiration from the world around her. In this series, she looks at everything from the turquoise-tiled domes of her homeland and 19th-century European literature to the colours and gloss of 1980s New York. In doing so, she creates visual wonderlands that are intriguing as they are bewitching.
Above  The Wick x The Stitch: Maryam Eisler at Linley London

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Dates
04 November 2021 — 28 November 2021
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Viewing What’s Up/ l’univers d’un collectionneur

The millennial art advisor Lawrence Van Hagen is having a moment. Since staging his first What’s Up exhibition in 2016, he’s been the go-to source for first-time collectors looking for the next big thing in art. He brings together emerging or mid-career artists and more established names to create a dialogue across colours, mediums, techniques, countries and generations. ‘I do the shows this way because I think it’s interesting and I believe that in order to attract people to a show with emerging artists, you need work by household names as well,’ he explained. ‘Also, when you have younger artists at a show, it keeps the older generation more current.’ 

Now on display at 80 Grosvenor Street in Mayfair is Van Hagen’s latest edition of What’s Up, bringing together art and design pieces from the 1950s to the present day. You’ll find paintings by Günther Förg and Kenneth Noland nestling happily alongside sculpture and design pieces by Jorge Zalszupin and Jose Dávila. Rising stars for your radar include Sara Anstis and Poppy Jones, whose practice blends traditional printmaking techniques, tools and materials with digital printing. Stepping inside this beautifully curated haven is enough to make you want to redecorate immediately.

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Dates
12 October 2021 — 06 November 2021

Viewing Christiane Baumgartner: Wish you were here

London’s Cristea Roberts Gallery is currently hosting the largest and most ambitious work ever made by Christiane Baumgartner, the Leipzig-based artist celebrated for her monumental woodcuts based on her own films and video stills. Measuring over nine metres in width, Stairway to Heaven (2019) consists of five monochrome woodcuts derived from photographs the artist took of a large, cascading waterfall outside Quebec City in Canada. Look to the aligned horizon lines for maximum visual impact.

Elsewhere, you’ll find Baumgartner’s first depictions of a sunrise, a series of six woodcuts depicting the moon on the horizon and a new series of ‘reverse drawings’ featuring abstract figurations of colour. Also on display is a unique woodcut measuring over two metres in height depicting daylight shining through a wooded landscape against a blue backdrop. It’s a seductive show that offers welcome respite from the noise outside.

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Dates
29 October 2021 — 04 December 2021
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