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Viewing Self-Made: Reshaping Identities at The Foundling Museum

The Wick Culture - Renee So, Venus of Valdivia, 2019 © The Artist Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry, London. Photo: Angus Mill

Above Renee So, Venus of Valdivia, 2019 © The Artist Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry, London. Photo: Angus Mill

The Wick Culture - Matt J Smith, Notes from a Love Song (Bocage), 2022 © The Artist

Above Matt J Smith, Notes from a Love Song (Bocage), 2022 © The Artist

The Wick Culture - Self Made. Photo Fernando Manoso

Above Self Made. Photo Fernando Manoso

The Wick Culture - Self Made exhibition photo by Fernando Manoso

Above Self Made exhibition photo by Fernando Manoso

Above Renee So, Venus of Valdivia, 2019 © The Artist Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry, London. Photo: Angus Mill

Above Matt J Smith, Notes from a Love Song (Bocage), 2022 © The Artist

Above Self Made. Photo Fernando Manoso

Above Self Made exhibition photo by Fernando Manoso

Self-Made: Reshaping Identities

The Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
15 November 2024 – 1 June, 2025

People have been making sense of themselves through clay for centuries; one of the world’s most ancient forms of art has represented our physical connection with earth and has long articulated the way we understanding our presence here in relation to it.

Self-Made is a fresh look at an age-old subject, exploring the work of four contemporary artists who innovate with clay in different ways: Phoebe Collings-James, Rachel Kneebone, Matt Smith and Renee So. Each artist adapts the malleable medium differently but they share a sensibility, using clay as an embodied expression of the constructed self.

This beautiful exhibition touches on class, gender, sexuality, heritage and legacy as passed on through clay – a potent reminder of how we can find new forms for ourselves in a literal, physical way, moulding the material to reflect inner worlds and experiences. This show represents an exciting connection with the Foundling Museum’s long-established mission to preserve stories around identity, care and belonging – and extends an invention to consider how we can keep reinventing ourselves, a message we all need to hear in these times.

Viewing “Postpartum Garden” at Homecoming Gallery

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The Wick Culture - POSTPARTUM Garden by Johnny Mae Hauser

Above POSTPARTUM Garden by Johnny Mae Hauser

Above “The Nest,” by Aldo Van den Broek

Above POSTPARTUM Garden by Johnny Mae Hauser

Above “The Observer,” by Aldo Van den Broek

Above POSTPARTUM Garden by Johnny Mae Hauser

Above “The Nest,” by Aldo Van den Broek

Above POSTPARTUM Garden by Johnny Mae Hauser

Above “The Observer,” by Aldo Van den Broek

POSTPARTUM Garden

Park Modern
14th – 17th November, 2024

Amsterdam’s Homecoming gallery comes to London this week for a short and very special showcase of works by Aldo van den Broek and Johnny Mae Hauser at Park Modern, Hyde Park, curated by Brandei Estes and hosted by Lola Bute.

The exhibition brings together the real life partners work reflected parallel, distinct perspectives on the artists’ first summer living and working together as family. Van den Broek’s Postpartum Garden reflects themes of growth and decay, and the fragility of new life, in works rife with symbolism and suggestion. Where he sees resilience in early motherhood, Hauser finds tension between the self and other, where identity is blurred and remoulded.

A poetic and poignant duo solo show by two fascinating artists, Postpartum Garden is a rare chance to see how the monumental moment of becoming parents affects each partner, side by side, sometimes surprisingly opposed and at others in seamless reciprocity. It’s a candid look at self-discovery and how the dynamics of family shape artistic vision. The exhibition opens today and runs until Sunday – curator Brandei Estes will be in conversation with the artists on 15 Friday.

Listening Artlogic’s Connect 24

The Wick Culture - New Art World: Building Community and Narratives in a Digital Age

Above New Art World: Building Community and Narratives in a Digital Age

Artlogic Conference Connect 24

Online
19th – 21st November, 2024

Connect 24 is Artlogic’s online conference bringing together those who create, sell and buy art through conversations and panels exploring everything from shifts in the market to the dynamics between artists and galleries. Informative and educational, Connect 24 is a unique opportunity to think about the art market and how it will be impacted by wider changes in the world.

Artlogic expects more than 10,000 of its community to attend the conference, including leading collectors, galleries, advisors, curators from around the world – as well as artists working in every medium. Our very own founder Katy Wickremesinghe is also part of the stellar line-up alongside the likes of Jasmin Tsou, Lisson Gallery’s New York Director, Gazelli Art House founder Mila Askarova, as well as Paul Smith Foundation director Martha Mosse and curator Jenn Ellis, to name a few.

Katy Wickremesinghe will moderate a panel titled Brave New Art World: Building Community and Narratives in a Digital Age, alongside Curator & Author Ekow Eshun, CEO of The Art Newspaper Nick Sargent, and Curator & Founder of @Carriescottcurates Carrie Scott.

Among the exciting discussions to sign up for is a panel discussion on the challenges facing the art market in 2025, in the wake of the US elections, and how to approach the sustainability in a globalised art scene. Also hot topics to be dissected are how to build better relationships between galleries and museums, and how collectors today are navigating the market on their own terms.

See the full programme and register here.