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Scotland: Durness Beach

Scotland: Durness Beach | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it

"At the end of the beautiful drive from Ullapool to Durness is the GORGEOUS white sandy Durness Beach! Well worth the approximately 70 mile drive."

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With thanks to Beach Bums for introducing me to this spectacular spot!

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A visit to Joan Jonas' New York loft

Visit artist Joan Jonas in her SoHo loft and enter her world of collected objects. A trailblazer of video and performance art, she began her decades-long career working in New York’s vibrant Downtown art scene of the 1960s and ’70s. Here she reflects on the city’s changing landscape, and takes us through the recurring props (mirrors, masks, and kites) and themes (play, mythology, our relationship to animals) that inspire her radical work.

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Vilhelm Hammershøi. Silence @ Hauser & Worth , Basel 

Vilhelm Hammershøi. Silence @ Hauser & Worth , Basel  | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and President Marc Payot
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Villages and towns in Sicily worth visiting: Noto, Bronte, Trapani, Marsala and Erice

Villages and towns in Sicily worth visiting: Noto, Bronte, Trapani, Marsala and Erice | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
I spent time in Sicily just before Christmas. Flying to Catania, which I’ve visited before, I stayed in Paradise hotel (old fashioned, but lovely) near Mount Etna, which had an overnight splutter. Leaning on the balcony, drinking a flaming Aperol Spritz while watching the glowing lava pour down...
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How Leap of dance academy placed  Nigeria on the world map

How Leap of dance academy placed  Nigeria on the world map | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
Conch Africa catches up with the inspirational Daniel Ajala, founder of Lagos-based ballet school, Leap of Dance academy.
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Inspirational! For more details about this Nigerian dance academy , visit https://leapofdanceacademy.org/
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Originally part of the Bowood House Estate, the renovation of the old diary barns involved sensitive painstaking removal of layers of concrete, brick and dung to reveal the buildings original features.
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Jakob Kudsk Steensen

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Jakob Kudsk Steensen brings together physical, virtual, real and imagined landscapes in mixed reality immersive installations.
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The Making of ‘Henry Moore. Sharing Form’ at Hauser & Wirth Somerset

This spring, our Somerset gallery presents a major exhibition of works by Henry Moore, curated by Hannah Higham of The Henry Moore Foundation in collaboration with the artist’s daughter Mary Moore. A comprehensive survey spanning six decades extends across all five gallery spaces, in addition to an open-air presentation of large-scale works.

The exhibition is organised with support from the Henry Moore Foundation.



Hauser & Wirth is an international contemporary and modern art gallery with spaces in Zurich, London, Somerset, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Gstaad, St. Moritz, Monaco and Menorca.



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A Surreal New Bookstore Has Just Opened in China

A Surreal New Bookstore Has Just Opened in China | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
Up top, there are mirrored ceilings—while gleaming black tile floors reflect the bookcases for a serious M.C. Escher effect
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An Abandoned Farmhouse Transformed Into a Life-Size Dollhouse by Heather Benning Reflects on Ideas of Home

An Abandoned Farmhouse Transformed Into a Life-Size Dollhouse by Heather Benning Reflects on Ideas of Home | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it

“A sight familiar to those who travel along the old roads and by-ways of the North American countryside, an abandoned farmhouse is a touching reminder of changes in the landscape and the people who live there. Based in rural Saskatchewan, artist Heather Benning has spent the last several years making work that explores themes related to the impact of large-scale, industrialized agriculture on local communities, family farms, and a sense of home.”

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Spikes, Rusted Wire, and Scissors Bind Shattered Porcelain in Sculptures by Glen Taylor

Spikes, Rusted Wire, and Scissors Bind Shattered Porcelain in Sculptures by Glen Taylor | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
A visual metaphor for imperfection and the possibilities of repair, the porcelain sculptures created by Ohio-based artist Glen Taylor (previously) are steeped in contrast. Soldered spikes confront the gilded, floral designs on a stack of teacups, a rusted pair of scissors binds shards of a plate, an
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Phyllida Barlow glimpse –Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles 

Phyllida Barlow glimpse –Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles  | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
British artist Phyllida Barlow has continuously challenged the conventions of sculpture. Infusing humble materials such as cardboard, fabric, plywood, and cement with a boundless energy, she persuades the viewer to experience form on its own terms rather than to reflexively project meaning onto it. ‘glimpse,’ the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles in her celebrated five-decade career, will be an ambitious presentation of new large-scale works assembled on site and in response to the gallery’s physical adaptation of the historic Globe Mills, a collection of late 19th and early 20th century buildings. Here Barlow will respond to, manipulate, and punctuate the distinctive architectural features of the complex with her sculptures, yielding an intimate and confrontational encounter between form, environment, and viewer. Visitors will be encouraged to walk around and under, and look up and over the sculptures. Such interaction is a critical element of Barlow’s work, typical of her longtime exploration of the ways in which sculpture can open the mind to different realms of experience by summoning the body forward.

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The Annual ‘Women Street Photographers’ Exhibition Highlights the Images Changing the Genre

The Annual ‘Women Street Photographers’ Exhibition Highlights the Images Changing the Genre | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
Since 2017, a multi-faceted initiative has celebrated hundreds of street photographers whose work develops and expands the boundaries of what's historically been a male-dominated field. The project of Gulnara Samoilova, Women Street Photographers connects the widespread and deeply personal by highli
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Family affair: the Collection of Jacqueline Matisse Monnier | Christie's

Family affair: the Collection of Jacqueline Matisse Monnier | Christie's | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
Jackie Matisse inherited paintings and drawings by her famous grandfather Henri but also collected works by her gilded circle of friends, which included some of the 20th century’s greatest artists | Christie's’
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We See You: Ayodele Casel | The Sunday Paper x @colehaan | Women's History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month, we are celebrating extraordinary stories told by extraordinary storytellers. Throughout the entire month of March, in partnership with @colehaan we are highlighting four visionary, multimedia artists who have devoted their lives to creating and cultivating community, weaving together past, present and future generations of women through their chosen art forms, while also strengthening our connections to each other and humanity as a whole. Join us every Sunday as we feature a new storyteller and highlight the vital role they play in shaping the world with their artistry.

Casel is an alumna of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and The William Esper Studio. A dance educator for over 25 years, Casel is the co-director of Operation Tap, an online tap dance educational platform, DLNY Tap Dance Project, and serves on the board of the youth arts leadership organization A BroaderWay Foundation.

Ayodele Casel may dance with her feet, but what she says with them is just as important.

As she glides rhythmically across the stage, the award-winning tap dancer, who is Black and Puerto Rican, invokes the often untold legacies of the many Black female tap dancers who never had the same opportunity she has to perform at the White House, Carnegie Hall, and Madison Square Garden.

“I like to think it’s doing justice to their erasure,” she says. “I am a conglomerate of all these folks who came before me.”

Those women’s stories have also helped Ayodele find her voice. Raised between The Bronx and Puerto Rico, she found the magic of tap dancing to be a language that needs no translation.

With only a few clicks of her toes and heels, Ayodele skillfully weaves rich history and personal stories together with the salsa, jazz, and hip hop sounds that defined her childhood, most recently on display in her award-winning production Chasing Magic. Her unique approach has earned her a Doris Duke Artist award, Bessie award, and a spot as one of the New York Times’ “biggest breakout stars of 2019.” She also serves as a choreographer for the Broadway revival of Funny Girl.

Through all her work, Ayodele hopes to transform the way audiences see tap dancing.

“Tap dancing is not just steps. Tap dancing is not just a series of moves … This is real expression.”

Ayodele’s upcoming performances include Artists at The Center at New York City Center and Chasing Magic at Spoleto Arts Festival.

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Learn more about Ayodele at ayodelecasel.com and stay connected with her latest on Instagram at @ayolives.

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Step inside a floating universe of fishing nets

Experience up close Carolina Caycedo’s Spiral for Shared Dreams, a floating installation that descends all levels at MoMA. The work, made from fishing nets made in collaboration with communities in Mexico, addresses environmental issues of extraction and the power of collective action.

How can art draw our attention to an individual's role in environmental rights and activism? Hear how two MoM staff members reflect on what this work whispers about “small acts of the everyday that are saturated with both personal and collective meaning.”

“What if we started looking at nature as something that's looking back at us? Could we pay more attention to its signals, respond to its needs, and even acknowledge its rights to be protected?”

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Web-Like String Installations by Chiharu Shiota Hold Tension Between Absence and Existence

Web-Like String Installations by Chiharu Shiota Hold Tension Between Absence and Existence | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it


A profound sense of curiosity and a search for answers consumes Chiharu Shiota’s practice. The Osaka-born, Berlin-based artist is known for her massive installations that crisscross and intertwine string into mesh-like labyrinths. Simultaneously dense in construction and delicate and airy, the
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Meet the institutions | M+ Hong Kong 

Over a decade in the making, the crowning jewel of Hong Kong’s West Kowloon district is undoubtedly M+. Open since November 2021, the museum seeks to be on par with international institutions like New York’s MoMA or Paris’s Centre Pompidou, while still connecting to the local ecosystem. In this video, museum director Suhanya Raffel takes us on a private tour of the expansive space designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron.

With M+, 'we are adding to the cultural ecology of the city, while at the same time thinking very carefully about what we need to bring to the international world,’ remarks Raffel. The building houses an array of spaces: 33 galleries, three cinemas, a media center, restaurants, and a rooftop garden with a view over Victoria Harbour. An LED façade reaches out to the world as a curatorial space for screenings – which can be seen from Hong Kong Island.

In this special episode of Meet the institutions, Raffel focuses on four significant works of art, examining concepts of national identity; the physical act of creation; abstraction and ink traditions; and the connection between Eastern and Western cultures. She notes that this bridging of cultures is a central goal of M+, ‘That dynamic between being together, being human together but also being very different together, means something profound in our world today.’

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Creative: Peggy Chan
DOP: Henry Lee
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Camera Assistant: Yeung Hiu-tung
Gaffer: Wong Wing-Chi
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Commission: Alicia Reuter & Jeanne-Salomé Rochat for Art Basel
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'Then Comes The Body' Follows the Nigerian Ballet Academy That Stepped into the Global Spotlight —

'Then Comes The Body' Follows the Nigerian Ballet Academy That Stepped into the Global Spotlight — | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
The new documentary follows students and the founder of Leap of Dance Academy, who share their stories and the immense power of ballet.
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Louise Bourgeois Drawing Intimacy 1939 – 2010 –

Louise Bourgeois Drawing Intimacy 1939 – 2010 – | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it

Unfolding across two galleries in Somerset, ‘Drawing Intimacy 1939 – 2010’ highlights the sensitivity and strength of Bourgeois’s artistic vision: ‘It is not an image I am seeking. It is not an idea. It is an emotion you want to recreate, an emotion of wanting, of giving, and of destroying.’

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Molten Immersive Art - Glass Artist Simon Berger

Molten Immersive Art - Glass Artist Simon Berger | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
Swiss artist Simon Berger (DrSimon) has been working with portraits made out of glass for four years. It's a process that requires delicatel
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Kehinde Wiley Addresses Vulnerability and Resilience in a New Series of Monumental Portraits and Bronze Figures

Kehinde Wiley Addresses Vulnerability and Resilience in a New Series of Monumental Portraits and Bronze Figures | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
In 2008, artist Kehinde Wiley (previously) exposed the violence against Black bodies in a series of majestic portraits titled DOWN. Holbein’s painting "The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb," which depicts an emaciated Jesus outstretched on white cloth, inspired Wiley's collection that reimagined
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Agnès Varda: Filmmaker, photographer, Instagrammer | BFI

An artistic pioneer, Agnès Varda has never stopped looking for the next way to tell a story. Here the 90-year-old explains how Instagram, with a majority of users in the 18-24 age range, followed photography and film as her medium of choice.

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Louise Nevelson Exhibition Marks 60 Years Since Artist’s U.S. Pavilion –

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A Louise Nevelson exhibition in Venice, curated by Julia Bryan-Wilson, marks 60 years since the artist's 1962 U.S. Pavilion at the Biennale.
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.” Nevelson, who died in 1988 year at age 89, was known as a force of nature: an immigrant from Ukraine whose family fled to the United States when she was five years old. She grew into a woman whose artistic ambitions led her to make imposing wood sculptures and lead a fiercely independent life in New York..”
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JKMM Architects complete Dance House Helsinki

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The Finnish capital’s new industrial-scale venue – Dance House Helsinki – has its own architectural rhythms Photography by Hannu Rytky Words by Lee Marable Almost nine decades after renowned Finnish dancer Maggie Gripenberg first proposed a dedicated space
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The stories that reveal the soul of Ukraine - BBC Culture

The stories that reveal the soul of Ukraine - BBC Culture | Beyond London Life | Scoop.it
The history of Ukrainian literature reflects the country's tragic conflicts, its diverse population, and the people's distinctive humour, writes John Self.
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