Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962) is perhaps better known for his Marrakech garden than he is for his art these days. The Yves Klein blue sanctuary just outside the walls of old city is a calming oasis from the heat and bustling energy of Marrakech and one of the city’s most loved sights. Jacques arrived in Marrakech… Read more »
Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone has created this installation ‘Seven Magic Mountains’ set in the desert outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring seven thirty to thirty-five-foot high dayglow totems comprised of painted, locally-sourced boulders. Visible across the desert landscape along Interstate 15, the location is physically and symbolically mid-way between the natural and the artificial: the natural… Read more »
We went and saw Hilma Af Klint retrospective at London’s Serpentine Gallery over the weekend and it was incredible! The exhibition focuses on Klint’s series ‘The Paintings for the Temple’, which dates from 1906–15. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 1887, Klint took a studio in the city where she produced… Read more »
Bernard Frize, born in Saint-Mandé, France, in 1949, is an artist equally concerned with the process of painting as with the final output. He works with his canvases on the floor laying the paint of wet resin, so that the colours blend and merge. bernardfrize.com