WEEK: 23rd – 29th March ’15
There are lots of art events happening in London; talks, workshops, tours, discussions and many many more! To help you with the choice Bhavani Esapathi from Art Map London has picked the events to visit.
Tuesday, 24th
Talk: Public & Corporate Art Collection
Art has long been considered an investment of passion, one that not only offers aesthetic pleasure but the potential for economic benefit. Only recently has art investing been viewed through the lens of economic theories and subjected to its laws.
Even though there are many collections that do not sell the works of art they acquire, there is still the notion of investment in the sense of philanthropy and the legacy that is being left. This session thus takes the idea of investment away from the economic model, and, as will have been touched on in the previous session, examines the importance of non-economic criteria – prestige, creating the canon.
Whitechapel Gallery 144-152 Bermondsey Street London SE1 3TQ from 6:30-7:30pm
Image: Travis Elborough, 2014
Thrusday, 26th
Writer Travis Elborough introduces his project for the Chisenhale Gallery Victoria Park Residency 2014-5, which is produced for the fourth year in partnership with Tower Hamlets Parks and Open Spaces Department. Elborough’s research focuses on the social history of parks and the politics and technological innovations associated with sport and leisure activities. He asks us to consider whose rules we play by and how amateur sports clubs might help us reclaim the communal for the community and the civic for this part of the city.
Chisenhale Gallery 64 Chisenhale Road London E3 5QZ from 7:00-8:00pm
Saturday, 28th
Open Studios: Open School East
New artworks and research materials will be displayed in the studios; screenings and installations will be presented in the basement; readings and performances will take place in the Tin Tin room, where food (until 3pm) and drinks (until 8pm) will be served; and Troy Town Art Pottery will show recent works made by Troy Town residents and Aaron Angell.
Artists in residence Antonio Contador and Carla Cruz will host the first of a series of public events related to their project Finding Money: London & Paris Diary. This will be a 30-minute walk around OSE in the search for dropped coins. In the process, the artists will discuss elements of their work.
Open School East Rose Lipman Building 43 De Beavoir Road London N1 5SQ from 12:00-8:00pm
Sunday, 29th
Exhibition Tour at Camden Arts Centre
Camden Arts Centre’s Director Jenni Lomax shares insights into the artists’ work in a walk-around tour of the galleries, on the final day of the exhibitions.
Camden Arts Centre Arkwright Road London NW3 6DG at 3:00pm
