Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Amy: Beyond the Stage
31 March 2022 • Alexandra Zirinis
Videos, photographs, clothing, and her own guitars line the walls of an Amy Winehouse retrospective at the Design Museum, entitled… Read More
Author: Alexandra Zirinis
Born in New York and raised in NYC and London, I have been lucky enough to travel the world and immerse myself in the international art scene. Contemporary art and writing are my two passions which I bring together with my art blog and Instagram (atozexhibitions). I am currently living and working (freelance writing and art advising) in London.
WITHOUT A DOUBT: Ed Clark at Hauser & Wirth
14 March 2022 • Alexandra Zirinis
If you look closely, a strand of hair, an eyelash, and bristles of a paintbrush are all materials found in… Read More
Art in the Time of Corona: London Grads Now. 21. at Saatchi Gallery
8 December 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
Ning Zhou’s Questions I Ask Myself During Lockdown, Thomas Hjelm’s Heavy Wave (@thomashjelmstudio) Po Lam Chan’s I’m just not there (@polamchan), Victoria Rotaru’s Perpetual Decomposer (vic.rotaru), and Victoria Canton’s Like a candle needs a flame, (@victoriacantons) are just several highlights of Saatchi gallery’s exhibition London Grads Now.
WORLDS COLLIDING: Angela Bulloch’s Rainbow Unicorn Rhombus at Simon Lee Gallery
22 November 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
In contrast to a fellow stack sculptor whose show I just reviewed (Annie Morris), multimedia artist Angela Bulloch deals in… Read More
The Story Behind the Sculptures: Annie Morris at Timothy Taylor Gallery
3 November 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
A towering blue figure consisting of nine balls marks the entrance to a carefully curated Annie Morris wonderland. The first… Read More
A story of infinity: Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms at Tate Modern
19 October 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
“I promised myself I would be a success in New York.” Following her mentor Georgia O’Keeffe’s advice, in 1958 a… Read More
Native New York: A Conversation With Contemporary Multi-Media Artist Michael Alan
22 September 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
“My creative process is relentless… its circular.” Multimedia contemporary artist Michael Alan was born and raised in New York City… Read More
Natural Beauty: Ena Swansea “green light” at Ben Brown Gallery
17 August 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
Materials such as graphite, acrylic and linen work independently and together to compile Ena Swansea’s quasi-abstract paintings. Highlights from the… Read More
A Parallel Universe: Marcus Jansen’s exhibition “Two Decades of Relevance”
2 June 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
“Making art for me it is like eating food or breathing air.” Through vivid and gestural brushwork, contemporary American artist Marcus Jansen creates complex and mesmerizing worlds of memory and life experience.
New Beginnings? Alejandro Cardenas at Almine Rech
5 March 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
“It is about the present moment and the choices we have to make in order to exist as a culture… Read More
Tara Donovan: Intermediaries
16 February 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
I managed to catch up with Ben Strauss Malcolm (Senior Director PACE gallery) to have a conversation about their new amazing Tara Donovan exhibition.
Black and White, and Shades of Grey—Tara Donovan’s Latest Exhibition, “Intermediaries”
8 February 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
The Brooklyn based artist is known for her sculptures and installations: massive, interrupting, and urgent works made of glass, plastic,… Read More
Ian Davenport and the inspiration of Rome
4 February 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
Between looking back at photographs of Ian Davenport’s latest series of bright and colourful paintings and being immersed in his positive and upbeat mentality—I have to say writing this article has put me in the best mood.
Jagger’s Jewells
22 January 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
I had the best time hanging out and talking jewels with @jadejezebejagger. Not only are her designs gorgeous, but they also epitomise a flawless crossover between fashion, art and design.
Julie Mehretu: lines blurred in about the space of half an hour
8 January 2021 • Alexandra Zirinis
Mehretu’s expansive, and incredibly labour intensive works each tackle their own important themes—immigration, displacement, social and economic inequality, and natural disasters
Top 7 Christmas presents for any art lover
14 December 2020 • Alexandra Zirinis
This week on FAD magazine we take a week-long look at art gifts for Christmas, We have asked some of our writers and art gallery friends to choose some great gifts, below are the choices of Alexandra Zirinis
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye- Fly In League With The Night
9 December 2020 • Alexandra Zirinis
“I don’t have hard and fast rules about these things” the British artist says when asked about the impetus for… Read More
More Than Just a Pretty Picture: Vivian Springford at Almine Rech
3 December 2020 • Alexandra Zirinis
Vivian Springford at Almine Rech is only the artist’s second solo show; The opening exhibition was in 2018 when Almine Rech Gallery first began to represent Springford’s estate.
Pedestrian Profanities curated by Eric N Mack
27 November 2020 • Alexandra Zirinis
Pedestrian Profanities, at Simon Lee Gallery’s New York space, presents an eclectic array of multi-media designs by eight interdisciplinary artists
Amy Sillman Twice Removed
24 November 2020 • Alexandra Zirinis
Even at the opposite end of the gallery, each individual component of the painting was so intense that, when combined, a rich mix of emotion exuded from the canvas. Each work, as a matter of fact, in American painter Amy Sillman’s exhibition, Twice Removed seemed to have this effect.
Haunted: Richard Hambleton’s One Man Show
10 November 2020 • Alexandra Zirinis
The show revealed twenty-two original works by Canadian/ American street artist Richard Hambleton, (30″ x 84″ acrylic on Japanese Kinwashi paper,) in conjunction with American photographer Franc Palaia’s images of Hambleton’s original “Shadowman” street art series
Top Five Art Films to Cure Quarantine Boredom
20 October 2020 • Alexandra Zirinis
Top Five Art Films to Cure Quarantine Boredom
An evening with Marina Abromovic
2 September 2020 • Alexandra Zirinis
It was a rainy night in March and thanks to typical London traffic, I was embarrassingly late for an evening with Marina Abromovic at the Royal Academy of Arts. The crowd was very small which made this mishap worse, but as Iopened the door and made my way to my seat, the artist flashed me a kind smile.
Artists Band Together
20 August 2020 • Alexandra Zirinis
Fifteen contemporary artists and activists have come together in conjunction with eBay, and three youth-led organizations– RISE, Woke Vote, and Mijente, with a genius campaign to get out the USA vote.