17 February 2020 • Gaston La-Gaffe
2019 saw a returned interest in the ancient art of cameo jewellery. Wartski’s held a exhibition of cameo’s by Europe’s greatest gem engravers and Liz Swig, founder of LizWorks, unveiled of a breathtakingly modern interpretation of the ancient medium by artists Catherine Opie and Cindy Sherman at the Venice Biennale.
30 January 2020 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Dora Maar’s shadow-filled photographs are suffused with a palpable surrealist atmosphere. Long shadows, mirrors and strange angles creates an air of mystery.
19 December 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Record-Breaking Rubies sold at Elmwood’s Auction IMPORTANT JEWELS Sale, 28th November 2019
13 December 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
On 25th November 2019, the iconic New York jewellery house joined the glittering ranks of the French Conglomerate, Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH Group).
1 December 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Patrick Hughes was dapper, wearing a three piece blue suit, as he led us through the history of his work. He eloquently reflected on the progression, and residing themes, of his creative career: from his epiphany at a train station in the 1960s, to his whimsical rainbow ‘f*** you’ to Mondrian
23 October 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha, Qatar, is a monument to the Islamic Arts. Opened in 2008 the museum aims to shed light on the rich cultural origins of the Middle East.
23 October 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
The 79th Biennial is the Museum’s flagship exhibition. Initiated in 1932 by the Museum’s founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the Biennial is the longest-running survey of contemporary art in the United States.
16 July 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Nocturne: An exhibition focused on the creative and Romantic aura that the night personifies. I visited ‘Nocturne’ at midday, with… Read More
26 June 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Introducing ‘Her Prints’ ‘Her Prints’ promotes early career female artists, giving them a platform to display their work and train… Read More
21 June 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
The Exhibition Her Prints at Kopple Projects Central, Poland Street, London exhibited 22 unique risograph prints produced by a group of 12 highly talented early-career female contemporary artists. The prints play with materiality and the everyday, transforming objects into a colourful collage which questions the fabric of life.
4 June 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
2 ¼’ closed on 1st June 2019. The show was the first presentation of William Eggleston’s work at the Gallery’s London address and Eggleston’s second solo exhibition since joining David Zwirner in 2016. The show included 17 photographs all taken in 1977.
9 May 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Marilyn Monroe might have crooned “diamonds were a girls best friend”. Yet, clearly she had not seen the treasury of an Indian prince.
27 March 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Tanning described her work as depicting “a confrontation between the forces of grown-up logic and the bottomless psyche of a child” in an 2005 interview with Jennifer Mundy.
27 February 2019 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Sustainability and diversity are increasingly important key-words in the fashion industry. Climate change protesters used London Fashion Week as a stage for spreading the message and to ask questions about where are clothes coming from. The increased awareness and active engagement with positive fashion has inspired many designers to become more imaginative with where they source materials.
8 February 2018 • Gaston La-Gaffe
On entering Lauren Davis’ solo exhibition Unnoosed and Straight at SADE, LA you are noticeably greeted with an environment of order:
14 September 2017 • Gaston La-Gaffe
David Raymond Conroy is a London based artist. Recent projects include Prosu(u)mer at EKKM, Tallinn, London, A Shared Space of Difference, Camden Arts Centre, London, PPE, or It is Spring and I am Blind, Modern Art Oxford and staging Brief Interviews with Hideous Men with Andy Holden, ICA, London and Arnolfini, Bristol.
10 July 2017 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Anne Vieux’s paintings and sculptures explore the optics of the computer screen and the implications of light on abstraction, through digital reproductions.
25 June 2017 • Gaston La-Gaffe
We caught up with German artist Armin Bohm in his studio in Berlin and asked a few questions.
13 May 2017 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Tabitha Steinberg sat down with artist, Elliot Dodd to discuss his practice and his current show with Zabludowicz Collection Invites
5 May 2017 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Pace London’s current exhibition features recent works in fabric by American artist, Richard Tuttle.
3 April 2017 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Tabitha Steinberg sat down with Bob Bicknell-Knight to discuss his practice and recent projects. Bicknell-Knight is a London-based artist whose work examines the internet and consumer capitalist culture.
27 February 2017 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Tabitha Steinberg met with London-based artist, Duncan Loudon to discuss his practice. Loudon graduated from Goldsmiths last year and works predominantly in film and video.
20 February 2017 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Jamie Crewe’s solo exhibition at Gasworks examines contemporary trans experience through the lens of the 1885 French novel, Monsieur Vénus by Rachilde.
8 February 2017 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Tabitha Steinberg sat down with artist, Patrick Goddard to discuss his work and recent exhibition at Almanac Projects, Looking for The Ocean Estate.
