13 November 2019 • Lee Sharrock
Curated by Tarek El Awady PH.D. the exhibition takes visitors on a journey through 9 galleries mapping the course of Tutankhamun’s passage to everlasting life.
6 October 2019 • Lee Sharrock
Lee Sharrock talks to The Other Art Fair founder Ryan Stanier about the globalisation of his clever concept for an art fair aimed at non-represented artists, and gives insights into some of the artists he has an eye on.
4 October 2019 • Lee Sharrock
Somerset House again plays host to the 1:54 art fair, now in its 7th London edition with fairs in Marakesh and New York.
28 August 2019 • Lee Sharrock
Back in 2003 I, along with 2 million other art lovers, was mesmerised by Olafur Eliasson’s Tate Modern Turbine Hall installation ‘The Weather Project’
31 July 2019 • Lee Sharrock
Lily Allen, Martin Parr, Jeremy Deller, Art Car Boot Fair and Zandra Rhodes anniversary exhibition light up final weekend of Cornwall’s leading Arts festival.
5 July 2019 • Lee Sharrock
The Summer 2019 London edition sees a new incarnation land in Kings Cross, presented by Saatchi Art, with the art fair taking over the central space of the West Handyside Canopy.
11 June 2019 • Lee Sharrock
An impressive list of contemporary artists have generously donated to the 2nd ‘ART on the Mind’ exhibition to raise funds for Cardboard Citizens.
17 May 2019 • Lee Sharrock
There are some tough yet critical themes running through the 58th la Biennale di Venezia. The 2019 edition is curated by Ralph Rugoff and inspired by an ancient Chinese proverb which turned out to be a fallacy. Very appropriate for the unsettled times we are living through, where global economic disparity, alternative facts, migration and accelerated global warming are some of the most urgent topics concerning humanity and its future.
1 May 2019 • Lee Sharrock
Nancy Fouts was born in Seattle, USA, in 1945. She moved to London at the tender age of 16 when her parents had enrolled her in a finishing school, which was bizarrely called ‘The Monkey Club’ because the girls were taught to “Hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil.” However, Nancy was never one to tow the line or follow the rules,
15 March 2019 • Lee Sharrock
‘Portrait of an Egg’ is a unique project conceived by Gavin Turk, which will involve his gigantic bronze egg sculpture ‘Ouevre being unveiled on the Somerset House River Terrace at Photo London on 14th April.
8 March 2019 • Lee Sharrock
As the clock ticks ominously towards 29 March when Britain is set to leave the EU – with or without a deal – Martin Parr’s 30 year observation of British society through the lens of his camera presents us with a snapshot of our national identity, and an insight into the many different cultures, cults and ceremonies that colour the lives of the lower, middle and upper echelons of society.
5 October 2018 • Lee Sharrock
Frieze Masters is the more calm and collected sibling of the bigger, brasher Frieze. This year it features over 130 galleries – here is our Top 5
18 September 2018 • Lee Sharrock
Artist Epoh Beech spoke to Curator Lee Sharrock about her exhibition ‘The Masque of Blackness’ at Gallery 46 London until 6 October.
30 July 2018 • Lee Sharrock
With Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, the first exhibition outside Mexico featuring previously unseen clothes and belongings alongside paintings and photographs, the V&A has another blockbuster on its hands.
9 July 2018 • Lee Sharrock
Port Eliot Festival takes place at the ancient Port Eliot estate at St Germans in South East Cornwall between 26-29 July. The festival have announced the latest group of artists and events confirmed for the 2018 edition including
17 May 2018 • Lee Sharrock
Lee Sharrock chooses her Top 5 of Photo London 2018 for FAD Magazine.
20 April 2018 • Lee Sharrock
‘Colour Space’, a series of new paintings by Damien Hirst are exhibited for the first time in the State Rooms at the 18th Century Stately Home Houghton Hall, along with a series of sculptures installed in the house and park until 15 July 2018.
14 March 2018 • Lee Sharrock
Catalina Guirado-Cheadle made her name in the 90s as a model and TV celebrity, before moving to Los Angeles where she became a media entrepreneur. In 2010 after the sad death of her artist Father Juan Antonio Guirado, she found herself President of his Estate
17 January 2018 • Lee Sharrock
London Art Fair has remained true to its origins and celebrates 3 decades as the first pit stop of the year for collectors of Modern British Art.
22 November 2017 • Lee Sharrock
Billed as the ‘largest group of Modigliani’s nudes ever shown in the UK’, Tate Modern’s new retrospective of the celebrated Italian artist has ‘Blockbuster’ written all over it.
7 October 2017 • Lee Sharrock
A refreshing antidote to the usual blue chip artists that populate the white cubes of Frieze, can be found at 1:54 Art Fair.
2 October 2017 • Lee Sharrock
Swinging on a giant 3-person swing suspended from the ceiling of the monumental Turbine Hall, whilst a huge silver ball flies backwards and forwards above the sweeping entrance, is not a normal occurrence on a Monday morning.
25 September 2017 • Lee Sharrock
Dorothy Circus Gallery are celebrating a decade of sellout exhibitions at their gallery in Rome, by opening a gallery in London this October.
11 September 2017 • Lee Sharrock
The new retrospective of artist Rachel Whiteread does not bear a title, leaving it to her name to do the talking
