Tate Modern
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘NIGERIAN MODERNISM’ an excellent show about the development of modern art in Nigeria @ London’s Tate Modern
Nigerian Modernism is a new exhibition at London’s Tate Modern gallery. Tracing the development of modern art in Nigeria, the show spans a period from the 1920s to the 1990s. This was a time of huge political and social change in Nigeria as the country went from indirect colonial rule through to independence, civil war…
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View the entire UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall THIS WEEKEND ONLY INC. MON 16TH june
A combination of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels that represent 384 people affected by HIV and Aids. will be displayed in the Turbine Hall, echoing how the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (c.1989-ongoing) was shown outdoors as a form of protest to raise awareness for the ongoing AIDS pandemic. Different parts of the quilt have been on…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Korean conceptual artist Do Ho Suh’s new show ‘Walk The House’, currently on at London’s Tate Modern gallery.
We are all the sum of many influences, our family and friends, genetics, finances, our political, cultural and human rights environments, and our education. Our physical homes also affect our lives. Most of us move house several times in our lives, each time adding some part of the previous dwelling to our DNA. Korean conceptual…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews EXPRESSIONISTS: KANDINSKY, MUNTER AND THE BLUE RIDER – London’s Tate Modern gallery’s camp and colourful celebration of the pre-World War I Expressionist artists.
In the early 20th Century, before World War I, Munich, Germany was home to an international group of avant-garde artists who transformed modern art. Known as the Expressionists, their work focused on form, colour, sound and performance. A major new show at London’s Tate Modern gallery – Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue…
