George Condo: Ink Drawings

Large-scale figurative works on paper by the visionary artist

It’s impossible to deny the importance of artist George Condo; with his engaging, visceral work spanning three decades across drawing, printmaking, painting and sculpture. His first solo exhibitions took place in the emerging bustle of New York City’s East Village galleries in 1981. He since went on to exhibit globally with pieces kept in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney …

Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined

We speak with curator Kate Goodwin on transforming London's Royal Academy of Arts into a sensorial spatial experience

Over this past month, London’s distinguished Royal Academy of Arts (RA) witnessed large-scale preparations for one of their most highly anticipated shows, “Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined.” The RA’s traditional, Beaux-Arts style gallery rooms (the walls of which have traditionally accommodated world class art tours) now enclose a new wave of interactive work, exclusively designed for the RA, that reimagines architecture’s potential for expression. The RA’s …

Studio Visit: Aliki Kirmitsi

The London-based set designer on her process, inspiration and letting ideas have lives of their own

There is a tangibly refined and almost childlike simplicity about Cyprus-born, London-based set designer Aliki Kirmitsi’s images. Her goal—when approaching any project—is to, “create a space that is balanced and carries an element of surprise, weaving stories of space through the visual medium.” Quick to shy away from mess or unorganized chaos on her sets, in life Kirmitsi is a quintessentially fun-loving, happy-go-lucky free spirit. …