The times we live in force us to live in self-isolation, and although this dimension might, on the one hand, be experienced as a deprivation of liberty, it can also provide the essential conditions for creativity: to be with oneself without external distractions.
Eye of the Collector will be launching an online viewing room to coincide with the date of the inaugural edition which was due to open at Two Temple Place, London.
Following the great success of Tornabuoni Art's 2016 Summer show Francesca Pasquali: Metamorphoses, the gallery now brings once again the Italian contemporary artist to its London gallery this Spring.
Tornabuoni Art London is presenting the first solo show in the UK of the Italian artist Carlo Rea (b. Rome, 1962). Rea continues the Italian post war tradition of working with non-traditional materials 鈥 plaster, wood, gauze and ceramic, among others.
It鈥檚 depressing how rapidly once-big art stars manage to fade nowadays. You blink your eyes, and suddenly they鈥檙e gone. The Italian star, Afro, now on show at the Tornabuoni Gallery, has in fact already been gone for some time.
While the New Year has lots of great exhibitions to look forward to (see the Artlyst guide to exhibitions in 2018) there are also great exhibitions to see that you may have missed and that are closing in January.