2024 European Exhibitions
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From artists’ retrospectives to first solo shows, these European exhibitions are not to be missed in 2024!
Starting off this month at Foam, Amsterdam, photographer Carlijn Jacobs has paired up with designer Sabine Marcelis for her first solo exhibition, ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Jacob’s work spans from fashion campaigns to Beyonce’s album covers. At Foam, she creates a surreal space through a mirrored floor. She plays with the viewer’s perceptions to ‘replicate [her] creative universe’ she says according to Wallpaper magazine.
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This summer, Tyler Mitchell’s work will be exhibited at C/O Berlin. According to the gallery, Mitchell, after his rise to prominence in the fashion world, has ‘propelled a visual narrative of beauty, style, utopia, and the landscape that expands visions of Black life’. His first solo exhibition will feature photography, video installations, sculptures, as well as printed mirrors and fabric, embodying Mitchell’s determination to reflect the radiance of the everyday.
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The artist Julianknxx (Julian Knox)’s solo exhibition ‘Chorus in Rememory of Flight’ recently opened at Barbican’s Curve in London. The show features three film installations and takes inspiration from Toni Morrison’s writing on ‘rememory’. Knox places an emphasis on poetry, music, dance, and even interviews, to capture an unchoreographed reality of European cities.
Later this year, London’s V&A will be showing ‘NAOMI', an exhibition featuring the supermodel Naomi Cambell’s ‘collaborative work, activism and far reaching cultural impact’, according to the gallery. It will show her ‘life in clothes’ as well as zeitgeist photography.
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London’s V&A will also be showing ‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence’. According to the gallery, this architectural style was developed in West Africa in the 1940’s. Later, ‘After independence, India and Ghana adopted the style as a symbol of modernity and progressiveness, distinct from colonial culture.’ The exhibition will feature illustrations and photography that communicate the importance of architecture as a symbol of cultural progress. Time Out credits the ‘scholars, architects and filmmakers’ that contribute.
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The Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris is showing Mark Rothko’s first retrospective in France this year. It brings together 115 works from a range of collections, including private international collections and the artist’s family’s, and reflects the progression from Rothko’s earliest paintings to the abstract works that he is recognised for.
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Article by Alana Courtney-Gleeson, Contributor, PhotoBook Magazine
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