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What an amazing week, I’m exhausted just thinking about it. How did I survive? With my two simple rules; first one is not too much alcohol and sadly the second rule is, to limit yourself to a few events rather than many or all. One of my lovely art collector friends told me one evening that she’d already been to 15 events beforehand!?
Number one priority at the beginning of the week was to visit Bermondsey and see Tracey Emin’s amazing show at White Cube. It was impressive to see how Tracey and her team had handled this humungous space. This wonderful photo of Tracey at Lehmann Maupin’s space in Frieze really sums it up! ‘It’s all about love.’
I also loved this little swan shrine hidden away from view.
An incredible Rachel Kneebone showing me just how her sophisticated practice has developed.
Grandpa Harry checking out Damien Hirst’s ‘Black Sheep’ in Bermondsey.
We then took in something different with ‘MIRROR CITY’ at the Hayward, where we were delighted to see Anne Hardy’s works and how wonderfully her practice has progressed.
The auctions were also incredible and I picked up a great Adam McEwen for an amazing price, although the question of ‘art or not art’ had definitely appeared again. Then WOWZA! The new Phillips building is amazing! Situated smack-bang in the middle of Berkeley Square. It was a shame that the very first auction was tainted with a little bad luck from the Stock Market crashing for a day.
The Tate was also extraordinary. We visited the Eyal Ofer galleries to see the Malevich show and the famous ‘Black Square’!
and the Polke show, which was brilliantly curated by Mark Godfrey. This shows the ‘Japanese Dancers’ of 1966.
I entertained a few times at home with some lovely lunches and dinners. Before the Friday Total Freedom performance night at the Zabludowicz Collection we had a little get together for some of the out-of-towners. It was so fun to catch up with Dora Budor, Daniel Keller and Brian Donnelly.
Brian standing happily in front of our most endearing member of the family.
The actual performance night was packed twice over but everyone managed to see the fantastically violent performance of Raul De Nieves and his merry band
and the theatrical musical by Rachel Lord.
Sunday Art Fair was a bit of a disappointment, only because the galleries had hardly any time to prepare for their opening and there weren’t really many works to discover. We did find a few though with Emily Mae Smith at Laurel Gitlen really showing promise.
As well as the work of Florian Auer at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler.
Sunday lunch was full of surprises. The lovely Nile Rodgers came to pay us a visit alongside the De Pury’s, Hannah Perry and Heather Kerzner.
Jeffrey Deitch in the garden was getting fit post-Frieze.
The best dinner of the week was hosted by Jane Hamlyn at Frith Street Gallery. The gallery was celebrating it's 25th Anniversary and was well attended by all the Institutional leaders and artists of the gallery.Maria Balshaw and I managed to compare our shiny shoes with each other.
The week then finished up with a lovely article about Finland in W Magazine, written by Diane Solway with photography by Jason Schmidt. Who could ask for more.
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