Hot new London art shows
Ben Westwood takes the whip hand with Lily Allen and the Geldofs for the Bodhi Gallery, Tracey Emin waxes lyrical on love, and find the next big thing at the Old Truman Brewery
26 May 2009
Tracey Emin: Those who Suffer Love
“Love rarely comes easily and if it does, it usually goes quite quickly,” Emin says, explaining the title to this new show featuring drawings, embroidered blankets and an animation showing a woman masturbating. “I’m constantly fighting with the notion of love and passion.” No change there then: expect a dose of her usual disarming emotional honesty.
White Cube, Fri-4 Jul, 25-26 Mason’s Yard, SW1, 020 7930 5373
Free Range
It’s the place to spot the art world’s next big thing. Work by 3,000 art and design grads will be shown in the brewery, starting this week with photography.
Old Truman Brewery, Fri-20 Jul, 91 Brick Lane, E1, free-range.org.uk
Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
Breathtakingly intricate and boldly coloured, these paintings from 17th to 19th-century India have never been shown in Europe before. The Indian epics, illustrations of the chakras and gorgeous, stylised landscapes, are part of the British Museum’s Indian Summer season.
British Museum, Thu-23 Aug, Great Russell St, WC1, 020 7323 8181
Ben Westwood: Spawn: Bound
Lily Allen, Jade Jagger, Peaches and Pixie Geldof, Stella McCartney and a load more celeb spawn are gagged, bound and plastered with their parents’ names in this exhibition of collaged photos by Vivienne Westwood’s son Ben, who knows a thing or two about growing up in the spotlight.
Bodhi Gallery, Thu-10 Jun, 214 Brick Lane, E1, 020 7749 0750
Kate Enters
Old movies and vintage ads inspired Enters’ paintings, which are emblazoned with cryptic slogans (“Is the grass greener?”, “A lady doth love to dilly dally”) in 50s fonts.
Dreamvault, Thu-Sat, Great Titchfield St, W1, kateenters.co.uk
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