Class Art of 2009

My top ten exhibitions of 2009

1 Teresa Margolles at the Mexican Pavillion at the Venice Biennale.


2 Marina Abramovic Presents at Manchester International Festival.


3 The Dark Monarch at the Tate St Ives.


4 VORSPANNKINO at KW Berlin.


5. Mike Kelley at Galerie Hussenot.


6. Andro Wekua and Daido Moriyama at Unlimited at Art Basel.


7. The new curation of SPACE studios under Paul Pieroni. (Overexcited about the Destroy All Monsters show opening January...).


8. Tom Ellis' daylight fireworks and Jennifer Lewandowski's Triptych at the Boathouse at Port Eliot Festival.


9. Ryan McGinley 'Moonmilk' at Alison Jacques gallery and Seb Patane at Maureen Paley.


10. Julie Verhoeven at MU in Eindhoven - because I had so much fun.

While I'm away

I'm in Paris from Monday for 9 whole days - working on an exhibition I'm part-curating at a fashion fair (of all places) about the idea of Excess... While I'm away there are a stupid amount of shows opening in London. Marnie Weber at Simon Lee. Armen Eloyan at Timothy Taylor. Chicks on Speed at Kate McGarry etc

But there is place that has to be seen: SPACE studios, which has been taken over curatorial by Paul Pieroni. Tom Ellis and Richard John Jones kick things off - and there is a mini installation dive bar here by Dean Baldwin (fresh from Venice Biennale). Private view Thursday 3rd September 6pm-9pm.

A bientot...

Old McDonald had a farm

I am going into the wilds of Essex on Saturday for a collaborative art project from Will Cruickshank and Tom Ellis (who both made amazing pieces at Port Eliot). For more info email: tomellis@talktalk.net

This obviously exciting performance project aside, farms arent the hottest subject for art these days. Makes me remember how i wanted to throw Anna Karina under a train for its DULL farm passages. (i hated that book so much i boycott reading the last few chapters to spite it). Still I like a haystack.
(As does the amazingly geeky of hayinart.com)


This one has a little cloak.

Jean-Francois Millet in the Met, NY

Burning Up

After spilling boiling water and burning myself this morning I thought of some of the good images of burning i've seen in recent years.

Sarah Pickering above.

Yo Okada



and Tom Ellis' Daylight Fireworks, which he's recreating at Port Eliot Festival at the end of the month