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After an exaggerated time away I was relaxed and ready for work.
First stop was the Fat Duck for my fourteen course artistic food explosion. The first course was a delicious beetroot macaroon but by the sixth course; snail soup I was ready to throw in the towel!
Next morning was straight to Chelsea Arts School to check out the MA show which unfortunately felt rather weak compared with the BA. Ana Teles was the most talked about artist with her work coming across as rather impudent. She had simply gone around the school and reproduced fellow students work
The most interesting artist for us at Chelsea was Hamish McClain.
Then it was back to HQ at Zabludowicz Collection where Andy Holden and the team were working full steam ahead.
A lovely party at Tate Modern with the De Pury's
Heather Kerzner and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York were joining in on our pillow antics. It seems art is very IN these days.
Then to abc in Berlin which was incredibly disorientating but we found some good moments. Hahan, the Indonesian artist had great humour.
Is it art or not art? It is Maria Eichhorn, The Eichhorn Absetzcontainer.
These buckets; art or not art? Sadly not art, they were there to catch the leaks from the horrendous rain.
Paula Doepfner had created a beautifully poetic work with ice melting to gradually reveal words hidden within.
The presence of female artist’s was apparent. Meg Cranston's brilliantly meticulous life size figures were dancing around happily.
In contrast was the unsettling work of Mark Flood showing a Justin Bieber spewed over the floor within a strange pathological dark space.
We did have some success with the collection and managed to acquire a wonderful Alexandre da Cunha cement mixer from Sommer and Kohl.
I really liked the Tobias Köbsch paintings at Maerz Galerie. We should never forget about beautiful painting however bizarre the subject is.
The work of Sebastian Stumpf was entertaining and fun especially when he kept jumping off bridges and laid in puddles in the middle of the road.
I’d have to say the highlight for me was at Blain
They were all very beautiful and absolutely mesmerising.
There were some old favourites to be seen. Albert Oehlen's collages at Max Hetzler were impressive.
In equilibrium was John Baldessari's work at Sprueth Magers which was such a very pleasant surprise.Two great future masters showing in the same town at the same time.
Then the new artist on the block at Johann König; Justin Matherly.
Markus Oehlen, Albert's brother is going from strength to strength at Max Hetzler.
Eigen+Art was showing Stella Hamberg's brilliant new sculptures.
At PREVIEW BERLIN ART FAIR there was some interesting art but not quite on the same maturity as Stella by José Cobo.
After my fun trip to Berlin I was ready for more. Philip-Lorca diCorcia opened at David Zwirner and I had time to hear him talk about his photographs.
This work of a boxer in an oxygen tank blew my mind
The Bischoff/Weiss girls were showing Ali Silverstein. Her work has changed somewhat and she has definitely reached a new plateau. As usual it’s very experimental but at the same time balanced and quiet.
In contrast Katharina Fritsch’s blue cockerel Hahn/Cock was on show on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, with the next contender awaiting judgement. My favourite was Marcus Coates
Lutz Bacher at the ICA was intriguing but I really don’t quite get it...?
My artist friend Ilana Fattal giving the thumbs up for our Kai Kai by Takashi Murakami
Boris was out to pay Michael Bloomberg at the new Serpentine gallery a visit. Thanks to the generosity of Maja Hoffmann and the Luma Foundation
