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5 April 2023

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I managed to visit Anna Weyant's glorious show at Gagosian Gallery, and here she is in front of one of her paintings!
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We were also very lucky to see Cristina Ban Ban's show at Per Skarstedt. The figures were so strong and had such a wonderful presence; I felt I was enjoying the work of a future great
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I dropped into Hauser and Wirth and was stunned by the ceramics by Lucio Fontana. So strong and relevant in every way
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A stunning Medusa head made out of stoneware
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We saw so much wonderful art, including the works of Pawel Althamer at Anton Kern Gallery. It was his first show in USA
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Then it was time to head back to London for the BFAMI Gala, and we had an incredible time! I particularly enjoyed the talk with Annie Morris and Idris Khan who were both fabulous and very generous with their time and donations
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This is artist Hynek Martinec with his work 'Tristan and Isolde' which was in an old masters style with a twist!
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Sandra Shashou had donated one her beautiful floral ceramics
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I managed to acquire this lovely work by Olivia Bax
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I loved this print by Rachael Champion
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At the Zabludowicz Collection, as part of the Invites programme was an amazing workshop hosted by artist Shinuk Suh, who sees his figures as factory produced objects. It was a magical afternoon
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Everyone was so intrigued and excited
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Some of the galleries had some wonderful shows such as the ace Grace Weaver exhibition at Max Hetzler
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Infront of the Mark Bradford work stood two very special ladies: Alexys Schwartz with baby number three and her best friend, Maria Baibakov
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We saw a beautiful show by Arcmanoro Niles at Lehmann Maupin; it was a pleasure to see such great talent
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Arcmanoro came to visit us at the Zabludowicz Collection!
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We then enjoyed the opening for another fantastic Invites artist, Rebecca Parkin, who brought to life the intense and paintings of like subjects often overly sexualised
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We went for it on full throttle and got into the gory essence with some themed food and drinks, shown to us here by curator Julia Greenway