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Back to London and as soon as I get off the
plane I head to the Spaniards Inn for a festive Christmas lunch with the Zab team
We have made so much happen between us in one year. Next year is the 10th anniversary of the opening of our first exhibition space so it’s a great time to celebrate this and look forward to our upcoming 2017 projects. We kick the year off with residencies in Las Vegas and our educational project Testing Ground which will manifest itself into a curated group show, ‘One and Other’ and the wonderful Master Class
After celebrating with the team I then headed with Lizzie to wish Gregor Muir well at the home of Maryam Eisler
During the days I had time to entertain the girls by introducing them to Donna Huanca’s show
The models had shed a fair few body stockings by this time
And the evenings I spent my time stopping at the pub with Lizzie, Emma Astner and Vanessa Carlos to pull a few pints
And enjoying a dramatic evening at the Turner Prize where we were first greeted by Anthony Gormley statues all over the place. It was a tough decision and I was very sad that Michael Dean wasn’t awarded the prize but also happy that Helen Martin was
London was absolutely buzzing, Christmas lights were blazing and the art was talking. I really enjoyed visiting New Contemporaries at the ICA and bumped into Ellen Mara De Wachter, who was a very proud teacher having worked with a number of the artists on show, including the wonderful Jemma Egan
It was nice to collide with the work of James Fitzpatrick once again, I love his energy
Then I grabbed a bit of time to visit my lil’ sis Yana Peel at Studio Voltaire and do some Christmas shopping
Back at the Serpentine the show ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ by Lucy Raven was outstanding
There wasn’t a lot of time to visit the shows so I had to choose carefully. Caragh Thuring was showing great progression at Thomas Dane. She is such a clever artist, advancing steadily and progressively in an interesting pattern and always surprising us along the way. I was very sad not to make it to Bermondsey to see the Anselm Kiefer or Abstract Expressionism at Royal Academy
I did make a pit stop to David Roberts Foundation where the collection’s whacky coffee table by Anna Uddenberg was on show
As usual Athena Papadopoulos’ work was mesmerising
It was great to see such a full installation of her work
There was also a spectacular Renaud Jerez work. I loved all the intricate details woven into the work with so much humour and sweetness
So many of our works from the Collection are on loan to some great museums at the moment, including this wonderful ‘And Europe Will Be Stunned’ by Yael Bartana currently on show at Waddesdon Manor
