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The Monday of ‘Freize Week’ is always special and this year we toasted Warly Tomei with an elegant lunch at Terrace at Tramp
We loved the work of Dana Schutz at Thomas Dane - this was a very special work ‘The Judge’
A lovely moment at the opening with Thomas
‘The Bug’ was also a gem of a work
On Tuesday we celebrated with our annual event at home – this year honouring Mathew Weir
Our special visitor Glenn Brown who shares the show with Mathew at The Freud signing our visitor book
I felt that it was time to change the Joel Mesler from ‘Run Home’…
…to ‘Home Run’ – this is a moment we have all been waiting for. Two years of pain. No more yellow ribbons and just maybe, things will be better
Even our wonderful Simon de Pury paid us a visit, here seen hanging out with Ilana Fattal
Sculpture by Ilana Fattal
We had many wonderful visitors to celebrate Mathew - Svetlana Mariach, Tif, Ingrid Advaney, Ceyda Ulasan, Rita Del Curto Askenasy, me, mathew, Yvette van Caldenborgh, and Lizzie with Natalie Kovacs
We had a wonderful visit from Robert Russell and wife Lisa Edelstein here with Anat Egbi introduced his work in Frieze
Lizzie arranged for our special guests to have an after hours visit to The Freud Museum and see Mathew Weir and Glenn Brown's exhibition - here she is in the artists in Freuds study
That evening we joined the Tate International Council to celebrate the work of Máret Anne Sara in the Turbine Hall. She has created a whole Lapland world - dressing in her national costume working with Tiqui Antecio at her side. She is Northern Sámi artist exploring ecological issues using a multidisciplinary lens and practice
Then we once again found ourselves in the big tent at Frieze Masters. It was great to see Vito Schnabel standing under his favourite artists Ron Gochov and Fracis Picabia, alongside a watercolour by Man Ray
We loved the Anne Rothenstein work at Stephen Friedman
At Galleria Continua was an almost retrospective of Berlinde De Bruyckere. An early work from the 1990s. I had not seen her for so long we discovered we both had sprouted grey hair!
In the evening we celebrated the Cranford Collection’s 30th year where Sophie Von Hellerman has created a wonderful mural - commissioned by Muriel
The proud husband: Jonathan Viner with Jo Bradley
We visited my friends home the next morning in Regents Park - she had a broad breadth of collection. An immense array of art works full of discoveries including this table work and sculpture by Laure Provost
Finally … we make it to Frieze! First spot is an incredible sculpture by Tau Lewis at Sadie Coles
Then at last we get to see Robert Russell’s poignant memorial candles at Anat Egbi
At White Cube we adore an older work of Damien Hirst: a pristine condition pill cabinet. Jay is explaining to us how each pill is chosen systematically in such a format to either to aesthetically pleasing or chemically exciting
I admired the work of David Altmejd
We dropped by to pay respect to the brilliant Monica Sprueth
We loved the Sterling Ruby’s bronze - Pamela Rosenkranz’s beautiful Healer Scrolls’ Elongating Thoughts’ by and a lovely picture of the Dolomites by Andreas Gursky back in 1987
The highlight for me at Hauser & Wirth .. and no it was not Nicholas Party but the most wonderful AI inspired painting by Keith Tyson ‘The Garden of Babel’
Camden Art Centre Director Martin Clark selects Bogdan Ablozhnyy as the 2025 Emerging Artist Award. Ablozhnyy was shown by young gallery a.SQUIRE and he will have a solo exhibition at Camden Art Centre in 2026
Over the aisle at Xxijra Hii Gallery we discover Glen Pudvine’s beguiling new work - it looks uneasy and awesome. He is using our obsession with our bodies and fitness as his work and subject matter. He even included a daily performance - visible in the park or on the stand as a digital visualisation - showing his real time exercise and fitness levels. Commitment to the practice indeed!
At Sullivan + Strumpf I bump into South African artist Julia Gutman ‘no speck so troublesome as self’ is an intense embroidered work made of blanket and thread
Always lovely to see some BFAMIly: Alice Black, Cathy Wills and Maia Morgensztern
