J.J. Charlesworth

Jan 6, 2025 | artreview.com | Nirmala Devi |Jenny Wu |J.J. Charlesworth

Our editors on the exhibitions they’re looking forward to this month, from Jeddah’s Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 to an exhibition of Brazilian modernism Islamic Arts Biennale 2025: And all that is in between Western Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, 25 January–25 May Jeddah’s Islamic Arts Biennale returns for its second edition this month with 31 international participating artists and artist groups (whose works will be shown alongside a showcase of historical objects...

Nov 27, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | J.J. Charlesworth

Among the many destructive after-effects of the pandemic, the impact of two years of lockdowns has had serious consequences for public museums and galleries, particularly so for our national museums and galleries. More than two-and-a-half years since the last restrictions were lifted, visitor numbers to many of the big London institutions have yet to return to the levels seen pre-pandemic, according to the latest figures released by the DCMS.

Nov 27, 2024 | spectator.com.au | J.J. Charlesworth

Among the many destructive after-effects of the pandemic, the impact of two years of lockdowns has had serious consequences for public museums and galleries, particularly so for our national museums and galleries. More than two-and-a-half years since the last restrictions were lifted, visitor numbers to many of the big London institutions have yet to return to the levels seen pre-pandemic, according to the latest figures released by the DCMS.

Nov 15, 2024 | artreview.com | J.J. Charlesworth

It’s time for largescale exhibitions to address the realities of general audiences, rather than catering to the interests of the curatorial classPeering down from the womenswear floor into the atrium of the opulent Graz department store Kastner & Öhler, our tour group sees, in the basement, glimpsed between the escalators, a hardy woodcutter, in stout boots and waistcoat, chopping logs.

Nov 7, 2024 | artreview.com | J.J. Charlesworth |Louise Benson

Our editors on the exhibitions they’re looking forward to this month, from a radical archive of LGBTQ+ experience in Brazil to the Bangkok Art BiennaleA Memorial for Catherine Christer Hennix (1948–2023) Performance Space, New York, 9 November Members of the Kamigaku Ensemble – a group led by the late Swedish musician and composer Catherine Christer Hennix – will perform her final work, Kamigaku, as part of an all-day sound program dedicated to this icon of drone music.