Purple Diary

May 2, 2024 | purple.fr | Linnéa Ruiz Mutikainen

“FROM THE GODS” AN EXHIBITION BY ALLEN JONES AT ALMINE RECH, PARIS From the Gods, British artist Allen Jones’ third solo exhibition at Almine Rech Paris, deconstructs his radical oeuvre. The idea is a constant dialogue with art movements, particularly the conversation between abstract expressionism and hyperrealism. Through his paintings and sculptural works – impregnated by his personal obsessions – Jones explores notions of time, the female form, and the provocatively erotic.

Feb 2, 2024 | purple.fr | Linnéa Ruiz Mutikainen

“The Order of Things” by Wim Delvoye at Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva Wim Delvoye is the fourth artist to be given a carte blanche at the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Geneva by the curator and director Marc-Olivier Wahler. The exhibition The Order Of Things by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye embraces post-industrial thought by manipulating the levels of culture in the museum space and introducing new perspectives.

Oct 9, 2023 | purple.fr | Paul Preciado

PAUL B. PRECIADO IS ONE OF THE FOREMOST PHILOSOPHER-WRITERS ON THE TOPICS OF IDENTITY, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY. HIS BOOKS INCLUDE COUNTERSEXUAL MANIFESTO AND AN APARTMENT ON URANUS, AND HE RECENTLY PUBLISHED A MAJOR WORK CALLED DYSPHORIA MUNDI. THIS YEAR, HE ALSO DIRECTED A FILM, ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY, ABOUT VIRGINIA WOOLF’S 1928 NOVEL AND HIS OWN TRANSITION.