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White Heat. A Green River.
Artpil / Prescription 142

 

Broad sun-stoned beaches.

White heat.
A green river.

A bridge,
scorched yellow palms

from the summer-sleeping house
drowsing through August.

Days I have held,
days I have lost,

days that outgrow, like daughters,
my harbouring arms.

–Derek Walcott / Midsummer, Tobago

 

Welcome to the 142nd edition of Prescriptions. Deep into summer now, and no looking back. Here is our guide to the current events in the arts.

 

Julie Blackmon, Floatboat, 2022

Summer Lovin’

Summer is the season that could live on forever. Summer Lovin’, the latest exhibition at Robert Mann Gallery, showcases a selection of intimate moments and faded memories gone with the tide. Artists include Cig Harvey and Henry Wessel, among others. On view through August 18, 2023.

 

Elizabeth Blackadder, Still Life with Orchid, 1990, The Scottish Gallery

Edinburgh Art Festival 2023

Edinburgh Art Festival, the first under the direction of Kim McAleese, announces a program that connects the city of Edinburgh with a global dialogue through exhibitions, performances and events. On through August 27, 2023.

 

Kenneth Goldsmith

I Declare a Permanent State of Happiness

My entire poetic production is founded upon Wittgenstein’s later writings. Although it has sat on my shelf for decades, I never actually read the Tractatus… I always loved the idea of it. –Kenneth Goldsmith. Published by Eris, 2023.

 

Gummo / Director Harmony Korine

76 Locarno Film Festival

The 76th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland is set to be as bold and vibrant as ever, with a program that will see cinema engaged in conversation with both its history and its future. Closes August 12, 2023.

 

Edith Dekyndt

Edith Dekyndt / L’Origine des Choses

Inspired by Bruno Latour’s “actants” Edith Dekyndt defines her compositions and her objects as “patient” because all these objects that she activates are waiting to be found, repaired, transformed. On view through December 12, 2023.

 

Riti Sengupta, Slowly disappearing into clouds / Courtesy of the artist

Rencontres d’Arles 2023

Every year, Rencontres d’Arles captures our world’s state of consciousness. Its photographers, artists, and curators help us to see with keener acuteness, the transformations we are living through. Some featured artists and exhibitions include Gregory Crewdson, Diane Arbus, Saul Leiter, Agnès Varda, and Wim Wenders, among others, as well as members of MYOP including Adrienne Surprenant, Oan Kim, Chloé Sharrock, Stéphane Lagoutte, and others. Through September 24, 2023.

 

Cyprien Gaillard, Lesser Koa Moorhen, 2013 / Photo Boros Collection, Berlin © NOSHE

Boros Collection / Bunker Berlin #4

In the Collection’s new presentation #4, the commodification of our physical beings is repeatedly and poignantly objectified. It presents a completely new excerpt of the collection in the bunker. Featuring works of Julian Charrière, Thomas Eggerer, Cyprien Gaillard, Anne Imhof, Alicja Kwade, among others. Ongoing at Boros Foundation / Sammlung Boros.

 

Our 6th year Anniversary

Earlier this summer we celebrated our sixth year anniversary with some 4,000 pages published in our growing archive and over 3.5 million visits strong. A very exciting journey it has been, indeed. With our sixth year anniversary musings, we continue to move forward.

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    Urara Tsuchiya is a limited edition book of works by Glasgow-based Japanese artist Urara Tsuchiya, in collaboration with photographer Ben Toms. This limited edition features new ceramic and costume works by Tsuchiya, photographed by Toms, with accompanying original texts by Tsuchiya.

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