SHOW OPENING THIS WEEK: TOAST, Hauser & Wirth London, 23 Savile Row, GB, 30 November 2018 - 9 February 2019 Hauser & Wirth hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-e…

CONCERT: Martin Creed at Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican, London, GB. Featuring the UK premiere of Work No. 2890, BUM PIANO and Work No. 3025 for String Quartet, 25 January 2019, 7.30pm Barbican Centre Tickets here: barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/… …

‘Toast’, an exhibition by Martin Creed including new sculpture, painting, drawing, tapestry, video, live action and music, opens today at Hauser & Wirth London bit.ly/2QvFaL4

🎉 Wishing Yue Minjun a very happy birthday! "If we have the capacity to smile throughout adversity, then our presence will become stronger, tolerant and diverse, both for the artistic culture and for the majority."—#YueMinjun pacegallery.com/artists/525/yu…

The oldest known image of an owl was drawn with muddy fingers in Chauvet Cave over 30,000 years ago. The owl is beautifully observed with its head turned through 180 degrees #IceAgeFrance Image: Agenda de la Préhistoire 2002-2003

Over 170,000 people have read and shared "Jerry Saltz's 'How to Be An Artist". Please read, share, and add your own THREE Lessons. Art is a banquet on which we feed. Here's a cheat-sheet. Add your three. Maybe we use them in the book one day? vulture.com/2018/11/jerry-…

Ma Liuming investigates how gender is perceived by others. He asks, ‘What is the real border between man & woman?’ What makes us so?' A free display at Tate Modern documents Ma's performances as Fen-Ma Liuming, the artist's cross-dressing alter-ego. bit.ly/2zMkKE7

Collector interview | "I wish I had bought a second Rose Wylie." JW ANDERSON tells us what he's bought and why ow.ly/76EM30mV1Qx

This is a picture of the Risograph print which comes with that version of the single Difficult Thoughts. It is Work No. 2964, 7x7", Edition of 100 signed & numbered on the back etc. Available from smartguyrecords.bigcartel.com or from the bookshop at Hauser & Wirth London Hauser & Wirth

Stay warm and dry this weekend by visiting the 2018 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist Exhibition! Featuring all 36 shortlisted titles, including the winners: Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Laia Abril, & Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa. On view at Aperture Gallery. ss1.us/a/kfSbSHVT © Pixy Liao

“Ed hauls coal and tin cans of beef stew up the stairs. If only his wife would do less painting and more cooking. Nobody likes her work, he says. He means he does not care for it.” theparisreview.org/blog/2018/02/2…

Why a six-ton scholar’s rock is making its way from China to Texas—A low-key request from the San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio Museum of Art director resulted in a big gift from Lake Taihu near Wuxi ow.ly/BzwU30n7Vuj

THE WAY / THE OTHER WAY

Find out why Henri Matisse's “The Red Studio” reminds Jan, our Chief Financial Officer, of the importance of both art and science, and broadening our perspectives through exposure to multiple disciplines in this month's staff #MoMApicks: mo.ma/2sa6Ebm

THIS SATURDAY IN LONDON: TOAST: Closing Day Special Events at Hauser & Wirth, 23 Savile Row, London, GB, Saturday 9 February, 3pm - 6pm. The choir and Linda Hirst will perform from 10am onwards and Martin Creed will be joining them 3pm - 6pm. Free Entry: bit.ly/2DYTmFC

This person sold their VHS player on eBay and got a surprise letter in the mail:

MOSCOW Thursday 19 December 2019 at 7pm at Moscow Museum of Modern Art THE MENT - GETTING CHANGED - Talk, songs, hair and clothes - Presented in English and Russian. Tickets: bit.ly/34obClK. GETTING CHANGED continues in 2020 in USA #martincreed #gettingchanged

Me in my early 20s when I was still an artist living in Chicago in front of the sixth-floor 4,000 sq. ft. loft I rented for $100.00 a month; no toilet; no heat. But pure heaven on earth.

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