Emily Steer
Emily Steer is a London-based culture journalist and former editor of Elephant. She has written for titles including AnOther, BBC Culture, the Financial Times, and Frieze.
Latest articles by Emily Steer
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Studio Lenca nods to Salvadorian heritage with riot of colour in MargateStudio Lenca considers boundaries in ‘Leave to Remain’ at Carl Freedman Gallery in Margate
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Lap-See Lam’s giant dragon head and tail takes over the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice BiennaleLap-See Lam takes over The Nordic Pavilion with a giant dragon head and tail, while her dynamically composed ‘Altersea Opera’ considers language and representation
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Politics, protest and potential: the Barbican explores the power of textiles in artUnravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art’ at the Barbican Centre in London explores how far the medium has evolved in the last sixty years
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Claude Cahun’s surreal challenging of gender placed her a century ahead of her time‘Claude Cahun: Beneath this Mask’, the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition, is at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham until 17 March 2024
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Glitch: artists explore the potential in imperfection in MunichGlitch: The Art of Interference, a new group exhibition at Germany’s Pinakothek der Moderne, unites a host of cross generational artists
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Helen Johnson explores bodily distortion and ablution at Pilar CorriasHelen Johnson’s ‘Opening’, at Pilar Corrias in London, unites psychological motives and physicality
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Lawrence Lek’s depressed self-driving cars offer a glimpse of an AI future in BerlinLawrence Lek’s installation ‘NOX’, created with LAS Art Foundation, takes over Berlin’s abandoned Kranzler Eck shopping centre
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Caroline Walker curates as Grimm Amsterdam explores domesticity in artCurating ‘The Painted Room’ at Grimm Amsterdam, Caroline Walker explores the intimacy of interiors
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Avery Singer considers 9/11 trauma and corporate anonymity at Hauser & Wirth‘Avery Singer: Free Fall’ opens at Hauser & Wirth, London, melding a serene office aesthetic with moments of horror
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‘Tangle Teaser’ sees artists unknot the power of hair at Sarabande Foundation, LondonLast chance to see: ‘Tangle Teaser’ at the Sarabande Foundation, as eight artists get to the root of hair and its power
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Inside Stefan Brüggemann’s epic new studio and residency in IbizaStefan Brüggemann’s new Ibiza studio and retreat doesn’t miss a beat. The artist offers us an exclusive look at his creative utopia, designed by Alberto Kalach and realised by Iván Torres Arquitectos
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Last chance to see: ‘Strange Clay’ at The Hayward Gallery, LondonAt London’s Hayward Gallery, group show ‘Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art’ sees ceramic artists explore the physical, psychological, political and power of their medium
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Fantasy, femininity, fairytales: Nevine Mahmoud’s alluring sculptures at Soft OpeningOpening alongside Frieze Week 2022, Nevine Mahmoud’s new show at Soft Opening, London, is a nuanced exploration of eroticism, mythology and cultural assumptions of femininity
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