Exhibitions and Events

Arlene Gottfried: After Dark at Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York: until October 26, 2019
In the 1980s, New York photographer Arlene Gottfried took to the city’s underground nightclubs and drug dens with her camera, documenting the people she encountered after dark. An exhibition of that name, After Dark, continues this month, showcasing the unflinching photographs Gottfried created during these years. Gottfried spent her career capturing the lifeblood of New York – she described her practice as “a life of wandering” – and the photographs featured in After Dark offer an alternative look at her varied and vibrant oeuvre (which, when she died in 2017, numbered around 15,000 photographs).

Tim Walker: Wonderful People at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London: October 25, 2019 – January 25, 2020
A month after the exciting opening of Wonderful Things at the V&A, Michael Hoppen Gallery opens its own exhibition dedicated to the transporting photography of Tim Walker. Wonderful People focuses on Walker’s portraits, with extraordinary subjects including the likes of Tilda Swinton, Claire Foy, Timothée Chalamet, Marion Cotillard and Madonna. Playful set design, surreal elements and striking clothing abound in Walker’s photography, and the portraits on show in Wonderful People are typically arresting.

Honey-Suckle Company: Omnibus at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London: October 2, 2019 – January 12, 2020
A collective founded in Berlin in 1994, Honey-Suckle Company’s 25 years of creating is being celebrated this month in London. Honey-Suckle Company’s work spans art, fashion and music, and Omnibus at the ICA marks the first exhibition dedicated to the group. Having created new installations to house some of the collective’s past “fluctuating and ephemeral interventions” – from clothing collections produced in the 90s and made using materials like cling film, duct tape and plastic toys to Super 8 videos, animations and performances – Omnibus looks at how Honey-Suckle Company has responded to Berlin’s changing cultural landscape of the past quarter of a century. 

Lorenzo Vitturi: Materia Impura at Foam, Amsterdam: October 18, 2019 – January 19, 2020
Colourful found materials combine to create sculptural forms in the photography of Lorenzo Vitturi, who responds directly to certain urban environments in his work. The Italy-born, London-based artist has a solo exhibition at Foam, Amsterdam, opening this month, which will showcase both his acclaimed early series – including Dalston Anatomy and Money Must be Made – and new work entitled Caminantes, the culmination of personal journeys Vitturi has made between Peru and Italy (echoing those made by his father in his youth) and incorporating various materials from each country he has gathered along the way.

Bridget Riley at the Hayward Gallery, London: October 23, 2019 – January 26, 2020
Op-Art pioneer Bridget Riley is being celebrated in London this month with an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. Riley – who has had two previous solo exhibitions in the London space, in 1971 and 1992 – has enjoyed a seven-decade long career, and will present work made between 1960 and 2012. The largest retrospective of Riley’s work to date, the eponymous retrospective will feature a number of her captivating black-and-white works from the 1960s, which appear three-dimensional, rippling and shifting before the viewer’s eyes thanks to Riley’s precise and clever rendering.

Saint Laurent Café, Paris: open now
At Saint Laurent’s Parisian concept store Rive Droite – where things like vintage record players and Saint Laurent-customised skateboards are stocked, alongside the brand’s clothing and accessories – you can now stop for a coffee mid-shop. Sit in for an espresso served in a chic Limoges porcelain cup and saucer, or scan the barcode on your take-away cup to listen to Saint Laurent’s weekly playlist.