There's a lot going on at Somerset House this spring. For starters, Out of Sync, an installation by Fernando Casasempere has transformed the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court from the usual concrete courtyard into a lush green lawn dotted with 10,000 ceramic daffodils celebrating the springtime bloom. Out of Sync is on view until 27 April. In the East Wing Galleries, The Crisis Commission … [Read more...]

Sharks, livestock, butterflies and black flies, oh my! This range of mostly dead animals is usually found in a natural history museum, but in this case, its Damien Hirst’s first major retrospective currently on view at London’s Tate Modern. Spanning the 1980s to present day, works include live butterflies, a faux pharmacy, dizzying paintings and animals suspended in formaldehyde alongside a … [Read more...]