Honey in the coffee

Four new artists have just been nominated as shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2013' edition. The nominees are: Laure Prouvost, Tino Sehgal, David Shringley and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Congratulations to all of them!!! I feel particularly supportive to artist Laure Prouvost, who I had the chance to meet some years ago in London at a bus stop. We were both coming out from a conference on British Films where she was speaking and I was listening. We had a very nice conversation on our way back home (we discovered that we were living closeby, somewhere in Hackney). I always kept a very nice memory of this meeting and I found myself to support her work since then. So a double good luck to Laure Prouvost from me!!! Named after painter J. M. W. Turner, the prize is awarded every year to ‘a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding’.The ceremony takes place at Tate Britain in London. Since his ince...

Last week I received an email by London-based artist Zak Ové announcing his New York debut show at Volta, the successful art fair taking place these days at 7W 34 th Street, directly across the Empire State Building. I was very pleased to hear it!! Ové attained a BA in Film as Fine Art at St Martins School of Art in London, and from there pursued a career in both film and photography. He is an extraordinary Film Director, Photographer and Sculptor. I 'met' Zak's work many years ago while working at the tv series Funky Black Shorts for the Community Channel in London. His short film ‘I Have a Dream’ (2002) caught my attention immediately. It is absolutely brilliant! The film was the winner of the best short film award as well as Best Director and Best Up and Coming Talent at the Black Film Awards in the UK, and was screened at various film festivals around the world. ‘I Have a Dream’ was shot in New York where Zak lived for many years. It mu...