Diary

31 January 2023

Pick of the events coming up over the next few months

Words by Emily Martin

1 Arte Fiera 2023
3 – 5 February
Bologna, Italy

The international exhibition of modern and contemporary art returns to Bologna, Italy. For this year’s event, there will be a main section and two curated, invitation-only sections: Pittura XXI and Photography and Moving Images. The 2023 edition also launches a new format, Percorso: a thematic itinerary among the stands in the main section. The first edition of Percorso is devoted to the medium of ceramics. www.artefiera.it

2 Workspace Design Show
27 – 28 February
Business Design Centre, London

Workspace Design Show returns, bringing together the UK’s workplace interiors community to explore tomorrow’s workspaces. This year’s theme is Destination Workplace: Places Where People Want To Be. One of the highlights from the 2022 edition was the Show’s talks programme, which returns with a compelling line up of speakers. See the website for more details and tickets. www.workspaceshow.co.uk

3 Kaff e Fassett: The Power of Pattern
Until 12 March
Fashion and Textile Museum, London

Image Credit: Debbie Patterson

This exhibition explores Kaff e Fassett’s artistic eye through an immersive visual experience. Presenting over 70 original pieces, Fassett has devoted the last 50 years of his life to the worlds of knitting, needlepoint and patchwork, promoting these art forms through his own extensive oeuvre and sealing his place as one of the world’s most prolific textile artists. www.fashiontextilemuseum.org

4 Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine
Until 5 March
Vitra Design Museum, Germany

First presented in 2017, this is the Vitra Design Museum’s most successful exhibition ever and has now returned at the end of its world tour. Presenting more than 200 pieces from industry and the home, the exhibition broadens visitor’s views of the ethical, social, and political questions that arise as our environment becomes more robotic. www.design-museum.de

5 Making Modernism: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Käthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter, Marianne Werefkin
Until 12 February
The Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries, RA, London

Image Credit: Erma Bossi, Portrait Of Marianne Werefkin, C. 1910. Oil On Cardboard, 71.6 X 58 CM. Gabriele Munter- Und Johannes Eichner-Stiftung, Munich. © The Estate Of Erma Bossi

This is the first major UK exhibition devoted to women artists working in Germany in the early 20th century. On display are 67 paintings and works on paper primarily by Paula Modersohn-Becker, Käthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin, with additional works by other leading women artists. www.royalacademy.org.uk