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Mike Nelson, M6 (detail), 2013, tires, dimensions variable.

Mike Nelson is a London-based artist well known for his architectural installations.Mike Nelson is a London-based artist well known for his architectural installations.

CURRENT VIEWING: Fred Sandback : David Zwirner (London): Until Feb 16 2013

The sculptures on view range in date from the 1970s to the early 2000s.The sculptures on view range in date from the 1970s to the early 2000s.

CURRENT VIEWING: The Unilever Series, Tacita Dean @ Tate Modern (London) until March 11, 2012.

“I’m not an artist known for my spectacular scale or anything like that. So I had to go somewhere I’d never been before."“I’m not an artist known for my spectacular scale or anything like that. So I had to go somewhere I’d never been before."

Note to fashion's itinerant class, currently perched in London. Please make Tacita Dean's "The Unilever Series" at Tate Modern a must see. It's an event, a pilgrimage and a rite of passage. It was made by turning a Cinemascope lens 90 degrees and upending the usual landscape format of the movie screen so it becomes vertical, scaling itself to the proportions of the hall. The film itself was constructed using disappearing techniques such as masking, double-exposure and glass matte painting, to recapture the sense of wonderment generated by these skills during the early days of cinema.

Sculptures in Greek style made of soap : Meekyoung Shin 2011 :'Translation' Haunch of Venison, London Photo:Kisa Lala

Meekyoung Shin, 16 Feb – 2 Apr Haunch of Venison, 6 Burlington Gardens, London UK.Meekyoung Shin, 16 Feb – 2 Apr Haunch of Venison, 6 Burlington Gardens, London UK.

"The Korean artist Meekyoung Shin mimics precious Chinese porcelain vases and vaunted classical sculptures – and remodels them out of soap.

TI DATE: Subodh Gupta:Common Man: Hauser &Wirth (London):09:30.09

Subodh Gupta is an artist based in New Delhi. Gupta was born in Khagaul, Bihar, India.Subodh Gupta is an artist based in New Delhi. Gupta was born in Khagaul, Bihar, India.

CURRENT VIEWING: In In No No Time Time (Intro-spective): Giorgio Sadotti: LIMONCELLO (London)

Installation view of "In In No No Time Time (Intro-spective)"Installation view of "In In No No Time Time (Intro-spective)"

"In In No No Time Time (Intro-spective)" is also a retrospective of George Sadotti's oevure,

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