This show brings together provocative works that explore illusion, irony, and cultural reflection. Gavin Turk contributes Giraffe (cockney rhyming slang for laugh) a bronze sculpture of a dried banana - a nod to Maurizio Cattelan’s art meme. Through alchemy and parody, Turk questions authorship and authenticity, turning a throwaway object into an enduring monument. Set within Akita’s industrial heritage, the exhibition invites dialogue between material and meaning, humour and history. Featuring international artists from The Taguchi Art Collection. &nbsp;

Giraffe, 2021, Painted bronze, 180 x 250 x 25mm

This show brings together provocative works that explore illusion, irony, and cultural reflection. Gavin Turk contributes Giraffe (cockney rhyming slang for laugh) a bronze sculpture of a dried banana - a nod to Maurizio Cattelan’s art meme. Through alchemy and parody, Turk questions authorship and authenticity, turning a throwaway object into an enduring monument. Set within Akita’s industrial heritage, the exhibition invites dialogue between material and meaning, humour and history. Featuring international artists from The Taguchi Art Collection. 

MINEBANE! Contemporary Art - The Taguchi Art Collection

“Andy Warhol: My True Story”, curated by Jean Wainwright&nbsp;at&nbsp;Newlands House&nbsp;offers a&nbsp;fresh perspective&nbsp;on Andy Warhol in an intimate presentation of drawings, prints, photographs, recordings, films, and archival paraphernalia.From drawings such as&nbsp;Man with Hearts&nbsp;and a fictitious&nbsp;One Million Dollar Bill,&nbsp;screenprints including&nbsp;Mona Lisa (Four times),&nbsp;photographs by contemporaries like Bob Adelman’s&nbsp;Andy Warhol Empties his Boots after being Pushed into the Pool by Edie Sedgewick, and an intimate film of his mother, we glimpse a very human Warhol experimenting with ideas and subject matter. Warhol was an inveterate collector and observer, and his early drawings reveal both his fascination with the ordinary and the way he processed and communicated his subject matter in his own particular style, developing themes which recur and evolve in his later works.The exhibition intertwines artworks, photographs, objects and artefacts with reflective recordings of his entourage, those closest to him, and his family. What is revealed is an elusive and private man, hiding behind a public party-going persona, with his wig and dark glasses and provocative soundbites, creator of his Factories and iconic artworks and producer of the Velvet Underground. His prescience and lasting influence are also witnessed through artworks by contemporary artists such as Gavin Turk and Rob and Nick Carter, his “brand” exemplified through Warhol-themed objects and memorabilia. In this intimate and personal show, we experience Warhol in different ways as each room reveals a facet of him as well as those he inspired.The domestic spaces of Newlands House Gallery, a Grade II-listed 18th&nbsp;Century townhouse, seem fitting for an exhibition that offers unexpected narratives on one of the most influential artists of the 20th&nbsp;century.Jean Wainwright,&nbsp;an internationally recognised Warhol expert, is a London-based art historian, critic and curator. Her work most prominently features interviews with international artists, photographers, filmmakers, and curators. As a writer and academic, her interviews can be found in the numerous books, catalogues, monologues, and peer-reviewed journals, and she has appeared widely in the media, including national radio and television. A Professor of Contemporary Art and Photography at the University for the Creative Arts, Wainwright has a particular interest in authenticity in the artist interview and finding the artist’s “voice”.

Fright Wig Red, 2005, Silkscreen on canvas, 1000 x 1000 mm

Curated by Jean Wainwright

“Andy Warhol: My True Story”, curated by Jean Wainwright at Newlands House offers a fresh perspective on Andy Warhol in an intimate presentation of drawings, prints, photographs, recordings, films, and archival paraphernalia.

'Andy Warhol: My True Story'

Gavin Turk joins over 60 internatioanl artists in ARTZUID 2025: Enlightenment, the Amsterdam Sculpture Biennale curated by Ralph Keuning. Running from 21 May to 21 September, this ninth edition explores freedom, contradiction, and the enigma of being - transforming Amsterdam's avenues into a surreal, public dialogue on art, identity, and resilience.&nbsp;&nbsp;'The liberal spirit of Amsterdam is a mental state - a place of freedom, tolerance, and imagination. Enlightenment reflects our time: a paradox of progress and exclusion, wonder and resistance. Art on the street invites reflection, eases worry, and opens space for dreaming, questioning, and seeing the world differently" - Ralph Keuning&nbsp; &nbsp;

Ajar (Cream and Grey), 2024, Painted bronze, 2100 x 1000 x 740mm 

Gavin Turk joins over 60 internatioanl artists in ARTZUID 2025: Enlightenment, the Amsterdam Sculpture Biennale curated by Ralph Keuning. Running from 21 May to 21 September, this ninth edition explores freedom, contradiction, and the enigma of being - transforming Amsterdam's avenues into a surreal, public dialogue on art, identity, and resilience.  

ARTZUID 2025: Enlightenment 

Things are everywhere. We create them, collect them, cherish them, give them meaning, and just as easily discard them. Artists notice what we often overlook — hidden within all these objects around us: the stories, memories, societal developments, and even new artworks. In the collection exhibition The Life of Things, Voorlinden delves into the world of objects: what do they really reveal about us?With sculptures, still lifes, readymades, and installations, the artists in the collection exhibition The Life of Things reveal what the objects around us convey — about our relationships, systems, and the meanings we create through them. The exhibition opens with the impressive work Famished Road (2023) by Ibrahim Mahama. He has constructed a monumental 5-by-10-metre wall made up of around 2,000 shoemaker’s boxes. Created especially for Voorlinden, the work almost obstructs the passageway, embodying histories while exuding life and hope.‘When you really think about it, it is truly breathtaking how many things you surround yourself with. In The Life of Things, we delve into the world of things. What are they doing here? What histories do they harbour? And what do they say about us?’ – Suzanne Swarts, director VoorlindenCollection Voorlinden reflected From Ai Weiwei, Hans Op de Beeck, and Michael Craig-Martin to Sun Yitian, Gavin Turk, and Wouter Paijmans – the exhibition The Life of Things reflects the breadth of the Voorlinden collection. It showcases works by both internationally renowned artists and emerging talent from the Low Countries, alongside globetrotters such as He Xiangyu and Anouk Kruithof. The latter constructs a pixelated landscape at Voorlinden using 3,500 books from the former GDR. Each book has its own story, and together they reflect how digitalisation seems to be replacing the physical object. The Life of Things concludes with an installation by Oliver Beer, giving a voice to objects from all eras and across the world.‘Artists in The Life of Things have put their ear to things like shoe maker boxes, stools, books, school chairs and fire hoses and invite you to do the same. You’ll discover that things are containers of stories; they are anything but silent.’ – Barbara Bos, head of exhibitions

Things are everywhere. We create them, collect them, cherish them, give them meaning, and just as easily discard them. Artists notice what we often overlook — hidden within all these objects around us: the stories, memories, societal developments, and even new artworks. In the collection exhibition The Life of Things, Voorlinden delves into the world of objects: what do they really reveal about us?