By Robert Barry
Opera Comique's production of 'Written on Skin'. Photo: Julien Etienne
Robert Barry is a freelance writer and composer from Brighton, England.
My highlights from 2013 include:
Daniel Keller ‘Lazy Ocean Drift’. Installation view at New Galerie, Paris
New shows in Paris by Daniel Keller (‘Lazy Ocean Drift’ at New Galerie), Pierre Huyghe (at the Centre Pompidou), and Philippe Parreno (at Palais de Tokyo).
Opera Bastille’s production of Leoš Janáček’s The Makropulos Case (1925) and Opéra Comique ‘s production of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin (2012).
Yola Fatoush’s new album ‘Up Out of It’
New records by Oval, Yola Fatoush, and DJ Marfox.
Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grande Bellezza’
New films by Paolo Sorrentino (La Grande Bellezza), Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers), Abdellatif Kechiche (Blue Is the Warmest Color), and Nicholas Winding Refn (Only God Forgives).
Hannah Hoch, opening in 2014 at Whitechapel Gallery, London
In 2014 I am looking forward to:
The Hannah Höch show at Whitechapel Gallery, opening in January, and *Lars Von Trier*’s new film, Nymphomaniac.