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Mimi Chu

Mimi Chu is a writer based in London, UK.

From Jade Montserrat’s take on Alice Walker’s ‘Gardens’ to Tom Lovelace’s deconstruction of Georges Seurat’s ‘Bathers’, these are the best shows south of the river

BY Mimi Chu | 04 JUN 21

Frieze editors discuss the different trends in digital exhibition-making, from end-of-world scenarios to community-based initiatives

At Goodman Gallery, the artist’s first UK solo show presents paintings like memories of a hot day revisited in sleep

BY Mimi Chu | 25 FEB 21

What to look forward to in February, from a new body of work by Harare-based painter Misheck Masamvu to a retrospective by Hong Kongese filmmaker Wong Kar Wai

BY Mimi Chu | 12 FEB 21

From a critical reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ to a research project on the role of photography in the Irish civil rights movement, these are the best shows to stream

BY Mimi Chu | 18 JAN 21

From an exhibition of Francis Bacon’s ‘beasts’ to Terrence Malick’s film on the life of Christ, these are the top picks for the year

From a survey of national treasure Steve McQueen to the Irish premiere of Enda Bowe’s longing portraits on Belfast's ‘peace lines’, these are the year's exhibition highlights

BY Mimi Chu | 17 DEC 20

From Lynette Yiadom-Boakye in London to Mary Quant in Dundee

BY Mimi Chu | 20 NOV 20

From Olivia Erlanger’s aspirational interiors to Juliette Blightman’s Dorothy Iannone-inspired Tarot deck, here are the best shows in and around London 

BY Mimi Chu | 13 OCT 20

Through sub-par speakers in bedrooms and living rooms, across cities and continents – queer joy persists

BY Mimi Chu AND Cami Rincon | 21 APR 20

Why is female fear often conflated with desire?

BY Mimi Chu | 31 OCT 19

Drones, 1980s synth-pop and a giant chess board turn the show into a game whose rules are never quite clear

BY Mimi Chu | 09 OCT 19

With KIAF in town, your guide to the best exhibitions 

BY Mimi Chu | 27 SEP 19

Mimi Chu on Robertas Narkus, Nástio Mosquito, Nora Turato and more

BY Mimi Chu | 22 SEP 19

A graveyard of trees previously submerged has given way to a fantasy of resurrection

BY Mimi Chu | 10 JUN 19

Curated by Charlie Porter, ‘Palimpsest’ turns the attention back on the history of the neo-gothic estate

BY Mimi Chu | 13 MAY 19

From viral slime to medieval botany, these artists are probing the margins of mainstream knowledge 

BY Mimi Chu | 25 APR 19

From Myspace aesthetics to Backpack Kid, entering London’s narrative projects feels like stumbling into an online echo chamber

BY Mimi Chu | 13 FEB 19

This year’s edition presented an eclectic, international and historical programme that comprised more than 100 screenings and events in the city

BY Mimi Chu | 30 JAN 19

‘You invite us to forge a ‘we’ with you and your images, to empathize, nodding snorts of identification brimming with tears’

BY Mimi Chu | 18 DEC 18