“The idea of rivalry is not the macho cliché of sworn enemies, bitter competitors and stubborn grudge-holders slugging it out for artistic and worldly supremacy. Instead, it is about yielding, intimacy and openness to influence. It is about susceptibility.” (Author Sebastian Smee, The Art of Rivalry)

In this online series of lectures, Dr Marie-Anne Mancio shares the stories, artworks and legacies of various pairs of artists who have competed and cross-influenced each other while working in similar mediums, or with similar ideas.

In the first of this 'Double Acts' series we explore the work of Alexander Calder, who died in 1976, best known for his innovative wire mobiles — 'kinetic art' that embraces chance in its aesthetic and Antony Gormley whose 'feeling materials' and later works attempt to describe solid objects via matrices of wires imagined around the space they occupy.

Grab a glass of wine if you are on Europe time, or a coffee if in the USA and join the London Art Salon for our series of Zoom lectures with Dr Marie-Anne Mancio.

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