Gallery Girl's London Art Wishlist: Paglen, Das Institut, Sherman, and Brutalist Book

On 12 February 2016, a columnist returned to London from Singapore, visiting the Whitechapel Gallery's 'Electronic Superhighway' exhibition. There, Trevor Paglen's C-print 'The Counting Station/Cynthia (Numbers Station near Egelsbach Germany)' was listed at £250 in an edition of 50. An upcoming exhibition by Das Institut at the Serpentine Gallery features traditional Hawaiian Hula dances and includes an ironic artist publication, the Ringier Annual Report edited by Beatrix Ruf from 2011, priced at £14 with fake nails. Cindy Sherman had three works in Sotheby's Day Sale in London on 11 February, with 'Untitled Film Still #56' selling for £197,000 against an estimate of £40,000–£60,000. The Phaidon book 'This Brutal World' is noted for £29.95, referencing the Department of Culture Media and Sport's refusal to list Alison and Peter Smithson's Robin Hood Gardens Estate as a brutalist example. The column reflects on art criticism and identity.