Reviews
Hughie O’Donoghue Explores Collective Memory in New York – Miranda Carroll
This is Hughie O’Donoghue’s first solo exhibition in New York. Shown here are nine works dating from 2003 to 2026 that evoke memory.
Whitney Biennial 2026 Time To Reframe Art – Ilka Scobie
Quirky and vaguely unfocused, the 82nd Whitney Biennial features over 56 artists, duos and collectives. Very few actual paintings; lots of...
Rose Wylie Memories Relived and Shared – RA – Sue Hubbard
There is something gratifying about the fact that the first female painter to have a solo exhibition (unbelievable though it may be in the 21st...
Tracey Emin A Mature Voice Emerges Tate Modern – Sue Hubbard
I first met Tracey Emin in the 1990s, when she was a young artiste maudit, hanging out with the then-new YBA bad boys, but not yet a household...
Yinka Shonibare Patterns of Power The Arc Winchester – John K Grande
Fanciful! Yinka Shonibare examines the metabolism of cultural history with a global grip on race. As a Nigerian-British artist, he has a gentle...
Chiharu Shiota Art Is The Thread Hayward Gallery – Nico Kos Earle
Chiharu Shiota’s immense, intricate web-like installations invite us to reflect on the fragile ecosystem of body, memory, and consciousness,...
Seurat and The Sea The Courtauld An Antidote To London Mizzle – Nico Kos Earle
Through the endless London mizzle, I went in search of the light. I had heard of an exhibition, Seurat and The Sea, opening at the Courtauld,...
Lucian Freud The Curator’s Egg National Portrait Gallery – John K Grande
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting is the first National Portrait Gallery show since Lucian Freud Portraits in 2012. With 48 sketchbooks donated to...
David Sherry: Sublime Review Of Wrongness Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh – Paul Fuller
Northern Irish performance artist David Sherry has been exploring the outer limits of the absurd for over three decades, and a selection of the...
Lustre: Sebastián Espejo & Pierre Bonnard Interval Gallery – Nico Kos Earle
Lustre, an exhibition by London-based painter, Sebastián Espejo presented alongside works by Pierre Bonnard at Interval Gallery.
R. Crumb: Cult Comix Artist Returns To London’s David Zwirner Gallery
R. Crumb is back in London. It’s been a while. There’s No End to the Nonsense, now open at David Zwirner, marks the American...
Basil Beattie At 91 Turps Gallery Celebrates the British Abstract Painter – Miranda Carroll
This solo exhibition at Turps Gallery celebrates 91-year-old British artist Basil Beattie through recent drawings and paintings.