RA Summer Exhibition Polite And Figurative – Sue Hubbard
For many, it’s as much a part of the summer to-do list as Glyndebourne or Wimbledon. The RA’s Summer Exhibition attracts big crowds.
6 June 2023
Reviews
Peter Howson AT 65 – Edinburgh City Art Centre – Clare Henry
“Epic. Powerful. Brutal. Incredible. Miraculous. Spectacular.” Hyperbole is essential when speaking of PETER HOWSON’s work.
6 June 2023
Ai Weiwei The Artist of Resistance The Design Museum – Rev Jonathan Evens
Ai Weiwei’s work has always focused on bringing older craftsmanship into contemporary contexts while creating or using new languages.
31 May 2023
Shiga Lieko and Takeuchi Kota Waiting for the Wind – Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – Rachel Carvosso
Waiting for the Wind is currently showing as part of the Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2021 – 2023 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is on until June 16th.
27 May 2023
The Eye of the Collector Fair Round Up – Nico Kos Earle
The Eye of the Collector is a quietly disruptive art platform that comprises a boutique London art fair, an accompanying online/social platform and a genuine network of collectors
25 May 2023
East Sussex Gallery Reviews May 2023 – Jude Montague
This month’s round-up of exhibitions in East Sussex features exhibitions in the Hastings area.
25 May 2023
Gwen John Connecting With London And Paris – Pallant House Gallery – Sara Faith
Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris has just opened at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester.
15 May 2023
Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian A Perplexing Pairing – Tate Modern – Nico Kos-Earle
There is always something to learn at the Tate, but this was a lesson I never expected. When Hilma Af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life
11 May 2023
Saint Francis Of Assisi A Timely Exhibition – National Gallery – Rev Jonathan Evens
The National Gallery’s Saint Francis of Assisi exhibition explores how Saint Francis captured the imagination of artists, how his image has evolved over centuries.
10 May 2023
Isaac Julien: Mesmerising Black Heroism At Tate Britain – Sue Hubbard
I first came across the work of Isaac Julien when I was doing my MA in Creative Writing at UEA and did a module on black British film.
30 April 2023
We Out Here Hastings Contemporary – Jude Montague
A show of six artists living and working in Hastings who are a band of ambitious makers with global subjects that come together with this local remit.
17 April 2023
Why Critics Have A Problem With The Pre-Raphaelites? – Revd Jonathan Evens
Critics have a problem with the Pre-Raphaelites. Reviews to date, of The Rossettis exhibition at Tate Britain, until 24 September
16 April 2023
Annie Morris and Idris Khan Artist Couple – Newlands House Petworth
Annie Morris and Idris Khan have been a couple for over a decade, a personal union and artistic collaboration celebrated by a first-ever joint show
15 April 2023
The Ugly Duchess: Beauty & Satire In The Renaissance National Gallery – David Berridge
My starting hunch is that this is a man in drag, which might leave the breasts unexplained. They could be a man’s chest pushed up, then exaggerated a bit.
13 April 2023
East Sussex Gallery Reviews – Eastbourne To St Leonards – Gail Borrow And Jude Montague
A round-up of exhibitions in East Sussex between Eastbourne and St Leonards in April 2023.
12 April 2023
Soutine Kossoff Hastings Contemporary – A Relatable Pairing by Jude Montague
When a major exhibition of such significant artists as Chaim Soutine and Leon Kossoff, with such a comprehensive display of important paintings, comes to a seaside town like Hastings…
4 April 2023
TEFAF Maastricht 2023 The Connoisseurs’ Art Fair – Alexandre Daletchine
Years ago, when I first went to TEFAF in Maastricht, the seminal global art fair, I was overwhelmed. For the… Read More
4 April 2023
Religion and Spirituality in Post Impressionism National Gallery – Revd Jonathan Evens
After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art explores the period in modern art from the last Impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1886 to the eve of the First World War in 1914. In the words of co-curator MaryAnne Stevens.
26 March 2023
Oskar Kokoschka Expressionism, Rebellion and Humanism Guggenheim Bilbao – Sara Faith
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) is best known for his early links to the Viennese art scene, where Gustav Klimt encouraged and supported him and where he, in turn, exerted an influence on Egon Schiele.
20 March 2023
Garry Fabian Miller: Adore Arnolfini Arts – Nico Kos Earle
When Garry Fabian Miller was 19 years old, he stepped out onto the balcony of his flat in Clevedon and looked across the Severn Estuary towards the coastline of Wales.
15 March 2023
Sir Paul Smith’s Sublime Homage To Picasso – Musée National Picasso – Paris
The English fashion designer Sir Paul Smith has created one of the most engaging Picasso exhibitions ever mounted to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the artist’s death on April 8 1973.
9 March 2023
Alberto Biasi: Dinamica Ecologica – Cardi Gallery – Alex Leith
Alberto Biasi is fond of telling a story to characterise the nature of his work. It’s 1988 and a group of schoolkids is visiting the Eremitani Museum in his hometown of Padua, where there’s an exhibition of his latest creations.
21 February 2023
Peter Doig: Painting By The Light Of The Moon – Courtauld – Nico Kos Earle
A pea green fishing boat drifts mysteriously on a moonlit sea. Along its length stand ghostly figures looking out to port, many carrying instruments highlighted in warm, golden tones.
20 February 2023
Donatello: The Divine Fused With The Human V&A – Revd Jonathan Evens
About one-third of the way into Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance we encounter a ‘Virgin and Child’ tondo…
20 February 2023
Alice Neel Collector Of Souls Barbican Art Gallery – Sara Faith
The exhibition at the Barbican is the study of American figurative painter Alice Neel (1900-1984), who Barbican Artistic Director Will Gompertz describes as ‘a radical, creative artist undervalued for much of her six-decade career’.
16 February 2023
Vermeer: Stillness and Light Rijksmuseum Amsterdam – Sue Hubbard
Delft was Vermeer’s city. Stand in front of his small painting, The Little Street of 1658 and you will see cobbles and a gabled brick house with leaded windows, just as you still see all around you in the city today.
14 February 2023
Five New York Exhibitions Not To Miss – February 2023 – Ilka Scobie
I first saw Portia Munson’s transformative Pink Room at the New Museum’s legendary: Bad Girls Show” way back in 1994.
13 February 2023
Sam Ainsley Out of Redness comes Kindness – Clare Henry
I first met Sam Ainsley in 1978. She was a part-time assistant at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery.
6 February 2023
Art In Spain And The Hispanic World A New RA Survey Exhibition – Lee Sharrock
Spain and the Hispanic World: Treasures from the Hispanic society museum & library is a major new survey exhibition featuring 150 works at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
26 January 2023
British Modern And Contemporary Art Sales Steady At London Art Fair
Now in its 35th year, London Art Fair continues to play a pivotal role in bringing British Modern and Contemporary Art to market.
26 January 2023
Giorgio Morandi: A Quiet Moment Estorick Collection – James Payne
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Estorick Collection, the gallery is presenting a major exhibition of works by Giorgio Morandi, considered by many to be an “artist’s artist,” whose quiet canvases have developed a cult following.
16 January 2023
High Rise Connecting Conversations – An Experiential Installation Hastings To Kyiv – Jude Montague
It was in the lost and forgotten week between Christmas and New Year that I made my way across the blowy cold seafront to the Stade Hall.
4 January 2023