Kazimir Malevich: Fizzing Dangerous Energy And Potential At Tate Modern
Interestingly enough, this near perfectly curated retrospective of Kazimir Malevich is not featured on the Tate’s prominent list of highlight… Read More
31 July 2014
Reviews
Louise Bourgeois: Body, Sexuality And The Erotic MIMA Middlesborough
Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art (mima) stands brilliantly apart from the town’s surroundings, representing a shining beacon of modernity and… Read More
25 July 2014
Jeff Koons: A Hubris Trickster Creating The Visually Grandiose
Standing at the very beginning of the Jeff Koons retrospective, on the polished floors of the Whitney Museum, I scrutinise… Read More
23 July 2014
Anarchic Art Event Celebrates 20th Anniversary With A Fete Worse Than Death
Last weekend, ‘A Fete Worse Then Death’ celebrated its 20th Anniversary of anarchic art activity with an event curated by… Read More
23 July 2014
Measuring Inventing Temperature: Alternative Ways Of Understanding The World
Measuring Inventing Temperature, a group exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre curated by Je Yun Moon, is based on an… Read More
22 July 2014
Mimmo Rotella Pioneer of European Pop Art: Survey Opens In Milan
A pioneer of European Pop art, Mimmo Rotella’s 150 work survey focuses on his early pieces from 1953 – 1964…. Read More
21 July 2014
Bridget Riley Stripe Paintings: The Pursuit Of Perception As Another Medium
Bridget Riley’s exhibition at David Zwirner offers a comprehensive overview of her latest body of work together with preparatory studies,… Read More
14 July 2014
Digital Revolution: Barbican Exhibition Clocks The Latest Aesthetic Take Over
Digital Revolution the exhibition takes up a vast presence at the Barbican, filling its theatres, exhibition spaces and corridors, even… Read More
12 July 2014
Radical Geometry: Latin American Passion Equals An Historical Epiphany
The group exhibition Radical Geometry, from the Patricia de Cisneros Collection – at the Royal Academy of Arts, London –… Read More
12 July 2014
Dennis Hopper: An Easy Eye On 60’s Counterculture Royal Academy
Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album is presented by the Royal Academy of Arts and were taken between 1961 and 1967… Read More
10 July 2014
Michael Nyman: Hillsborough Memorial Symphony An Optimistic Triumph Of Determination
On Saturday 5th July, 2014, a co-production between Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Liverpool Biennial with Liverpool Cathedral, commissioned Michael… Read More
9 July 2014
Zavier Ellis: A Visual Salute To Witchery And Street Discontentment
Zavier Ellis presents the viewer with a contemporary ritual. The body of work acts as a salute to witchery and… Read More
6 July 2014
London Art Gallery Recommendations by Paul Carey Kent For July 2014
Reviewer at large Paul Carey- Kent has been out and about in London choosing a selection of exhibitions which defy… Read More
6 July 2014
Listening to Alex Gene Morrison’s Recent Paintings
What is it these paintings, by Alex Gene Morrison under the umbrella title “Same As It Ever Was”, are saying… Read More
5 July 2014
Larry Clark Sells Off Photo Archive To Friends And Fans
Kids director and artist Larry Clark presents a large selection of works from his photographic portfolio at the Simon Lee… Read More
5 July 2014
Barbara Kruger: Lost in Emoticon Translation
Influential American artist Barbara Kruger first came to prominence in the 1980’s along with fellow artist’s Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine,… Read More
4 July 2014
Gallery Hopping In London’s West End July 2014 Round Up
Let’s visit a few West End galleries, said my friend Jess who was in London for the day, eager to… Read More
1 July 2014
Scottish Artist Paul Chiappe Unveils First New York Solo Show
Jean Fisher once said that the impulse to draw is not to capture appearance so much as a demand to… Read More
29 June 2014
A Tale Of Three Cities Paul Carey Kent Goes To Munich, Zurich And Basel
There’s more than enough to see at Art Basel and its satellite events, but travelling via Munich and Zurich made… Read More
28 June 2014
Adrian Ghenie: The Axiomative Figure and the Subjective Self
Adrian Ghenie’s exhibition ‘Golems’, at the Pace Gallery, London, is a collection of the Romanian painters new figurative works. These… Read More
28 June 2014
Royal College of Art Photography Crosses The Line 2014 Degree Show
The venerable photography programme at the RCA is often a suitable gauge by which to judge current trends in the… Read More
26 June 2014
START Launches New London International Emerging Art Fair
In the over saturated world of international Art-fairs one could quite imagine that launching a new event in London would… Read More
26 June 2014
Sculpture Rules: Royal College of Art 2014 Degree Shows Open
This year ‘s Royal College of Art degree shows are once again split over its two sites with Painting, Sculpture,… Read More
23 June 2014
Art Basel: Visuals With A Bit Of Drunk Texting
Ben Austin follows the pack to the Art epicentre with a satellite or two thrown in for good measure Isn’t… Read More
20 June 2014
Trip To Art Basel Ben Austin’s 2014 Diary Day One
Outward journey – Gatwick, North Terminal, standing in long and winding line to check in at the Easy Jet counter…. Read More
19 June 2014
Manipulated By Marina Abramovic: Immersive Performance Piece Creates Collective Response
I am dispersing with the usual third person format in summarising Marina Abramović’s residence at the Serpentine, this being an… Read More
18 June 2014
Sean Scully: Immersing And Mesmerising As Rothko’s Seagram murals
Sean Scully’s eighth solo show is currently on view at Timothy Taylor, the artist’s first in London since 2010. The… Read More
14 June 2014
Pinta Art Fair And Warm Weather Bring A Latin Vibe To London
I love Pinta! Yes a sweeping statement but this fair is (and there are so many out there) one that… Read More
13 June 2014
Kara Walker’s Sphinx An Unrealised Proposal To Honor Mammies
Upon entering the disused Domino sugar factory, in New York the first thing you notice is the smell. It’s pungent,… Read More
12 June 2014
Ai Weiwei And Richard Long Conceptual vs The Physical Qualities Of Materials
Threaded throughout the Lisson gallery’s mission statement, its essays on exhibited artists Ai Weiwei and Richard Long, is that very… Read More
12 June 2014
A-list Artists Bargain Price Tags Art Car Boot Fair 2014
The 11th annual Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair took place yesterday, Sunday 8 June 2014. The fantastic weather added to… Read More
9 June 2014
Piet Mondrian Neo Plasticism And Urban Spacial Relationships Tate Liverpool
Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was one of the most important contributors to the development of abstract art in the early part… Read More
9 June 2014