Damien Hirst Spot The Difference
Gagosian opens 11 simultaneous exhibitions of Damien Hirst’s Spot Paintings internationally: we review the London offering Damien Hirst has been… Read More
12 January 2012
Reviews
Bloomberg New Contemporaries Find Its Legs At ICA
The ICA is overflowing with young hopefuls eager to make waves; ArtLyst tests the water As Virginia Woolf claimed of… Read More
15 December 2011
Anselm Kiefer Does His Magic at White Cube
White Cube Bermondsey stages UK’s largest ever Anselm Kiefer exhibition to great effect Almost three years after his last show… Read More
9 December 2011
Daniel Buren Earns His Stripes At Lisson Gallery
French Conceptual artist Daniel Buren returns to UK to remind us what all the fuss is about Daniel Buren: One… Read More
8 December 2011
Haunch Of Venison Reveals Mystery Of Appearance
‘One knows that, by some accidental brushmarks, suddenly appearance comes in with a vividness that no accepted way of doing… Read More
8 December 2011
Lygia Pape Gets Due Recognition At Serpentine Retrospective
First major UK retrospective of late artist Lygia Pape opens at the Serpentine -Magnetized Space – firming up her reputation… Read More
7 December 2011
Spanish Line At Courtauld More Siesta Than Fiesta
‘The Spanish Line: Drawings from Ribera to Picasso’ seeks to rehabilitate a much-maligned and ill-defined school of draughtsmanship, but ultimately… Read More
3 December 2011
Georg Karl Pfahler Retrospective At Maria Stenfors
Exhibition devoted to Georg Karl Pfahler, the German representative of ‘Hard-Edge Painting’ – a style popularised by the likes… Read More
1 December 2011
Scottish National Portrait Gallery Unveils New Face
SNPG £17.6m restoration project breathes new life into prestigious collection ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, there are very many stories we… Read More
29 November 2011
Just How Different Is The Other Art Fair
In cutting out the middleman and helping artists sell directly to art buyers, does The Other Art Fair provide a… Read More
25 November 2011
Louise Lawler And The Politics Of Space
Review of Louise Lawler’s No Drones at Sprüth Magers, her first solo show in the UK for four years Lawler’s… Read More
25 November 2011
Angela Palmer’s Child Of Our Time
Ancient mummy coupled with latest medical technology produces stunning contemporary art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford After walking through… Read More
25 November 2011
Edefalk and Wahlstrand Reminisce At Parasol Unit
We review the show dedicated to the work of two contemporary Swedish artists Cecilia Edefalk and Gunnel Wåhlstrand Edefalk… Read More
24 November 2011
Alex Hartley Thinks Big
Alex Hartley, the artist responsible for the controversial Nowhere Island Olympic project, proves his salt at Victoria Miro Alex Hartley:… Read More
23 November 2011
Lee Maelzer Exhibition Hypnotic But Not Without Error
ArtLyst reviews Lee Maelzer’s first solo show at Poppy Sebire The Hypnosis of Error is Lee Maelzer’s first solo exhibition… Read More
22 November 2011
Alastair Mackie’s Fair Copse
All Visual Arts presents Alastair Mackie’s Copse, an instantly appealing piece of formal design, no more and no less Alastair… Read More
19 November 2011
She Calls Herself Michele Howarth Rashman
Promising 1982 Young Contemporary emerges from the wilderness Since she first exhibited in the ICA’s 1982 Young Contemporaries show alongside… Read More
18 November 2011
Hail King Paul McCarthy
Paul McCarthy’s energetic new London exhibition at Hauser & Wirth does not disappoint, turning out to be one of… Read More
16 November 2011
Ellen Altfest Legs It To White Cube
Ellen Altfest’s White Cube exhibition ‘The Bent Leg’ grants viewers with intimate but uninspiring look at the male body Ellen Altfest: The… Read More
15 November 2011
Paul Noble Emulates Escher And Bosch At Gagosian
Leading British artist Paul Noble presents the culmination of 15-year project at Gagosian gallery Paul Noble’s exhibition begins In the… Read More
10 November 2011
Da Vinci Masterpieces Reunited In London
Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery grants deeply intimate insight into the practice of the quintessential celebrity artist Visitors to… Read More
9 November 2011
Affordable Art Fair Moves North
From Battersea to Hampstead AAF proves art has mass appeal Last night, the Affordable Art Fair broke into new… Read More
27 October 2011
Shirazeh Houshiary Steps Over The Line At Lisson
Lisson Gallery presents its seventh solo exhibition of Shirazeh Houshiary, No Boundary Condition, addressing invisible forms within the observable… Read More
22 October 2011
Franks Stella’s Falling Star
Frank Stella’s first major London show in 25 years presents his spectacular early works alongside recent failings 25… Read More
22 October 2011
Turner Prize 2011 Opens On The Tyne
BALTIC opens 2011 Turner Prize Exhibition For the first time in its 27 year history, the Turner Prize is… Read More
20 October 2011
George Condo’s Crazed Characters Hit Hayward
George Condo’s much-anticipated Mental States finally arrives at the Hayward Gallery Having provided album artwork for Kanye West,… Read More
17 October 2011
James Richards The Banality Of The Vernacular
Richards solo show at Chisenhale Gallery reveals the oh-so-grey void behind our vernacular visual landscapes For his solo… Read More
17 October 2011
Jacob Kassay Smoke And Mirrors
ICA’s Autumn exhibition of art-market-darling Jacob Kassay, his first in a public gallery. Review – Jacob Kassay exploded… Read More
13 October 2011
SUNDAY Art Fair Living For The Weekend
After the success of its 2010 debut SUNDAY Art Fair is back to challenge the hegemony of the Sharp-Slotover Frieze… Read More
13 October 2011
OMA On And On And Ever Onwards
Barbican Art Gallery opens its OMA/Progress architectural exhibition Review – Architecture exhibitions are notoriously difficult, because the… Read More
12 October 2011
Has Charles Saatchi Lost His Senses
‘New Sensations’ exhibition upstaged by ‘The Future Can Wait’, but both lack punch Two schemes for emerging artists, both launched… Read More
11 October 2011
Pavilion Of Art And Design The Real Masterpiece
The Shock Of The Old Invades Berkeley Square You’ve seen this year’s major exhibitions, now’s your chance to recreate… Read More
11 October 2011