Damian Ortega White Lines And Multiverse  – Review

Damian Ortega White Lines And Multiverse – Review

In an age of austerity, it has become increasingly rare for private galleries to make the space for art that is so unsellable, so uncommodifiable.  But then the White Cube is not just any gallery and Damiàn Ortega is not just any artist.  The brainchild of British Art...
Vyner Street Exhibition Reviews August 2012

Vyner Street Exhibition Reviews August 2012

Vyner Street has been receiving its share of adverse publicity lately, with some critics questioning whether this cultural enclave in Bethnal Green is now a has-been in the art world.  During better economic times, Vyner Street became a thriving artistic hub, with...

Zhang Huan Mind Over Matter And Self Control – Review

Zhang Huan (White Cube Bermondsey) is an interesting artist, with an impressively diverse range of art to his name.  The artist was born in 1965, on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, pursuant to which whole tracts of Chinese culture were obliterated – somewhat...
Andy Warhol Fame I Wanna Live Forever – Dulwich Review

Andy Warhol Fame I Wanna Live Forever – Dulwich Review

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) lived a life of irreconcilable contradictions.  He regularly went to church on Sunday, didn’t run up debts and didn’t do drugs.  He openly lived as a gay man at a time when many still preferred to hide their sexuality in the closet.  Yet, in...