Thomas Ruff Takes Gagosian Out Of This World

Thomas Ruff Takes Gagosian Out Of This World

Thomas Ruff: ma.r.s. and nudes @ Gagosian Gallery – REVIEW The two exhibitions at the London Gagosian galleries consist entirely of photographs. But to say that Thomsas Ruff is a photographer seems disingenuous, as the original images for the works are in fact...
Gilbert & George Lament London Horrors At White Cube

Gilbert & George Lament London Horrors At White Cube

Gilbert & George: London Pictures @ White Cube – REVIEW This week White Cube bedecks the world with the largest series ever made by iconic artist duo Gilbert & George – London Pictures. These new works are composed of 3,712 tabloid headline posters,...
Serpentine Takes A Trip Down The Edgware Road

Serpentine Takes A Trip Down The Edgware Road

On The Edgware Road @ Serpentine Gallery – REVIEW This exhibition is the visual manifestation of work conducted under the aegis of the Edgware Road Project over the past three years – an effort to bring about collaborations between artists and local...
Tracing Lines of Thought At Parasol Unit

Tracing Lines of Thought At Parasol Unit

Lines of Thought @ Parasol Unit – REVIEW ‘Lines of Thought’ is the current exhibition at Parasol Unit (that beautiful space in Angel with brick walls and high ceilings), and presents an ensemble of work from 15 contemporary artists, from the 1960s to the present, each...
Lost For (Weighted) Words At Zabludowicz

Lost For (Weighted) Words At Zabludowicz

Weighted Words @ Zabludowicz Collection – REVIEW I have always been wary about the use of words in art. This philosophy follows the logic that art should be somehow supra-linguistic – that it should speak for itself within its intrinsic configuration, and that,...

Best New York Art Exhibitions Reviewed

Beatrix-Blaise Jacot takes a trip to Uptown 57th street, and gives the lowdown on what’s hot right now… A recent visit to New York and things are, as ever, very exciting. Creation is everywhere – from the high fashion of mid-town Manhattan to the painfully hip...