Turner Prize 2011 Opens On The Tyne

Turner Prize 2011 Opens On The Tyne

 BALTIC opens 2011 Turner Prize ExhibitionFor the first time in its 27 year history, the Turner Prize is to be hosted by a non-Tate venue; and today, Gateshead’s BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art has opened the doors on the Turner Prize exhibition. Four...

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, and won the hearts of American critics, artist George Condo’s first major UK retrospective opens today in the...
James Richards The Banality Of The Vernacular

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 exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery, ‘Not Blacking Out, Just Turning the Lights Off’, James Richards has created a new series...

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 onto the contemporary art scene with surprising force, when a piece priced at auction for $8,000 soared to $86,500. And...
SUNDAY Art Fair Living For The Weekend

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 machine. Frieze’s most dangerous rival, SUNDAY Art Fair has returned to Ambika P3, Baker Street’s 14,000 square foot, triple height...

OMA On And On And Ever Onwards

 Barbican Art Gallery opens its OMA/Progress architectural exhibition   Review – Architecture exhibitions are notoriously difficult, because the one thing they always have to miss out from the exhibit is the architecture itself: you can’t...