Reviews
Reframing The Black Figure – National Portrait Gallery – Albertina Campbell
Five years ago, curator and writer Ekow Eshun embarked on a mission to formulate a new narrative from the Black perspective for a 21st-century...
John Singer Sargent: A Dedicated Follower Of Fashion – Nico Kos-Earle
In 1881, the artist John Singer Sargent was commissioned to paint his first large portrait of a male subject, the charismatic Parisian surgeon Dr...
Frans Hals: A Golden Age Dutch Master Returns – Nico Kos-Earle
In March 1849, Théophile Thoré-Bürger founded Le Journal de la vraie République, which Cavaignac (head of the French Second Republic) banned. Forced...
Barbara Kruger: Complex Mechanisms Of Power Gender And Class – Nico Kos-Earle
En route to the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens, a black and white taxi blurs past me, drawing my gaze along Exhibition Road. I glimpse the words...
Art Flourishes at GSA Despite Mackintosh Building Veiled in Plastic – Clare Henry
It's been a long time since I braved a visit to (GSA) Glasgow School of Art. Since the two tragic fires, a nightmare-burnt edifice covered in...
Frank Auerbach Intimate And Intense Charcoal Drawings Courtauld Gallery – Sue Hubbard
"Drawing is.... A form of mapping, it is a conversation with the self, an attempt to make sense of the physical world by giving it form and weight....
Entangled Pasts: Colonialism’s Unilluminated Histories Royal Academy – Lee Sharrock
Entangled Pasts, 1768–now. Art, Colonialism and Change' takes over the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts from 3rd February to 28th April...
Joana Vasconcelos PLUG-IN MAAT Lisbon – Joaquim A Neto
In a time when there is so much talk about unplugging, Joana Vasconcelos presents us with her PLUG-IN Exhibition in the buildings and surroundings...
The Winter Show 70th Edition Exceeds Expectations – Clayton Calvert
The highly anticipated 70th Edition of The Winter Show exceeded expectations with over 70 booths full of treasures. The fair is known for having...
Sheila Girling Colour And Collage Clifford Chance – Sue Hubbard
I first came across Sheila Girling's work when I reviewed her exhibition at the Pilgrim Gallery for The Independent. We had not met then, but she...
Li Yuan-chia And Friends Kettles Yard Cambridge – Revd Jonathan Evens
The boundary-defying artistic practice of Li Yuan-chia, particularly through his LYC Museum and Art Gallery, turns aspects of modern art history on...
Antony Gormley Explores Self Awareness White Cube Bermondsey – Revd Jonathan Evens
Antony Gormley has spent his career investigating the relationship of the human body to space. Through his fertile imagination, this has proved to...