Reviews
James Ensor Landmark 75th Anniversary Celebrated With Belgian Wide Exhibitions
Jude Montague visited Ostend as part of the Ensor2024 celebrations, James Ensor in Flanders and Brussels, on the 75th anniversary of his death. We...
Dan Flavin And Donald Judd: Meditative Ethereal Minimalism – QM Gallery Al Riwaq – Doha – Leila Lebreton
Doha's QM Gallery – Al Riwaq is currently hosting an exhibition of the American artists Dan Flavin (1933–1996) and Donald Judd (1928–1994), two of...
Holbein: Politics Religion And Draughtsmanship – The Queen’s Gallery – Revd Jonathan Evens
Holbein at the Tudor Court is an exhibition of social history as much as it is an exhibition of art. The art on show is, of course, stunning, as...
Six New York Gallery Shows December 2023 – Ilka Scobie
Retinal Hysteria at Venus Over Manhattan 13 January - Robert Storr has curated the city's most exciting and provocative group show with over eighty...
Tony Bevan: Epistophes and Heads – Ben Brown Fine Art – Sue Hubbard
An epistrophe is a word or phrase repeated at the end of a sentence to emphasise or heighten emotion. Derived from the ancient Greek, it implies a...
Helmut Newton Magician And Miracle Worker A Coruña Spain – Jude Montague
As a girl and young woman in the 1980s, Helmut Newton was the one photographer I remember from the glossy magazines. I was not a child of fashion,...
Hurvin Anderson: Salon Paintings – A Multifaceted Trip Through Identity and Culture
Hurvin Anderson's latest exhibition, "Salon Paintings," at Hastings Contemporary, immerses visitors in a vibrant exploration of identity, memory,...
James Gillray Maximilist and Rebecca Salter Minimalist Gainsborough’s House – James Payne
Two very different exhibitions are currently on at Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk. Caricaturist James Gillray (1756–1815) and British...
Elmgreen & Dragset READ A Metaphysical Portrayal Of Books – Kunsthalle Praha
Elmgreen & Dragset's latest exhibition, "READ," at Kunsthalle Praha in the Czech Republic, unveils a compelling exploration of the profound...
Women In Revolt Tate Britain – A Brilliantly Curated Archive – Sue Hubbard
The women in Chandon Fraser’s black and white photograph of the Women’s Liberation Conference at Ruskin College, Oxford, in 1970, look familiar....
Mark Rothko: Ghosts On The Periphery Of Vision – Fondation Louis Vuitton
The first time Mark Rothko’s paintings were exhibited in Paris, their reception was frosty. Organized by MoMA in 1962, 44 works made between 1945 –...
Van Gogh And His Contemporaries An Artistic Revolution Along the Seine – Mariella Guzzoni
"We painted on the banks of the river (Seine); lunched at guinguette [a small café], and returned to Paris on foot, along the avenues of Saint-Ouen...