Reviews
JAMES GREER: 70 YEARS AN ARTIST, Lillie Art Gallery Milngavie Glasgow – Clare Henry
As a student, I did some wood engraving. So I know how difficult it is. JAMES GREER has over 60 years of experience wielding a sharp tool over...
Ryan Gander A Principled Humanist By Sue Hubbard
The one thing I know about Ryan Gander before we meet to look at his new show at the Lisson Gallery is that he doesn't want to be seen as a disabled...
Nicole Wassall Unicorns Are Real – James Payne
Nicole Wassall's latest exhibition, Unicorns are Real, asks us to reconcile logic and imagination. It is a cross-disciplined exploration of belief,...
A World In Common: Contemporary African Photography Tate Modern – Revd Jonathan Evens
Several recent exhibitions exploring legacies of the past, including that of colonialism, in order to posit creative ways forward in the future,...
Jeremy Deller In Rennes And Brittany Post-Impressionism – August Diary – Revd Jonathan Evens
Brittany played a significant role in developing Post-Impressionism and Pictorial Symbolism, with its Catholic culture a source of inspiration and...
Beatriz Milhazes: Turner Contemporary Margate – Claudia Barbieri Childs
Showing at Turner Contemporary in Margate, "Maresias" is a vibrant and exhilarating exhibition of work by the Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes....
John Bellany: The Italian Connection, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh – Clare Henry
John Bellany died 10 years ago. Internationally renowned, charismatic, chaotic, iconic, heroic, influential, above all a rebel, his life was...
Sarah Bernhardt: Belle Of La Belle Époque – Petit Palais Paris – Claudia Barbieri Childs
Sarah Bernhardt: Et la Femme Créa la Star, the summer show at the Petit Palais in Paris, reveals the private life and hidden talents of a woman who...
Eve Arnold: To Know About Women Newlands House gallery – Lee Sharrock
Newlands House Gallery in Petworth, West Sussex, is the unlikely venue of the UK’s first Eve Arnold retrospective in a decade: ‘To Know About...
Banksy Declares War On Police Harassment, Brexit And Climate Change – GoMA – Clare Henry
Politics: It's rare to see huge lines of families queuing outside a political event, unique if the politics are presented by a civic art gallery....
Basquiat × Warhol: à Quatre Mains Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – Lee Sharrock
"Basquiat X Warhol: à Quatre Main" at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris is described as the world's first 'four-handed' retrospective of the...
Kusama Finishes Exhibitions Tour At Guggenheim Bilbao – Jude Montague
Although Yayoi Kusama's work has been on tour for some time, including a well-reviewed stint at the Tate Modern, I luckily had managed to avoid...