Reviews
Ai Weiwei The Artist of Resistance The Design Museum – Rev Jonathan Evens
'Bubble' 2008 by Ai Weiwei was an installation of one hundred high-quality blue porcelain bubbles spread over an outdoor area of nearly two thousand...
Shiga Lieko and Takeuchi Kota Waiting for the Wind – Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – Rachel Carvosso
Waiting for the Wind is currently showing as part of the Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2021 - 2023 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is on...
The Eye of the Collector Fair Round Up – Nico Kos Earle
The Eye of the Collector, 2 Temple Place (17 – 20 May), is a quietly disruptive art platform that comprises a boutique London art fair, an...
East Sussex Gallery Reviews May 2023 – Jude Montague
This month's round-up of exhibitions in East Sussex features exhibitions in the Hastings area. Electro Studios, St Leonards on Sea Fri 12 – Sun 14...
Gwen John Connecting With London And Paris – Pallant House Gallery – Sara Faith
Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris has just opened at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. This substantial yet intimate exhibition...
Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian A Perplexing Pairing – Tate Modern – Nico Kos-Earle
There is always something to learn at the Tate, but this was a lesson I never expected. When Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life was...
Saint Francis Of Assisi A Timely Exhibition – National Gallery – Rev Jonathan Evens
In G.K. Chesterton’s biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, he gives an image of Francis emerging from his cave, walking on his hands to visualise...
Isaac Julien: Mesmerising Black Heroism At Tate Britain – Sue Hubbard
I first came across the work of Isaac Julien when I was doing my MA in Creative Writing at UEA and did a module on black British film. In the early...
We Out Here Hastings Contemporary – Jude Montague
We Out Here is not an ordinary show, not to my eyes. It feels like something is happening here. It's a humble premise in some ways, a show of six...
Why Critics Have A Problem With The Pre-Raphaelites? – Revd Jonathan Evens
Critics have a problem with the Pre-Raphaelites. Reviews to date, of The Rossettis exhibition at Tate Britain, until 24 September, has provided both...
Annie Morris and Idris Khan Artist Couple – Newlands House Petworth
Annie Morris and Idris Khan have been a couple for over a decade, a personal union and artistic collaboration celebrated by a first-ever joint show...
The Ugly Duchess: Beauty & Satire In The Renaissance National Gallery – David Berridge
My starting hunch is that this is a man in drag, which might leave the breasts unexplained. They could be a man's chest pushed up, then exaggerated...