Reviews
Happy Gas: Sarah Lucas’ Tate Britain Show A Laugh Out Loud Experience
To get into Happy Gas, Sarah Lucas' new solo show at Tate Britain, you have to walk through a gift shop; floating on the sugary peach wallpaper is...
Turner Prize 2023: A Regional Awakening – Towner Eastbourne – Sue Hubbard
It's that time of year again. The kids have gone back to school, the days are getting shorter, and the art world, after a lazy summer, is cranking...
Picasso As Sculptor Guggenheim Bilbao – Jude Montague
2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso, and commemoration exhibitions of Picasso 1973-2023 have been initiated by the...
Unfaltering Marina Abramović: RA Stages Largest Retrospective To Date
In 1973, Marina Abramović performed Rhythm 10 at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival. Sitting at a table with twenty knives and two tape recorders, left...
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...