Reviews
R B Kitaj And Philip Guston: Figurative Painting Celebrated – Revd Jonathan Evens
Painting has been declared dead many times as it has reeled under the double-barrelled attack of photography and conceptual art. Similarly,...
Frieze London And Frieze Masters 2023 The Best And Some Of The Worst – Sue Hubbard
Frieze London arrived in Regent's Park two decades ago. In the 'noughties', it hit the London art scene running, bringing a new razzmatazz to the...
El Anatsui: Sublime Bottle Cap Curtains In Three Acts Fill Tate’s Turbine Hall
In the cavernous expanse of Tate's Turbine Hall, Ghanaian artist El Anatsui has orchestrated a visual spectacle transcending conventional...
Philip Guston Tate Modern Worth The Wait – Sue Hubbard
If you see only one show in London this autumn, then go to see the much-postponed Philip Guston at Tate Modern. After the George Floyd murder in...
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,...