Reviews
Sean Scully Weaving Things Back Together Kerlin Gallery – Miranda Carroll
A number of exhibitions mark Sean Scully’s 80th birthday this year, including the just-opened Tapestry, at Kerlin Gallery in his hometown of Dublin,...
William Nicholson From Ordinary To Famous And Back Again Pallant House – John K Grande
At the first UK exhibition dedicated solely to William Nicholson since 2004, one witnesses his range, incredible artistic scale, and skill....
Turner And Constable Reinventing Landscape Painting Tate Britain – John K Grande
To celebrate the 250th anniversaries of John Constable and J.M.W. Turner's births, Tate Britain presents these two titans of the British landscape...
Jane Bown Photographer And Newspaper Woman Newlands House Gallery – Claudia Barbieri
Jane Bown liked to say that other photographers took pictures; she found them. Employed on the staff of the Sunday newspaper, The Observer, for...
The Long Now – Saatchi Gallery At Forty
There’s a certain irony in calling an exhibition The Long Now when its host, Saatchi Gallery, has built its reputation on immediacy on the shock of...
Standing Firm In Power And Pride: Windrush Generation Black History Month Exhibition At Westfield Stratford City – Lee Sharrock
A colourful celebration of heritage, resilience, and unity, the Windrush Generation Black History Month exhibition at several locations, including...
Into Abstraction Meaning Connection And Hope Firstsite – Revd Jonathan Evens
Sally Shaw MBE, Director of Firstsite, says: “Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape offers a powerful way to view 20th-century...
Wayne Thiebaud: American Still Life – Courtauld Gallery – John K. Grande
Wayne Thiebaud’s first-ever solo exhibition in London at the Courtauld Gallery is a long-awaited event. As an artist, Thiebaud resented being thrown...
Peter Doig House of Music Serpentine South – Sue Hubbard
Peter Doig is one of those painters loved by the public and the cognoscenti alike. His vivid palette and the magic realism of paintings like White...
At Home In The 17th Century Rijksmuseum A Scholarly Approach – Jude Montague
The exhibition At Home in the 17th Century at the Rijksmuseum seems like a humble enterprise on one level. It may once have been considered rather a...
Nigerian Modernism Explored Tate Modern – Revd Jonathan Evens
The Nigerian Modernism exhibition at Tate Modern is massive. With work by over 50 artists from across 50 years to be displayed, the curators faced a...
GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO – SANCTUARY Plus CALUM McClure And DAMIAN HENRY – CLARE Henry
GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO has come a long way since 1972. It's now one of the leading, established names in printmaking in Europe and indeed worldwide....