Reviews
Lucian Freud The Curator’s Egg National Portrait Gallery – John K Grande
Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting is the first National Portrait Gallery show since Lucian Freud Portraits in 2012. With 48 sketchbooks donated to...
David Sherry: Sublime Review Of Wrongness Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh – Paul Fuller
Northern Irish performance artist David Sherry has been exploring the outer limits of the absurd for over three decades, and a selection of the...
Lustre: Sebastián Espejo & Pierre Bonnard Interval Gallery – Nico Kos Earle
Lustre, an exhibition by London-based painter, Sebastián Espejo presented alongside works by Pierre Bonnard at Interval Gallery.
R. Crumb: Cult Comix Artist Returns To London’s David Zwirner Gallery
R. Crumb is back in London. It’s been a while. There’s No End to the Nonsense, now open at David Zwirner, marks the American...
Basil Beattie At 91 Turps Gallery Celebrates the British Abstract Painter – Miranda Carroll
This solo exhibition at Turps Gallery celebrates 91-year-old British artist Basil Beattie through recent drawings and paintings.
Richard Avedon And Nan Goldin: Parallel Shows At Gagosian – Sue Hubbard
America is (to repurpose the famous quote from The Go-Between, that most quintessential of English novels by L.P Hartley) ‘a foreign country: they...
Picasso X Barceló Museo de Almería – Jude Montague
The exhibition brings together ceramic works by Pablo Picasso and Miquel Barceló, and pieces from the museum’s archaeological...
Made In Egypt Fitzwilliam Museum – Claudia Barbieri
Made In Ancient Egypt, running until 12 April, is the first-ever exhibition to focus on the identities, skills and working practices of the people...
Critics’ Choice: Best UK Art Exhibitions 2025 – Artlyst
Looking back at 2025, the standout UK Art Exhibitions show that there wasn’t a single aesthetic or tidy narrative linking everything together. This...
Bury Street Sees Art History In The Making – Sarah Lucas And Maggi Hambling – Nico Kos Earle
If you walk past The Ritz and take a right down St James, left on Jermyn Street, and right again, you will find yourself in Bury Street, the nexus...
Fry Unfurls in Firle – Roger Fry Charleston – John K Grande
What more fitting venue for this Roger Fry show than the Bloomsbury aquarium at Charleston? The show gives Roger Fry his due as an artist. As...
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,...