Reviews
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....
Grassroots Renaissance: Artist-Run Spaces Breathe Life Into Rural Culture
As the UK art world reels from the closures of major commercial galleries like Pace, Almine Rech, and Marlborough, an imaginative grassroots revival...
The Most Original Show of Frieze Week? Eric Butcher ‘Shadow Archive’ – Paul Carey-Kent
There are plenty of impressive shows timed to coincide with Frieze[i]. Still, I haven't seen Eric Butcher featured in highlights lists, even though...
Frieze Masters 2025: The Best Of The Best – Sue Hubbard
It’s the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.. The leaves are turning and the nights are drawing in. It must be time for Frieze. This year, I...
Can We Stop Killing Each Other? – Sainsbury Centre – Revd Jonathan Evens
‘Can We Stop Killing Each Other?’ is, in the words of Jago Cooper, Executive Director of The Sainsbury Centre, a “wide-ranging exploration of human...
The World Of Dermot O’Brien – Not Only But Also – James Payne
Dermot O'Brien (Not Only) But Also is one of the strongest shows I've seen in London for quite some time. O'Brien is an Irish artist who has chased...
Gilbert & George: The Gospel According To Men In Suits – Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery opens its Autumn season with a bang: Gilbert & George: 21st Century Pictures, a panoramic and sometimes immersive survey of...
The Daring Lee Miller From It Girl To War Photographer – Sue Hubbard
Last night I went to see the play at Finsbury Park Theatre about that other Lee: Lee Krasner, the painter-wife of Jackson Pollock. The central theme...