Reviews
Grayson Perry Tapestries On Show At Salisbury Cathedral – Rev Jonathan Evens
The Vanity of Small Differences is an exhibition of six huge tapestries by Grayson Perry, which has recently opened to the public at Salisbury...
George Shaw: Reanimating The Post War Council Estate – Sue Hubbard
In 1938 a member of the American Abstract Artists Group, Ibram Lassaw, published an essay in the American Artists' Yearbook in which he put forward...
Summer Art Shows In NYC Three Exhibitions Not To Miss – Ilka Scobie
Marina Adams What Are You Listening to? LGDR (Top Photo) I first saw Marina Adams' bold, beautiful abstractions in a 1998 show at the wonderful "Art...
Theaster Gates Black Chapel Serpentine Pavilion – Sue Hubbard
The latest Serpentine Pavilion hunkers within the grounds of the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens like a dark grain silo transported from the...
Cornelia Parker A Conceptual And Sculptural Vision Tate Britain – Lee Sharrock
Cornelia Parker’s inaugural survey show in London spans a 35-year period, from the 1980s through to 2022. This multi-sensory, multi-media exhibition...
Hew Locke And The Christian Roots Of Carnival – Tate Britain – Revd Jonathan Evens
The word carnival derives from Latin expressions meaning either to remove meat or say farewell to meat. These indicate the Christian roots of...
Seafaring Hastings Contemporary A Symbiotic Experience – Jude Montague
In a stormy wind, the choppy waves of the Stade Hastings felt dangerous. No fishing boats could be seen out today on the lively sea, although the...
Les Lalanne, Schütte And Gursky London Spring Exhibition Highlights – Revd Jonathan Evens
Re-enchantment, magnification and framing; are some of the approaches utilised in three shows which demonstrate the diversity and vitality of the...
Sensuous Sickert and Philpot Two Major UK Solo Exhibitions – Rev Jonathan Evens
The first major exhibition of Glyn Philpot R.A. (1884-1937) in almost 40 years is currently at Pallant House Gallery, while Tate Britain has the...
Radical Landscapes: A Reaction To Nature – Tate Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
I wasn't sure what to expect from Radical Landscapes, but it went beyond my expectations. As usual, Tate Liverpool has developed a thought-provoking...
New York In Focus Whitney Biennial Plus Gallery Round-Up – Ilka Scobie
The Whitney Biennial is big, sprawling across the entire museum, featuring 59 artists and bravura curation. As a poet, I loved the way poetry and...
London Art Fair 2022 A New Seriousness – Sue Hubbard
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the art world. Fairs have been cancelled, galleries closed and artists confined to their studios. The London Art...