Reviews
Turner Prize 2021: A Collective Experience – Sue Hubbard
For reasons lost in the mists of time, the city of Coventry is where you're purportedly sent when socially ostracised, as well as where the first...
The Last Temptation of Christo – L’Arc de Triomphe: Wrapped – James Payne
James Payne has been to Paris to see Christo's wrapping of L'Arc de Triomphe. Napoléon's monument to himself has been turned into a memento mori for...
Emily Speed: Body Architecture Tate Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
When I first heard about Emily Speed's exhibition being based upon the human body and related to architecture, I wasn't quite sure what to expect....
Rebound Ramblings: New York City Art Week 2021 RoundUp – Ilka Scobie
With major as well as offbeat art fairs, ranging from the Armory at the massive Javits Center (where I last went for my Covid vaccination) to tiny...
Brash Is Beautiful – Yinka Saves The Day At Royal Academy Summer Show
When the Royal Academy was founded in 1768, one of its key aims was to establish an annual exhibition open to all artists ‘of merit’ (as long, one...
International Autumn Art Exhibition Reviews – Revd Jonathan Evens
It used to be the case that, while artists frequently explored the intersections between art and faith, curators and critics thought that, in the...
The Lost Leonardo Film Review by James Payne
James Payne reviews the new film "The Lost Leonardo" directed by Andreas Koefed and encounters a thrilling journey through the murky world of art....
Mark Woods An Uncanny And Taboo World – James Payne
James Payne explores the curious uncanny and taboo world of Mark Woods in his exhibition Absorption at Cross Lane Projects, Kendal. Woods uses...
Roger Cecil: A Once In A Generation Welsh Painter – Revd Jonathan Evens
Aged 21, after just one week, Roger Cecil walked away from his scholarship at the Royal College of Art to make art on his own terms at home in...
Tino Sehgal: Location, Nature And Pandemic – Blenheim Palace – Revd Jonathan Evens
The female participant in Tino Sehgal’s ‘Kiss’ is stretched out on the floor, head arched, looking back, as her partner moves in slow motion towards...
Lucian Freud: Real Lives In Focus Tate Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
Lucian Freud - Real Lives is the first exhibition of his work in the North West for thirty years. Widely regarded as a master of modern portraiture,...
Edge to Edge The Cello Factory Review by Simon Streather
Edge to Edge features artists who use hard edges of some kind in their work but who are not necessarily defined by them. The hard edges they use are...