Reviews
Rodin: Suffering And Conflict – Tate Modern – Revd Jonathan Evens
To stage a major Rodin exhibition in 2021, the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante is particularly appropriate as Rodin reread the Divine...
Modern British Artists At The Beach Hastings Contemporary – Jude Cowan Montague
Jude Cowan Montague explores Seaside Modern: Art and Life on the Beach at Hastings Contemporary. As we warm up to the summer of re-opens, visiting a...
David Hockney: Sequentially Spring Royal Academy – Marina Vaizey
David Hockney is, for a variety of reasons, a British National Treasure. Why? It is stunningly evident in the special exhibition of paintings done...
Eileen Agar: A Surrealist Trailblazer Whitechapel Gallery – Sue Hubbard
As a new young arts writer, I once went to Eileen Agar’s flat in Kensington. I honestly didn’t know who she was at that time. The flat was quite...
Ryoji Ikeda And Matthew Barney The End Of Silence – James Payne
James Payne embraces the end of silence after months of lockdown in two new exhibitions: Ryoji Ikeda at 180 The Strand and Matthew Barney at the...
Model Maquette Scale Illusion and Space at The Cello Factory – Simon Streather
The exhibition 'Model Maquette' arrives in a protracted time of pandemic fright, a time when most people's worlds have literally shrunk. Suggestions...
Tony Cragg Imposing And Authoritative Houghton Hall – Marina Vaizey
Tony Cragg is the latest artist to be featured in the magnificent grounds of Houghton Hall in Norfolk. For more than half a decade, this stately...
More London Art Exhibitions Spring 2021 – Paul Carey-Kent
Skarstedt’s fascinating new exhibition Painter / Sculptor brings together a sculpture and a painting by nine artists who says the gallery, ‘have...
Archie Brennan At Dovecot Studios Edinburgh. – Shockingly Overdue! – Clare Henry
Archie Brennan was a creative genius and pioneer who transformed tapestry from a method of slavish, rigid reproduction, replication and restriction...
Rachel Whiteread: A Beguiling New Exhibition At Gagosian – Marina Vaizey
The Gagosian Gallery on Grosvenor Hill is a quietly present, subtly magnificent slab of grey, and inside there are several large top-lit galleries....
Martin Wong and Aaron Gilbert P.P.O.W. Review Ilka Scobie
Art created during a crisis can be a powerful catharsis for both artist and audience. Chinese American Martin Wong (1946-1999) once said,...
London Art Exhibitions Are Back – Paul Carey-Kent
Paul Carey-Kent is back on the London Gallery trail with some exciting offerings for April and May, this Spring. Here are some quick ongoing...