Reviews
Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch Exploring The Inner Self – Edward Lucie-Smith
Tracey Emin is one of the two major survivors from the so-called YBA (Young British Artists) Group that made such a lot of noise in the 1990s....
Antony Gormley and Martin Gayford Present Visual Culture Throughout History – Edward Lucie-Smith
The big new Thames & Hudson book Shaping the World, by Antony Gormley and Martin Gayford, turns out to be a good deal better than the truly...
Joseph Wright of Derby A New Book By Matthew Craske – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new book on Joseph Wright of Derby by Matthew Craske is a massive tome. Published by the Paul Mellon Center for British Art, it is entirely...
Maggi Hambling: Powerful Often Sinister Paintings – Edward Lucie-Smith
Now in her mid-70s. Maggi Hambling is a senior figure in British art. She doesn’t have much presence abroad. Foreign museums own very little of her...
Zanele Muholi Explores A Black Queer And Trans South Africa – Sue Hubbard
"I am re-writing a Black Queer and Trans visual history of South Africa for the world to know of our existence, resistance and persistence" - Zanele...
JMW Turner: Narrating A Modern World – Tate Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
There can be no doubt that the new show devoted to Turner at Tate Britain is a meaty affair. The gallery is fortunate in the fact that a great deal...
Navigating Downtown NYC Galleries During A Pandemic Autumn 2020 – Ilka Scobie
As museums and galleries open to eager viewers, I took the easy way out and have only ventured to walking distance galleries. Luckily, this limited...
Bruce Nauman, Damien’s New Show And Painter Mark Edwards – London Autumn Exhibitions – Edward Lucie-Smith
In the midst of the chaos in the London art world caused by the current pandemic an artist occasionally shows up who seems serenely separated from...
Everyday Heroes: Southbank Exhibition Celebrates Low-paid Key Workers
How to celebrate the continuing vital and sacrificial contribution of key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic? Clap for Carers united the nation...
Entwining Spiritualism And Art – Three Shows – Revd Jonathan Evens
Once upon a time in modernism, the interlacing of art and religion was rendered invisible. Art was not just for art’s sake but was exclusively about...
Sin At The National Gallery Dreamsongs Colnaghi – Edward Lucie-Smith
In present circumstances, both public and private galleries have had to think hard about what is practical and within their reach to do. Sometimes...
Royal Academy’s Free Of Bombast Summer/ Winter Exhibition – Sue Hubbard
Two hundred and fifty-two years ago, a group of artists made it their mission to hold an annual exhibition to showcase the work of practising...