Reviews
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...
Artemisia Gentileschi Exhibition Opens At London’s National Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition has opened at the National Gallery at long last. It is accompanied by a handsome, fully illustrated hardcover...
Some Fresh Blood: New London Grads Saatchi Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
London Grads Now, the new show currently on view at the Saatchi Gallery, won't be with us for long. It is due to close on 25 September. It replaced...
Quentin Blake and Victor Pasmore A Discursive Conversational Piece – Jude Cowan Montague
Quentin Blake and Victor Pasmore Hastings Contemporary: I'm standing for the first time inside the Hastings Contemporary, wearing my handmade mask,...
Guston, Riley And Matisse Essential Autumn Book Releases
Three very colourful large format art books arrived this week and that's just the covers. Philip Guston is known for his palette of pinks and the...
Ai Weiwei A Disturbing History Of Bombs IWM Marina Vaizey
Ai Weiwei IWM: History of Bombs. Little Boy, Fat Man, Daisy Cutter, Snake Eye, Grand Slam, Tomahawk, Tsar Boba, are seemingly innocuous even...
Wartime London Explored in Paintings – Marina Vaizey
London was never invaded, but London has been at war. The look of London during the Blitz and after is captured in this marvel of a picture book,...
Anish Kapoor Bringing Heaven To Earth – Houghton Hall – James Payne
Anish Kapoor is a magician, says Lord Cholmondeley in his introduction to this exhibition. His ancestral seat, Houghton Hall is presenting the...
Revisiting the Decameron – Flowers Gallery Online – Edward Lucie-Smith
An online show called Revisiting the Decameron, curated by Laura Gascoigne, has recently gone up on the Flowers Gallery web-site. It runs until 9th...
Sean Scully: Rhythm, Restraint, Splendor – Raphy Sarkissian
Painting, sculpture, architecture: here is a triumvirate wherein painting and sculpture remain in commanding dialogue with architecture throughout...