Reviews
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...
Zoobs Ansari – Elephant West – Edward Lucie-Smith
As this exhibition demonstrates, Zoobs Ansari’s work covers a lot of contemporary themes. On the one hand, there is the experience of the outsider,...
London’s Masterpiece Art Fair Moves Online – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Masterpiece Art Fair, a regular feature of the summer season in London, is now up online and will be available there until 28 June. What's...
Vincent Van Gogh A Durable Art Legend – Two New Books – Edward Lucie-Smith
Two books from Thames & Hudson about Vincent Van Gogh, one of the most durable legends in art. One offers his life-story, as told in letters...
Bryan Robertson Promoter Of New Art – Edward Lucie-Smith
Andrew Lambirth's The Life of Bryan, recently published by Unicorn, describes itself rather demurely as a celebration, rather than as a biography....
BP Portrait Award Survives Online – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the National Portrait Gallery closes its doors, not just in response to the Coronavirus epidemic, but in preparation for a three-year rehab, the...
Photographer Don McCullin Online At Hamiltons – Edward Lucie-Smith
The ways of the art market are pretty strange. Hamiltons, a leading gallery here in London that specialises in photography, have just put a new...
Home Alone Together Twenty Five Artists – Revd Jonathan Evens
Home Alone Together: We are told that home is where the heart is, but also that, while we can travel the world in search of what we need, we must...
Botanical Mind Online: Art, Mysticism and the Cosmic Tree – Revd Jonathan Evens
Spring 2020 was to have been an appropriate season for the launch of one of the Camden Arts Centre’s most ambitious exhibitions to date. The...
