Reviews
Steve McQueen: Year 3 – Tate Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
I increasingly get the feeling that the two London Tates are struggling to know what to do with the huge central spaces that are a characteristic...
Three London Shows November 2019 – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the nation plunges towards Brexit, and, as the official galleries - specifically the two big London Tates - grow more and more self-satisfied and...
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize 2019 Returns To NPG – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize has come round once again, just as the announcement went out that the NPG will very soon close its doors for a...
You Feel Me: A Place Without Division – FACT Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
I found this exhibition thought-provoking. It challenges the way we view the world and what we are being taught to believe. It encourages you to...
Bridget Riley: Dynamic Interactions And Optical Wizardry – Edward Lucie-Smith
At a time when there is a continual fuss about giving ‘fair representation’ to women artists, many of whom were not, in fact, central to the major...
Lucian Freud / Antony Gormley Two RA Autumn Shows – Edward Lucie-Smith
Lucian Freud / Antony Gormley, two shows at the RA, both by contemporary British artists. Apparently very different from one another, yet with one...
Nam June Paik Outstripped By Technology Tate Modern – Edward Lucie-Smith
Nam June Paik (1932-2006) was a Korean-born artist who lived and worked in Japan, Germany and the United States. He played a considerable role in...
Tearing up the Rule Book: Paintings By Day Bowman at Atelier Melusine
There’s something very irresistible in Day Bowman ’s abstract paintings, currently showing on two floors of what was once an épicerie/cordoniere and...
Sterling Ruby: Gagosian – Britannia Street – Edward Lucie-Smith
The main items in Sterling Ruby’s exhibition at Gagosian Britannia Street (his first solo show with the gallery here in London) are huge works from...
Victoria Crowe: Half Century Of Painting – Edinburgh – Clare Henry
Beauty. Not a word used much today. Not a popular concept. Not necessarily an accolade. Yet Victoria Crowe creates beauty with her every...
The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood Re-evaluated – Edward Lucie-Smith
All too often, when there is a sudden enthusiasm for a particular cause, those promoting it achieve the opposite of what they intend. This is the...
The Turner: An Exhibition of Past Turner Prize Nominees – Clare Henry
Glasgow: Love it or loathe it, the Tate Turner prize is here to stay. It's a huge accolade. And you don't need to win. Being nominated (4 each year...