Reviews
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...
Cabarets, Clubs And Modern Art – Barbican – Edward Lucie-Smith
A new show at the Barbican is devoted to the theme of Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art. Structured city-by-city it riffs trough several...
Rembrandt-Velázquez And de Hooch: Two Major Autumn Exhibitions – Sue Hubbard
If you are planning an imminent trip to the Netherlands, there are two must-see exhibitions on at the moment. Pieter de Hooch in Delft: From the...
Reading Stones & Beyond The Body Two Shows – Jude Cowan Montague
The stone tower of Saint Augustine is a dramatic setting for an art exhibition and has been host to some interesting shows by alternative London...
Cy Twombly, Gagosian – Song Dong, Pace – Edward Lucie-Smith
Two London shows from big commercial galleries reflect different but related aspects of the current international scene. One, at Gagosian Grosvenor...
Bridget Riley, Rebecca Parker, Elizabeth Peyton Three London Shows – Edward Lucie-Smith
Two exhibitions of modest size – Bridget Riley at Lindsey Ingram, and Rebecca Parker at Huxley-Parlour – both at the very centre of the West End art...
Mark Bradford: Monumental Excavations Of Humanity Hauser & Wirth – Sooz Belnavis
I am a painter, and as a painter, I tend to look at other painters work, under the scrutiny of deciphering the surface, the pictorial plane. The...
Gauguin Not A Role Model For Our Time – Edward Lucie-Smith
Gauguin both is and isn't a hero for our time. In one sense it's brave of the National Gallery to mount a big show of his work in the /MeToo era....