Reviews
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...
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...