Reviews
Talking Maps: Geocentric Eccentricity At The Bodleian Library – Paul Black
Artlyst has attended Talking Maps, a new exhibition at the famous Bodleian Libraries, Oxford - a celebration of maps throughout history - this...
Takis Tate Modern Kevork Mourad Ismaili Centre – Two Shows – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Greek artist Panayiotis Vassillakis, known simply as Takis, born in Athens in 1925, is a very senior member of today’s international...
Frieze Sculpture 2019 A 3D Non-Statement – Edward Lucie-Smith
It’s time for the annual show of sculpture in Regent’s Park, organised by the Frieze Art Fair, but opening far in advance of the fair itself, and...
Felix Vallotton: A Lost Prophet – Royal Academy – Edward Lucie-Smith
Felix Vallotton, the subject of a new exhibition on view now, at the Royal Academy, was a betwixt and between sort of artist. Swiss by birth, he...
Alexander Calder Stories: Spectacular New Exhibition Centro Botín – Jude Cowan Montague
When the boats sail past on a summer's day and the light falls gently, and we're solstice-awake in the long days, Alexander Calder reels back to...
Contemplating the Spiritual in Contemporary Art – Revd Jonathan Evens
Contemplating the Spiritual in Contemporary Art a new exhibition at Rosenfeld Porcini is proof, if proof is needed, that there is no shortage of...
FairforSaatchi: The Making Of A Summer Fixture – Simon Tait
A new contemporary and modern art fair at the Saatchi Gallery has just opened as a "pop-up" during the London Summer fair season. Organised in just...
Cindy Sherman NPG Retrospective A Major Blockbuster – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Cindy Sherman retrospective just opened at the National Portrait Gallery is a major blockbuster, illustrating all aspects of a very prolific...
Scott Eaton Artist Plus AI – Edward Lucie-Smith
A rather too brief exhibition, well hidden away in the bowels of Somerset House and not mentioned in the official handout listing what is currently...
Donald Sultan Huxley-Parlour Sam Jackson Charlie Smith London 2X Reviews – Edward Lucie-Smith
This is the time of year when London's grandee galleries – official and commercial – are so busy presenting us with blockbuster shows that lesser...
Paula Rego Where The Personal Is Political – Marina Vaizey
All art is perforce autobiography, and every picture tells a story. How could it be otherwise? No outstanding artist almost literally makes visual...
Natalia Goncharova: Luboks, Icons And Russian Avant-Gardism – Edward Lucie-Smith
Born in 1881, Natalia Goncharova was a full generation older than Lee Krasner and came from a very different background from that of Krasner’s...
