Reviews
Franz West: Tate Modern And David Zwirner London – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Franz West show at Tate Modern, with a smaller spin-off at the London branch of Zwirner, the late artist’s long-time dealer, presents the critic...
Diane Arbus Street Of Secrets – Hayward Gallery – Sue Hubbard
My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been’ wrote the photographer Diane Arbus, the poor little rich Jewish girl who walked on the wild side....
Phyllida Barlow vs Elizabethan Treasures – Edward Lucie-Smith
Phyllida Barlow has long been one of the heroines of the professional contemporary art establishment here in Britain, without making much of an...
Don McCullin A Major Retrospective – Tate Britain – Jude Cowan Montague
A major retrospective of the war photographer Don McCullin at Tate Britain showcases his images from Vietnam, Northern Ireland and more recently...
Is This Art Today? 4 London Shows – Edward Lucie-Smith
A group of recently opened shows, very different from one another, raise questions about the direction the visual arts are now taking. There is, for...
Upcoming Curators Review Zabludowicz And New Art Projects London
Exhibitions at the Zabludowicz and New Art Projects reviewed by upcoming curators who are students of Sarah Sparkes' course How to be an Independent...
All the Rembrandts Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam – Sue Hubbard
With his Bob Dylan mop of curls and pug nose, he looks every inch the rebellious teenager that he was. The second youngest of ten children, three of...
Pig Out: Chinese Open Underground Art Exhibition Q Park – Jude Cowan Montague
It can be touch and go whether it's on or not each year. The logistics are huge. The goodwill required for this annual impromptu show is necessary...
Tracey Emin: Personal Real And Imaginative – Jude Cowan Montague
I visited the white, white cube for the Emin show a day after the people-jammed preview opening. I'm a little allergic to crowds so rely on the...
New London Exhibitions February 2019 – Edward Lucie-Smith
There’s a conflict of impulses in the art world just now. On the one hand, there is a desire to reflect what’s going on in society. On the other,...
Glasgow Exhibitions Winter 2019 – Clare Henry
GLASGOW's reputation has risen & fallen over the years. 1990 saw a peak. The city is now in a trough. The tragic fire which completely destroyed...
Bill Viola And Michelangelo A Fairground Magical Mystery Tour – Edward Lucie-Smith
The catalogue for the new Bill Viola show at the Royal Academy – also featuring a group of Michelangelo's best, most finished drawings – is careful...