Reviews
Plaster Casters: Victoria & Albert Museum Cast Courts Reopen – Edward Lucie-Smith
The full re-opening of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Cast Courts occurs at an apposite moment. It’s apposite not only because of the rise to...
Richard Long: The Tide is High – Edward Lucie-Smith
There can be no doubt that Richard Long is one of the giants of British art. Or so a very impressive curriculum vitae would lead one to suppose. He...
Tomas Saraceno: On Air – Palais de Tokyo Paris – Virginie Puertolas-Syn
Tomas Saraceno “On Air” an exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo is definitely one of the most extraordinary exhibitions I have ever seen. A once in a...
Chiharu Shiota: Immersive Elegant Scarlet Threads – Blain|Southern – Edward Lucie-Smith
Today London’s official art world is full of enthusiasm for so-called ‘minority art’, made by artists of guaranteed ‘minority origin’. On the whole,...
Iain Baxter& &Information – Hales Gallery – Jude Cowan Montague
Iain Baxter& &Information - That famous aphorism 'the medium is the message' was spouted by Marshall McLuhan, the Canadian professor,...
Five Academicians: Glasgow Print Studio – Clare Henry
You have to be reasonably senior to be an Academician of any sort. Put five together? The result is an exciting and extremely varied show. The lead...
Fernand Léger A Mechanical Visual Language – Tate Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
It was captivating to see the Fernand Léger exhibition (until 17 March 2019) at Tate Liverpool. This is a show celebrating one of the twentieth...
Robert Rauschenberg Light-Hearted Works With Serious Meaning – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Robert Rauschenberg show Spreads: 1975-83 just opened at Thaddaeus Ropac here in London comes complete with a museum-worthy hardcover catalogue,...
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2018 Round-Up – Jude Cowan Montague
It was a personal pleasure to visit the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, now in its third year. The ambitious project has taken over the huge...
Gordon Matta Clark: The Chaos Of The 1970s – Edward Lucie-Smith
Gordon Matta Clark died quite some time ago now – in August 1978. And he died quite young, aged only 35. However, like a number of artists from...
Josef Albers Life And Work – A New Book – Review Edward Lucie-Smith
Once you struggle through the fairly formidable Introduction to this biography – a chapter devoted to orientating the reader concerning Josef...
Paul Lock: You Simply Are – Review Noho Showrooms – Simon Tarrant
Gauguin once reportedly exclaimed of self-taught artist Henri Rousseau’s self-portrait, “There is the truth and future! There is painting!” “There...