Reviews
Fifties Boys Club To Angel Hiding In Plain Sight – Amar Gallery – Zoltan Alexander
I had the privilege to have a private tour and a passionate talk with gallery owner, Amar Singh a few days before he opened “Hiding In Plain Sight”,...
Oceania Royal Academy A Lasting Air Of Strangeness – Edward Lucie-Smith
Oceania, Royal Academy: To some extent, our ideas about what we call ‘primitive’ or ‘tribal’ art are still formed by what we have learned, during...
Space Shifters Hayward Gallery An Object Lesson In Contemporary Disorientation – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Space Shifters show at the Hayward lives up to its title, often in ways you don’t quite expect. This, in spite of the fact that it isn’t...
Turner Prize Smug-Fest Crashes And Bores – Edward Lucie-Smith
Before I go any further, let me note that, on the very day this iteration of the annual Turner Prize exhibition was revealed to the press, a review...
Kimatica Studio – Transcendence A multi-sensory journey through the subconscious – Simon Tarrant
My first experience of performance artists Kimatica was when they won the 2014 Winter Pride Performance Art Awards, for a mesmerising dance and...
Chok Yue Zan Explores Mnemosyne The Goddess Of Memory – Eva Wong Nava
Chok Yue Zan's latest series of works capture the environmental and familial fragmentation that he has come to be so familiar with. There is a...
John Virtue At Fortnum’s – Alfredo Roldan At Pontone – Edward Lucie-Smith
At the moment the London art scene is not rich in bright young artists, elbowing their elders aside, eager to make themselves visible. In this, it...
Hugh Mendes Autorretrato – John Loker At 80 – Reviews – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the title of this fascinating new show at Charlie Smith London suggests, Hugh Mendes is here offering multiple self-portraits, in the form of...
Iranian Artist Farsad Labbauf Reflects On Solar Cycle – Isa Freeling
Iranian born artist Farsad Labbauf reflects on the solar cycle. From where the sun rises in the East to where it sets in the West. He explains, “Our...
Audrey Grant at Panter & Hall An Exploration of the Human and Elemental
Audrey Grant's latest exhibition of paintings is drawn from Des Meeres der Liebe Wellen* (The Waves of Sea and Love) a piece by the 19th Century...
Daniel Richter: Why German Painting Still Dominates Europe – Edward Lucie-Smith
A new exhibition of paintings by Daniel Richter at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac exemplifies the way in which German painting has become dominant in...
Yayoi Kusama: The Master Of Infinity – Film Review – Isa Freeling
No doubt that when you hear the name Yayoi Kusama, images of the vivid twinkling lights from her infinity Mirror Rooms escape from your memory banks...