Reviews
Art And The Consequences Of War Explored In Two Exhibitions
'Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One' at Tate Britain and 'Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919 - 33' at Tate Modern are linked...
London Open: Desperately Seeking Duchamp – Whitechapel Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
The London Open at the Whitechapel Gallery is a triennial event. As the curators, Emily Butler and Cameron Foote, say in their catalogue...
Magic Realism: Objectivity In Weimar – Tate Modern – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Magic Realism: Art In Weimar Germany 1919-33 show that just opened at Tate Modern is a welcome addition to what you can see at this major London...
Helaine Blumenfeld Translating Her Vision – Revd Jonathan Evens
Rupert Edwards, Director of the recent Sky Arts documentary ‘Hard Beauty’, describes the film’s subject, Helaine Blumenfeld, ‘Britain’s most...
White Cube Summer A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Edward Lucie-Smith
Memory Palace, an anthology exhibition currently occupying both White Cube spaces, the big one in Bermondsey and the smaller one in Mason’s Yard St...
Christopher Le Brun Tranquil And Elegant – Lisson Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
I went to see Christopher Le Brun’s new exhibition, a solo at one of the branches of the Lisson Gallery. It was a busy Saturday – the nearby Little...
Another Europe: Open-Air Photo Show King X
Eurosceptics stay away: this is outdoors, free and in-your-face Pro-EU For those who, in the continuing fine weather, like their art to be both...
R.B. Kitaj – A Lost Leader – Edward Lucie-Smith
I’ve just been reading a remarkable book, published last year, that seems to have received almost no attention here in Britain, save for a brief...
Tomma Abts: A Delicate Dance Of Colours And Shapes – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Tomma Abts show at the Serpentine Sackler marks another step forward in reputation for this German-born but British-resident painter, who has...
Yves Klein: Kind Of Blue – Blenheim Palace – Edward Lucie-Smith
The presentation of work by Yves Klein in the staterooms of Blenheim Palace, the stateliest of all Britain’s stately homes, is part of a growing...
Sacred Noise: Explores Religion, Faith And Divinity – Revd Jonathan Evens
Sacred Noise explores themes of religion, faith and divinity in post-war and contemporary art through 30 works shown at Christie’s and on show until...
Roderic O’Conor Shadows And Stripes – National Gallery Of Ireland- Paul Carter Robinson
"O'Conor's daring has not been sufficiently recognised in the past" - Jonathan Benington Lead Curator Roderic O'Conor is very much someone who...