Reviews
Mythos Against Innovation – Charlie Smith London – Edward Lucie-Smith
Charlie Smith London has long been one of the most reliable innovative galleries in Shoreditch. The gallery is celebrating its tenth anniversary...
Olga Tobreluts: What The Russians Are Doing Now – Edward Lucie-Smith
A fascinating visit to Trieste, for the opening of a show by Olga Tobreluts, an artist whom I’ve known personally since the fairly early 1990s –...
Banksy Goes Mayfair Pest Control Speaks Out
The appearance of a new Banksy in London can create quite a media frenzy. The last works to hit the streets in the capital came at the end of Summer...
Hanne Kemfor The Sublime And The Ridiculous – Jude Cowan Montague
Hanne Kemfor has hung a few of her scribed, rubbed, trailed, scratched, brushed, gestured surfaces in the foyer of the Barbican Library. I met her...
Two Sleepers: Bernice Sidney At Saatchi And Ali Nedaei, Cama Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the London art world heads towards its customary deep summer hiatus, various exhibitions manifest themselves that might not perhaps attract...
Sam Ivin: Physically Scratched Portraits Of Asylum Seekers Exhibited
Such a simple idea, yet one which combines prophecy and emotive impact as it speaks truth to power - Sam Ivin physically scratches portraits of...
The Afterlife Of Michael Jackson In Pictures – Edward Lucie-Smith
When I first heard that the National Portrait Gallery here in London was planning to do an exhibition about Michael Jackson, the very famous but...
Christine Borland: A Moving Tribute To Veterans Everywhere – Clare Henry
World War 1, was one of the bloodiest wars in all history, with a total of 41 million dead. The UK suffered over a million deaths with nearly 2...
Christo’s Grave Monument In The Serpentine – Edward Lucie-Smith
What is a mastaba? Some dictionaries will tell you that the word means a bench, but more usually it’s a term used to describe an early Ancient...
Ed Ruscha And Thomas Cole – National Gallery Exhibits Two American Painters – Edward Lucie-Smith
Though we have plenty of experience of and access to American art here in Britain, this means chiefly American art from the 20th century....
Brian Clarke: Sculpting With Photons At The Sainsbury Centre – Paul Black
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary, and celebrated stained glass artist Brian Clarke...
Frida Kahlo Artist or Cult Figure? Making Her Self Up at V&A
Frida Kahlo's life is so interwoven with her art that there is little separation. Her biography is well-known, and so is her image. The brightly...