Reviews
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...
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...