Reviews
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...
Three Women Painting Big – Painting Loud – Newport Street Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery has a new show entitled True Colours. It shows that Damien-the-art-patron is up to his usual mischief, thank...
RA’s 250th Anniversary A Triumph Of The Wall? – Edward Lucie-Smith
The RA’s celebration of its 250th-anniversary show has met with hosannas in the press, with maybe the loudest of all coming from those who see...
Marc Chagall: Reassessing The Breakthrough Years – Guggenheim Bilbao – Paul Carter Robinson
Marc Chagall is an enigma. On one hand he is one of the most successful 20th-century artists, in the major auction rooms, with paintings achieving...
Aftermath – Emerging from the Catastrophe of WWI – Tate Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
Aftermath is at last a good solid show at Tate Britain, rather than something anxiously politically correct, and equally anxious to demonstrate just...
Howard Hodgkin’s Last Stand? Late Paintings Gagosian – Edward Lucie-Smith
The current show of late paintings by Howard Hodgkin at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill is, for me, a melancholy occasion. The exhibition, taken as a whole...
Charles March Photography Palazzo Borghese Rome – Edward Lucie-Smith
I’m just back from the opening of Charles March photography show at Palazzo Borghese in Rome. His work, often on a very large scale, is well suited...