Reviews
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...
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....