Reviews

I was from quite early on a convert to the cult of Joseph Beuys. I actually visited the Kassel Documenta of 1968. The inclusion of Beuys’s...

St Cuthbert’s Church in Edinburgh (Kirk of the Castle Rock and Princes St Gardens) is currently home to an outstanding video art installation by the...

In the society we now have, photography has become the dominant medium for conveying news, opinion, social criticisms of all kinds. Painting has...

Subversive humour reigns supreme as surrealist enigma Nancy Fouts continues her search for everyday absurdity in Flowers Gallery’s latest solo show...

One of the most important American video and performance artists Joan Jonas emerged in the late 1960s. Jonas began her artistic career as a sculptor...

The longer I spent in the British Museum’s admirable new blockbuster show, Rodin and the art of ancient Greece, the more keenly I seemed to feel the...

In 1983 David Mach burst upon the media stage with his London Southbank giant Polaris car tyre submarine installation. Installation was not a common...

At this low point in relationships between Russia and the West, it’s a good idea to remember how little we actually know about contemporary Russian...

Art lovers have Magritte safely classified as a leading Surrealist. A new exhibition at Luxembourg & Dayan, entitled René Magritte (Or: The Rule...

Sometimes two shows come along that seem perfectly timed to contradict one another. This is the case with the Richard Serra show now at Gagosian...

The National Gallery’s splendid new show, Monet & Architecture, caps a very rich Spring 2018 season of exhibitions in London, arriving as it...

Sawdust and Sequins – Royal West of England Academy, RWA Bristol: Set in the spacious galleries at the RWA in Bristol this group show was designed...