Reviews
Genta Ishizuka: Organic Urushi At The Royal Arcade – Zoltan Alexander
This story could have started a few months ago on the Gion Tatsumi bridge in Kyoto, Japan, or a long time ago on a lazy afternoon at Lucie Rie's...
Submerging Artists: Rebirthing A Genre By Edward Lucie-Smith
It’s become noticeable that while the British art world – it's museum dominated segment in particular – still prattles happily about ‘emerging...
Rachel Howard A Rising International Artist With Substance – Edward Lucie-Smith
Rachel Howard (b. 1969 in County Durham) is a rising star in the British art world, which is currently badly in need of new names. "These works...
Emil Nolde: A Secret Heart Of Darkness – Sue Hubbard
There is a conundrum at the heart of the work of Emil Nolde. How could it be that this superb experimental colourist, this embracer of all things...
Eddie Peake: Compulsive Obsessional And Occasionally Shit-Scared – By Zoltan Alexander
Anything but a conventional artist, Eddie Peake is a footballer, a musician, a dancer, a graffiti guy covered with spray-paint, a ferocious...
Nancy Rubins: A Woman Of Conviction – Gagosian – Edward Lucie-Smith
Nancy Rubins’ exuberant exhibition at Gagosian Britannia Street comes as a great relief in the current epoch of self-righteous #MeToo feminism....
New York Now: Art Exhibitions Winter 2018 – Ilka Scobie
New Museum 2018 Triennial: Songs For Sabotage until May 27 This fourth New Museum Triennial has reached far afield from rarefied New York galleries,...
Gideon Rubin Explores The Sinister History Of Nazi Propaganda At Freud Museum
An exhibition of new work by Israeli/British artist Gideon Rubin, Black Book is the latest in a series of well-received shows curated by James...
Sean Scully – Newcastle Where It All Began – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new Sean Scully show in Newcastle is spread over two galleries, the Laing and the Hatton, and contains no new work. In fact, very much the...
Henri Michaux Indefatigable Experimenter Guggenheim Bilbao – Sue Hubbard
Modern psychology has shown considerable interest in understanding the self. Investigations into the problems of selfhood spread during the 20th...
BRAFA Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair 13 Of The Best By Paul Carey-Kent
BRAFA is known for its welcoming atmosphere, eclecticism and elegance Reviewer at large Paul Carey-Kent reports on BRAFA Brussels Antiques &...
Glenn Brown: Fragments Repeated With Twiddly Bits Added – Edward Lucie-Smith
The more I looked at this show, the more I felt that I was both the right and the wrong person to be attempting to review it. - ELS The reasons for...