Reviews
London Art Fair 2018 Sue Hubbard Has The Last Word
There was a time when the London Art Fair (now in its 30th year) was the glitziest thing in the capital's art world calendar. That was before...
Philip Pearlstein: The American Lucian Freud’s Triumphant London Exhibition – Edward Lucie-Smith
Philip Pearlstein is one of the truly major figures in the history of 20th (and now 21st) century American art. He is now 93 years old, and still...
John Piper Primaeval Haunting Surrealism – Tate Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz
There is something very exciting about John Piper's early works at Tate Liverpool. The textures and layering of various materials, as in his collage...
London Art Exhibitions For January 2018 By Paul Carey-Kent
With Christmas 2017 and New Year 2018 behind us we return to the normality of the London art gallery offerings. This feature explores Various...
Can Art Transform Society? – Two Exhibition Reviews By Revd Jonathan Evens
Two current exhibitions seem to suggest that it can. Nature Morte at the Guildhall Art Gallery London explores both the history of the still life...
Edward Lucie-Smith Chooses Ten Exhibitions That Made A Difference In 2017
What were the best exhibitions in 2017? What's on my list of ten? The answers to this pair of questions really depend on which set of attitudes you...
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Dissidence In Russia – Edward Lucie-Smith
How times have changed! In the 1980s, during the closing decade of the Soviet Union, Russian dissident artists, emerging on to the world stage under...
Ten Recommended London Art Shows By Paul Carey -Kent December 2017
It’s hard to complain about the big institutional shows on display just now: Whiteread, the Kabakovs, Modigliani at the Tates; Monochrome Painting...
Becoming Henry Moore: The Birth Of Immutable Stone – By Paul Black
Once lauded as the greatest British artist of the 20th century, Moore has - in recent years - been usurped by the great sadomasochistic gambler of...
Rose Wylie: Forget Age And Gender The Message Is The Painting – Edward Lucie-Smith
Rose Wylie is 83 years old. Her rise to fame has been fairly meteoric. Ten years ago few had heard of her, either in this, her native country, or...
ParisPhoto – Women House And Lyon Biennial – Virginie Puertolas-Syn – French Update
Autumn is always a hectic yet enjoyable season for the art lover in France - my favourite time of year in the busy art world calendar. I had just...
Leftovers Exhibition Explores What Is Left Of Women When Mothering
Open in Herne Hill from Friday 17th November the ‘Leftovers’ exhibition at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning space. The show, brought...