Reviews
Modigliani: Inhabiting The Floating World – Tate Modern – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new Modigliani show that just opened at Tate Modern is a very splendid affair, which doesn’t seem to offer a single weak link. Unlike, for...
Lubaina Himid: Lost Voices Of Slavery – Walker Art Gallery – Alice Lenkiewicz
Lubaina Himid's significant starting point for her exhibition ' Meticulous Observations and Naming the Money', at the Walker Art Gallery,...
Focusing Real Life: London Photography Exhibitions Autumn 2017 – Edward Lucie-Smith
Having been downgraded by the early 20th century Modernists, portraiture is now, a hundred years later, making a significant comeback. However, the...
Hannah Ryggen: Crafty Resistance Hidden In Plain Sight – Modern Art Oxford – Paul Black
The outstanding Scandinavian artist Hannah Ryggen finally receives her first major UK presentation at Modern Art Oxford. This hidden gem has finally...
Art Of Post-Soviet Actionism Explored At Saatchi Gallery
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism is perhaps the most interesting and relevant exhibition and performance event mounted at The Saatchi Gallery since...
Reflections: Pre-Raphaelite Smoke and Convex Mirrors – Edward Lucie-Smith
Reflections: Van Eyck & The Pre-Raphaelites: In a way, it’s a bit of surprise to find the Pre-Raphs, even some of the grander ones, on view at...
Sean Scully: The Noble Legacy Of Constructivism MAMM Moscow
MAMM Moscow: Sean Scully has been a driving force in Abstract painting since the 1980s. He has stuck to his guns and can be name-checked alongside a...
Red Star Over Tate Modern – Soviet Art In Context – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Red Star show comes rather late in a series of exhibitions here in Britain, designed to celebrate – or commemorate – the Russian...
Monochrome Set: Painting in Black and White – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Monochrome show at the National Gallery has gained less coverage and generated much less enthusiasm that the current Living Gods show at the...
French Impressionists: Refugee Painters In London – Edward Lucie Smith
Like quite a lot of grand museum exhibitions in London recently, this new show at Tate Britain 'IMPRESSIONISTS IN LONDON' doesn’t quite tell its...
Art Since 9/11 Capturing The Age Of Terror By Edward Lucie-Smith
The new show, 'Age of Terror: Art since 9/11' on the top floor of the London branch of the Imperial War Museum struggles to define the idea of ‘war’...
Sam Jackson – Derek Ridgers At Charlie Smith London By Edward Lucie-Smith
The Sam Jackson-Derek Ridgers show currently on view at Charlie Smith London, and due to be seen next April again at the Galerie Heike Strelow in...