Reviews
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...
London Art Exhibitions November 2017 Explored By Paul Carey-Kent
London is awash with more must see international exhibitions than perhaps any other city in the world. Paul Carey-Kent is out and about visiting...
James Alec Hardy Mysterious Liminal Space – Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery
British artist James Alec Hardy is interested in the mysterious liminal space between knowing and not knowing, fact and fiction, and much of his...
