Reviews
An Uncommon Thread Hauser & Wirth Somerset – Revd Jonathan Evens
'An Uncommon Thread' is part of an ongoing Hauser & Wirth Somerset initiative that champions emerging and mid-career artists. The exhibition...
Tadek Beutlich Weaving On and Off the Loom – Claudia Barbieri Childs
Textile weaving has long been undervalued as a creative art form. But this is changing. A year ago, at London's Barbican Gallery, Unravel, The Power...
The Myth of Leigh Bowery Laid Bare in New Tate Show – James Payne
Leigh Bowery was a groundbreaking performance artist, club entrepreneur, fashion designer, musician…. a thief, a shitkicker and...uh...he wanted to...
Caillebotte Painting Men – The Elephant In The Room – Getty Center – Sara Faith
The largest display of French 19th-century artist Gustave Caillebotte's (1848–1894) work on the West Coast of the USA in 30 years has just opened at...
Frieze LA Week 2025: Reflections In A Golden Sun – Paul Carter Robinson
Frieze LA week finishes today (Sunday), and as this is the first opportunity I have had to sit down and evaluate the overload of visuals, it is a...
Goya to Impressionism Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection – Sue Hubbard
"Even if such works may legally be owned by an individual, in a higher sense they belong to everyone, their owner is only their custodian." - Oskar...
Anonymous Artists: American Photography At The Rijksmuseum – Marcus Howard-Vyse
The Dutch Survey of American Photography is the first in Europe. It traces America’s self-documented history with cool detachment, bearing witness...
The Scottish Colourists: Radical Perspectives In Context – Clare Henry
Exactly 100 years ago, the four Scottish Colourists had a very successful London show. It was only their second group appearance. Yet, ever since...
New York Gallery Notes Winter 2025 – Ilka Scobie
Chris Martin's expansive vision encompasses astrophysical orbs, aluminium, and constellations choreographed with bursts of glitter, all unified by...
Brasil! Brasil! Great Modernist Art But Look Deeper – Iluá Hauck da Silva
Brasil! Brasil!, the new show at the Royal Academy in London, claims that at the time of the emergence of its modernist art movement in the 1910s,...
Futurism and the Origins of Experimental Poetry Estorick Collection – Sue Hubbard
The early 20th century was an era of dramatic social and political upheaval. Futurism, the art movement that began in Italy, embodied a love affair...
Small But Mighty: Gainsborough’s House and Leighton House – Claudia Barbieri Childs
Artists’ homes can offer an intriguing insight into their life and work. Gainsborough’s House in the silk-weaving town of Sudbury, in Suffolk, and...