Reviews
Amsterdam Art Week 2025: The Shows/The Studios – Paul Carey Kent
There are seventy art spaces and over a hundred events listed as part of Amsterdam’s Art Week (20-25 May), including the open studios, which I have...
Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits – A Gilded Age Reckoning at Kenwood House
One hundred years after John Singer Sargent's death, Heiress: Sargent's American Portraits arrives at Kenwood House in North London with bold...
Damien Hirst: The Unseen Drawings Behind The Velvet Curtain
For an artist synonymous with shock, scale, and spectacle, Damien Hirst’s most revealing works may be his most discreet yet. Damien Hirst: Drawings...
Stephen Cox: Atavistic Sculptures Adorn Houghton Hall Norfolk – Sue Hubbard
Houghton Hall, in Norfolk, was commissioned by the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. The interiors of this Palladian house are...
Jeremy Deller Unveils Roman Style Mosaic At Scarborough Coastal Art Trail – Sue Hubbard
Sue Hubbard went to Scarborough to see the completed coastal art and nature trail, featuring works by Jeremy Deller, Emma Smith, Ryan Gander, Shezad...
Underwater Extravaganza Hastings Contemporary – Jude Montague
Undersea is the latest exhibition on a maritime theme, curated by art historian James Russell, for the Hastings Contemporary. It completes a trilogy...
Archibald Knox The Visionary Manx Designer – Sara Faith
Archibald Knox (1864-1933) is best known as a designer for The Silver Studio and then for Liberty & Co. in the early years of the 20th century,...
Giuseppe Penone Thoughts in The Roots Serpentine – Sue Hubbard
‘Every word for trees collects days of rain, sun and mist. It contains seasons, memories or places and time’, says the Italian artist Giuseppe...
The Frick And Other Delights New York Spring Exhibitions Round Up – Ilka Scobie
In 2020, the beloved Frick temporarily relocated to the former Whitney Museum's Brutalist Breuer building. Five years later, the museum has...
Arpita Singh Social Observations Serpentine North – Revd Jonathan Evens
Last year, the work of Arpita Singh featured in The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998, a survey at The Barbican of artistic production...
Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur A Raucous Romp Through The Wallace Collection
Grayson Perry has always been a master of holding up a carnival mirror to society, and his latest exhibition, Delusions of Grandeur, at the Wallace...
Victor Hugo Astonishing Things Royal Academy – John K Grande
Astonishing Things, the RA show's title comes from a comment Vincent van Gogh made on seeing Victor Hugo's drawings, thus placing him in good...
