Reviews
Wifredo Lam A Life Of Exile And Deracination By Edward Lucie-Smith
The experience of exile, deracination, was fundamental to Wifredo Lam’s career as an artist, even more so that it was too – say – the experience of...
Abstract Expressionism The Dark Triumph Of American Art By Edward Lucie Smith
The new Abstract Expressionism show that just opened in the main galleries of the Royal Academy at Burlington House, is an absolutely splendid...
William Kentridge Returns With First London Public Exhibition In Fifteen Years
A major exhibition of work by the South African artist William Kentridge opens at the Whitechapel Gallery on Wednesday. Artlyst was at the press...
Tracey Emin and William Blake Not Such Strange Bedfellows Tate Liverpool
On entering the exhibition, it is slightly dark and there is a warm familiar and welcoming atmosphere if not slightly nostalgic. Tracy Emin's...
Mirren Kessling: Performative Reflections Of Identity At Modern Art Oxford
Modern Art Oxford is currently presenting the final exhibition from Platform 2016, created to support the work of up & coming graduate artists....
Berlin Art Week’s Distinctive Feel September 2016 By Ben Austin
Ok, so it isn’t Basel, or even Frieze for that matter, but ABC provides something a bit different from the mega fairs, on a smaller scale and...
Louise Nevelson: A Rare Female New York Mid-Century Art Star
Louise Nevelson was one of the relatively few female artists to make a major stir in the furiously competitive environment of the New York art...
Best London Art Exhibitions September 2016 By Paul Carey-Kent
Paul Carey-Kent gives us his pick of the best London Art Exhibitions for September 2016 David Korty @ Sadie Coles, 1 Davies St – Mayfair To 1...
Revolution South Kensington: Edward Lucie-Smith Recalls The 1960s Phenomena
The V&A’s new, all singing all dancing exhibition has a cumbersome title: You Say You want A Revolution? – Records and Rebels 1966-1970. As the...
Inside: Artangel Reimagines Reading Gaol As A 21st Century Art Gallery
Artangel has created what is likely to be the most thought-provoking exhibition of 2016. Known mostly for their solo projects, this is a rare...
Marina Abramovic, Richard Long, And Dorothy Cross At Modern Art Oxford
'It's Me to the World' is Modern Art Oxford's fourth exhibition and iteration of KALEIDOSCOPE, a celebration of 50 years as an internationally...
Survival Strategy: Jesse Krimes Takes Prison Art To A Higher Level
Marking Time in America: The Prison Works (2009-2013) is not a summer curatorial flirtation with an artist just out of Grad School. Instead, the...