Reviews
Mark Wallinger: Recumbent Analysand Reflected In Mirrors Freud Museum London
A new installation by the Turner Prize winning artist Mark Wallinger, curated by Natasha Hoare, opened last night at the Freud Museum in London....
Modern British Painting Abounds: The Hepworth Wakefield Summer 2016 Exhibition Roundup
At The Hepworth Wakefield, large light-filled gallery spaces more familiar with the wieldy steel sculpture of Anthony Caro or the oozing metamorphic...
Francis Bacon’s Controversial Yet Moving Late Drawings Exhibited In Trieste
I was recently in Trieste, for a small exhibition of drawings attributed to Francis Bacon. This can hardly be considered a review, as my links to...
A Very British Ideal for Living Explored In New London Photography Exhibition
We want our country back! they cried An Ideal for Living is a new exhibition at Beetles and Huxley, London that explores how photographers have...
Must-See this Summer: Les Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles, France until 25 September
Leaving grey and depressed post-Brexit London to attend Les Rencontres photographiques d’Arles in south of France was a relief. The journey...
Camberwell MA Arts Degree Shows 2016
This year’s Camberwell College of Arts Postgraduate Summer Show is taking place in Camberwell’s Wilson Road space. I actually think this space is a...
Three Summer Shows in New York’s Chelsea You Shouldn’t Miss
There are many wonderful summer shows up right now in Chelsea, from group shows to solo exhibitions, sculpture to painting to mixed media; you...
Carlo Carra Both A Revolutionary And A Conservative – Blain/Southern London
A number of the major commercial galleries in London now offer shows which are, in terms of interest and quality, very much on a level with what...
Theaster Gates: Powerful Mid-Career Retrospective For Major African American Artist
There’s a prescient timeliness to “True Value” – a powerful mid career retrospective of artist, anthropologist, and activist Theaster Gates. This...
What’s Up In Russia? Stop By London’s Pushkin House Cultural Centre
Few things are more confusing to the aficionado of contemporary art than the simple question ‘What’s going on in Russia?’ A current show,...
Liverpool Biennial Is The Place To Be For Art This Summer
The ninth edition of the Liverpool Biennial got off to an impressive start last weekend with a varied array of events and exhibitions to see. Every...
Bloomberg New Contemporaries Unveiled For 2016 Liverpool Biennial
After a 30 year hiatus, the 2016 Bloomberg New Contemporaries has returned to the Bluecoat, Liverpool. The space works well with the installation...
