Entangled Pasts, 1768–now. Art, Colonialism and Change' takes over the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts from 3rd February to 28th April 2024. Curator Professor Dorothy Price brings contemporary and historical works from 50 artists as part of a conversation...
Review - David Zwirner has recently moved into his first European location: a beautiful town house on 24 Grafton Street, and has put a gallery there. There are two floors which provide quite a lot of hanging space, and in a display of a form of effortless cool they...
I travelled to Cape Town during the week of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair for a focused curatorial research trip. Beyond the fair itself, I met artists, visited studios and galleries, and spent time in key institutions to better understand the city’s art ecology...
A weekend gathering convened by multidisciplinary artist zack mennell at Peckham's Safehouses this March, COMMON HOST summons strange archetypes and odd beings, placing ancient folk customs in relation to the post-industrial landscapes of London and Essex....
Museums and galleries outside of London and across the UK will host a variety of major exhibitions in 2026. From the celebration of home-grown gems like Gwen John, Euan Uglow, John Piper and Sir John Vanburgh to Indigenous North American artists and European...
The King’s New Year Honour list for 2026 has been revealed, and for anyone looking for a pulse from the living end of British culture, it makes for oddly bloodless reading. Titles were conferred, sashes pinned, initials added. What is missing is harder to...
November's art diary begins with exhibitions by artists (including Lakwena Maciver, Hannah Rose Thomas, Tuli Mekondjo, and Paul B. Kincaid), about which I've written previously or with which I have worked, and venues with similar connections, mainly with a link to...
Nico Kos Earle gives an artful roundup in London during the Autumn season. PART 1 - PREAMBLE My frieze week started with 'Cupid and Psyche' (1789) at the Courtauld, illuminated by the single flame of a candle - that unforgettable image by Joshua Reynolds of love laid...
The block of Great Jones Street between Bowery and Lafayette in Manhattan now carries a new name: Jean-Michel Basquiat Way. The Bowery has been home to many influential artists since the mid-20th century, with famous figures from the Abstract Expressionist, Pop Art,...