Reviews
Anish Kapoor Less Is More Hayward Gallery – Sue Hubbard
When I first saw Anish Kapoor's work in the 1980s, piles of Kleinian blue and saffron coloured pigments piled on the gallery floor, it felt as if I...
Hepworth Colour and Form in Harmony At The Courtauld – Nico Kos Earle
Barbara Hepworth's move to Cornwall with her family in 1939 transformed her practice and her use of colour. Five days before the Second World War...
Phyllida Barlow Disrupts Wolterton – Miranda Carroll
"I want sculpture to be as awkward as possible, to feel unstable, as if it might fall apart." Phyllida Barlow 1944-2023 Disrupting the hallowed...
Jasper Johns: Silence, Loss, Love, Memory and Grief Guggenheim Bilbao – Miranda Carroll
"I dreamt one night I painted the flag of America. The next day I did it." With the imminent anniversary marking 250 years since the signing of the...
Francis Picabia: Can We Ignore His Fascist Past – Hauser & Wirth Have
There is a candy-coated version of Francis Picabia that art institutions seem to follow. The dazzling shape-shifter, the Dada provocateur,...
Blue Moon Meanderings: Tribeca And Chelsea Summer Exhibitions 2026 – Ilka Scobie
Spanning both gallery locations, London-born Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's recent work portrays imaginary, elegant and enigmatic fictional characters. The...
Antony Gormley Two Exhibitions Two Countries – Miranda Carroll
At the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), a white cube has been inserted into the centre of the vast building, creating gallery space for...
Roni Horn Conceptual Artist To The Core Hauser & Wirth – Sue Hubbard
Roni Horn is a conceptual artist to her core. Her work is often enigmatic, loved by the cognoscenti who understand the rules of its making and...
In Minor Keys A Cacophony At 61st Venice Biennale – Miranda Carroll
A great deal has already been said about the cacophony in Venice during preview days, and in my mind, there was also a visual cacophony in the...
Whistler: Europe’s Largest Retrospective Pays Homage To A Restless Genius
A new exhibition of James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain, the largest and most comprehensive survey of the artist in a generation, spans 150 works...
The Meaning Of Life Explored At Sainsbury Centre – Revd Jonathan Evens
Theming the Sainsbury Centre's exhibition programme, as has been the case since 2023, around life's big questions has proved to be a stimulating and...
Venice Biennale 2026 Collateral Events Six Of The Best – Nico Kos Earle
If contemporary art holds a mirror to the world, then things are in bad shape. The 61st Venice Biennale will be remembered as the most contested,...