25 March 2018
Cinthia Marcelle: Dark Matter Of Social Inequality – Modern Art Oxford
The Family in Disorder: Truth or Dare, sees Brazilian artist Cinthia Marcelle transform the architectural properties of Modern Art Oxford
Reviews
25 March 2018
Michael Takeo Magruder: De / coding the Apocalypse – Panacea Museum – Revd Jonathan Evens
The Panacea Museum tells the story of the Panacea Society – a remarkable religious community formed in the early twentieth century.
22 March 2018
Known Unknowns Mark Another Forward Step In Saatchi’s Recovery – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Saatchi Gallery’s new anthology show Known Unknowns marks another forward step in its recovery.
22 March 2018
The Owlman Cometh: Joseph Sakoilsky At The Stash Gallery – Teo Robinson
I am thinking of the Owlman. Ask any insomniac about “The Shadow People”, and their eyes will widen, and they tell you a dozen...
19 March 2018
The Background To The Boom And Other Tales – Edward Lucie-Smith
Three very different books that somehow reflect different facets of the same situation.
17 March 2018
Tacita Dean’s Triple Header Implicit Nostalgia And History – Sue Hubbard
Film is Tacita Dean’s medium. Not that catch-all of so many contemporary artists, video, but analogue film with all its implicit nostalgia and history....
12 March 2018
John Copeland: The Return Of Exuberant Painterliness – Edward Lucie-Smith
John Copeland is an American painter in his 40s, not it seems particularly well known in his own country.
11 March 2018
High Society: Four Centuries Of Lavish Portraiture – Rijks Museum – Paul Carter Robinson
High Society is a survey exhibition highlighting thirty-five portraits of the rich, famous and powerful of the day.
9 March 2018
Cerith Wyn Evans: Perceiving The Artist’s Searing Duchampian Neon – Paul Black
The internationally acclaimed Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans has unveiled his latest work; a major new neon sculpture at National Museum Cardiff.
7 March 2018
Picasso’s Unspoken Minotaur In The Room – Tate Modern – Edward Lucie-Smith
The hosannas have already begun. Picasso's latest show at Tate Modern, entitled Picasso 1932: Love, Fame, Tragedy gets a 5-star review in The Times.
2 March 2018
The Human Condition Relationships And Raw Desires – Tate Britain – Sue Hubbard
The 20th century saw God lose his central role within the scheme of human belief and philosophy.
2 March 2018
Bloomberg New Contemporaries Block 336 – Patrick Hamilton Courtney
Bloomberg New Contemporaries flies its Georgian nest for Block 336, an edgier artist-run space in Brixton.
1 March 2018
It’s A Fischl – Eric’s Latest London Exhibition Returns To Challenging Form
The American figurative painter Eric Fischl is back in London with a new exhibition of his large narrative canvases.
1 March 2018
Roy Oxlade: Painting A Sense Of The Absurd – Edward Lucie-Smith
The late Roy Oxlade (1929-1985) is currently in some danger of being remembered, first and foremost, as the partner of the current ‘emerging artist’...
28 February 2018
Genta Ishizuka: Organic Urushi At The Royal Arcade – Zoltan Alexander
This story could have started a few months ago on the Gion Tatsumi bridge in Kyoto, Japan, or a long time ago on a...
26 February 2018
Submerging Artists: Rebirthing A Genre By Edward Lucie-Smith
It’s become noticeable that while the British art world – it's museum dominated segment in particular – still prattles happily about ‘emerging artists’, convincing examples...
23 February 2018
Rachel Howard A Rising International Artist With Substance – Edward Lucie-Smith
Rachel Howard (b. 1969 in County Durham) is a rising star in the British art world, which is currently badly in need of new...
20 February 2018
Emil Nolde: A Secret Heart Of Darkness – Sue Hubbard
There is a conundrum at the heart of the work of Emil Nolde.
20 February 2018
Eddie Peake: Compulsive Obsessional And Occasionally Shit-Scared – By Zoltan Alexander
Anything but a conventional artist, Eddie Peake is a footballer, a musician, a dancer, a graffiti guy covered with spray-paint
19 February 2018
Nancy Rubins: A Woman Of Conviction – Gagosian – Edward Lucie-Smith
Nancy Rubins’ exuberant exhibition at Gagosian Britannia Street comes as a great relief in the current epoch of self-righteous #MeToo feminism. Essentially it consists...
19 February 2018
New York Now: Art Exhibitions Winter 2018 – Ilka Scobie
New Museum 2018 Triennial: Songs For Sabotage until May 27
13 February 2018
Gideon Rubin Explores The Sinister History Of Nazi Propaganda At Freud Museum
An exhibition of new work by Israeli/British artist Gideon Rubin, Black Book is the latest in a series of well-received shows curated by James...
12 February 2018
Sean Scully – Newcastle Where It All Began – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new Sean Scully show in Newcastle is spread over two galleries, the Laing and the Hatton, and contains no new work. In fact,...
7 February 2018
Henri Michaux Indefatigable Experimenter Guggenheim Bilbao – Sue Hubbard
Modern psychology has shown considerable interest in understanding the self. Investigations into the problems of selfhood spread during the 20th century from clinicians and...
5 February 2018
BRAFA Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair 13 Of The Best By Paul Carey-Kent
Reviewer at large Paul Carey-Kent reports on BRAFA Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts fair (BRAFA), which ran from 27 Jan - 4 Feb 2018.
2 February 2018
Glenn Brown: Fragments Repeated With Twiddly Bits Added – Edward Lucie-Smith
The more I looked at Glenn Brown's latest show, the more I felt that I was both the right and the wrong person to...
30 January 2018
Charles I Commemoration Of A Doomed King – Royal Academy – Edward Lucie-Smith
The R.A.’s new exhibition, devoted to the role of Charles I, the most unfortunate of the Stuart monarchs, as collector of art
29 January 2018
Steven Campbell: Large-Scale Collage Work Rich In Formal Invention – Clare Henry
When Steven Campbell arrived at Glasgow School of Art in 1978 age 25, he was a man in a hurry, fiercely ambitious and with...
27 January 2018
Andreas Gursky: Presentations Of The Real World – Hayward Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
For those of us who remember the state of the Hayward Gallery before the just completed rehab, the current Andreas Gursky show, which celebrates...
22 January 2018
Bridget Riley – A Seductive Collaborative Invitation – By Edward Lucie-Smith
The new Bridget Riley show at David Zwirner is a knockout.