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3 years ago
Body and Void at The Henry Moore Foundation
A new exhibition juxtaposing the works of Henry Moore with those of Antony Gormley RA, Richard Deacon RA and Anish Kapoor RA, among others, shows the enduring influence of one of Britain’s most iconic sculptors.
Opinion
3 years ago
Colour and commodity at COLLECT
This weekend the object takes centre stage at the Saatchi Gallery, as the annual COLLECT art fair gets underway.
Opinion
3 years ago
Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America
The Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition brings together the work of 16 contemporary South American and African artists, connecting the two continents by reminding us of the supercontinent they once comprised over 200 million years ago, before continental drift: Pangaea.
Opinion
3 years ago
Valerie Snobeck at Simon Lee
We visited the Valerie Snobeck exhibition at Simon Lee Gallery, where a new series of the American artist’s ‘peels’ are on display.
Opinion
> 3 years ago
Out of Ice
Despite endless pronouncements regarding its decline and fall, ice is everywhere – at least in the art world.
Opinion
> 3 years ago
Martin Creed: What’s the point of it?
Deafened by a choir of incessant metronomes, almost decapitated by a huge swinging sign shouting ‘mothers’, nearly floored by a leather sofa blocking the entrance – the first three seconds of the Hayward Gallery’s latest show threatens to overwhelm (and injure).
Opinion
> 3 years ago
Making Painting
A new exhibition at Margate’s Turner Contemporary pairs Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler with JMW Turner
Opinion
> 3 years ago
Lest we forget
Two new exhibitions of war art provide grave testament to the extent of human tragedy in world conflict.
Opinion
> 3 years ago
Dennis Oppenheim and Stephen Cripps
This autumn the Henry Moore Institute combines an exhibition of works by renowned American performance artist Dennis Oppenheim (1938 – 2011) with a display of archival material from lesser-known British artist, Stephen Cripps (1952-82).
Opinion
5 years ago
Review & Comment: Books: ‘Turner’s Secret Sketches’ by Ian Warrell
Did Ruskin burn Turner’s clandestine drawings? Simon Wilson acclaims a revelatory new book on the works that seared the great critic’s soul.