There is an interesting idea at the heart of Tate Britain‘s Sargent and Fashion, but it’s easy to lose sight of in this over-expansive and somewhat diluted exhibition. John Singer Sargent I’ve seen one-star reviews of this exhibition, and I’ve seen five star reviews. I land somewhere in the middle. I have a few complaints, […]
An artist-curated show, Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas isn’t your usual retrospective. Content warning: mildly NSFW Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas Tate Britain’s current exhibition programming is a veritable cornucopia of modern and contemporary female artists. There’s Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990. There are free exhibitions of work by Zeinab Saleh and […]
An exhibition at Tate Britain, The Rossettis: Radical Romantics, shows the family’s romantic side for sure. Are they radical? Maybe in some ways. Is this exhibition as much of a fresh take as it appears to be? The jury is still out. The Rossettis: Radical Romantics Let’s start off with a small word on names. […]
Don’t come if you’re in a hurry, but for those with some time up their sleeves, Isaac Julien: What Freedom is to Me is a stylish and thought-provoking, immersive experience. Isaac Julien I’m coming around a little to film-based art. When I was younger and less patient, I resented the demand on my time. Because, […]
A review of Cornelia Parker, a retrospective at Tate Britain. With each work introduced by the artist herself, I was drawn into her perspective on art in the overlooked and everyday object. Cornelia Parker Cornelia Parker, born in Cheshire in 1956, has long been a fixture on the British art scene. Known for installation and […]
A review of Tate Britain’s Walter Sickert retrospective. After looking at a broad sweep of Sickert’s work, I have a much better sense of his interests than his artistic style. Walter Sickert One of two paid exhibitions currently on at Tate Britain (the other is Cornelia Parker), Walter Sickert is a retrospective of the artist’s […]
A review of Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now, on at Tate Britain. An interesting exhibition, but does it go far enough in exploring what lies beneath the art? Life Between Islands There’s an interesting statement at the entrance to Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now, which sets out the Tate’s […]
A review of Hogarth and Europe, on at Tate Britain. This sprawling exhibition certainly has a great number of Hogarths on display. If only it was a little more focused. Hogarth and Europe I had seen some reaction to this exhibition before I saw the exhibition itself. So I knew the Tate had done something […]
A review of Fly in League With The Night, an exhibition of works by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at Tate Britain. A refreshingly contemporary offering from the more traditional of the two London Tate galleries. Discovering Lynette Yiadom-Boakye I love learning about artists I was not previously familiar with. I was very pleased, therefore, that Tate Britain […]
How can a painter be modern? Let me count the ways while visiting Turner’s Modern World for this review. Turner and Modernity One of the last cultural outings I squeezed in to review before Lockdown 2.0 was Turner’s Modern World. You may remember that I had been to Tate Britain a couple of months ago […]
