A review of Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art, on now at the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery. This most fundamental of materials, used for millennia in various artistic ways, proves to be ultra-contemporary as well. Strange Clay For some reason I didn’t expect this exhibition to be quite as popular as it is. I’m not […]
A review of Body Vessel Clay at Two Temple Place, a mansion built for William Waldorf Astor near the Thames in Central London. With works by three generations of Black female artists working in clay, this is a revelatory exhibition. Body Vessel Clay The last time I was at Two Temple Place was just as […]
A review of the Royal Academy’s exhibition of works by Michael Armitage. Accompanied by a selection of contemporary East African artists, this exhibition is insightful and illuminating. Michael Armitage Brings Contemporary East African Art To The RA My first visit back at the Royal Academy post-recent lockdown was to see an exhibition of works by […]