A well-considered exhibition at the Queen’s House in Greenwich aims to restore the Van de Velde family to some of their former fame and glory, but is also interesting for its insights into the art world of the 17th-18th Centuries. Who Are The Van de Veldes? The thing about the Van de Veldes is, even […]
The work of M.K. Čiurlionis reveals dreamy worlds and imaginary cities in this comprehensive exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. M.K. Čiurlionis Before attending this exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, how many Lithuanian artists could I have named? Probably as many as you. For those, like me, who need to plug some geographical gaps […]
A second excursion to No. 20 Arts in Islington yields up After Before, a group show bringing together eight visually impactful artists. After Before A few months after my first visit to No. 20 Arts just off Islington’s Upper Street, I am back to see their latest offering. You may recall that on my last […]
Plenty to see at the at the Photographers’ Gallery, from early photographic works from the Solander Collection to cutting edge AI works by Aarati Akkapeddi via Manx photographer Chris Killip. More From The Photographers’ Gallery It’s been a while since we’ve been to the Photographers’ Gallery, but for some reason I seem to consistently come […]
A survey of four female painters working in Germany at the start of the last century, Making Modernism leaves me pondering the dilemma of female artists then and now. Making Modernism A few days on from seeing this exhibition at the Royal Academy, I have yet to unpick my thoughts and decide what to make […]
Australian art-chitects Atelier Sisu bring light and levity to London on Blue Monday with their installation Evanescent at the Leadenhall Building. Evanescent Blue Monday. You’ve heard of it? Apparently the most depressing day of the year – the third Monday in January when we are all back at work, the nights are long, and we […]
A review of Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope. Part of the Tate’s exploration of female artists who pushed the boundaries of sculpture, Abakanowicz’s works were so genre-defying a new word had to be invented to describe them. Magdalena Abakanowicz The additional exhibition spaces Tate Modern has thanks to its Blavatnik Building extension […]
A review of Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel at the Barbican in London. This small exhibition in the Barbican’s Curve space is a shrine to the women of pre-Revolutionary Iran. Soheila Sokhanvari I enjoy the Barbican’s Curve space as an opportunity to discover new artists. The long, sleek, one room exhibitions are often provocative. And so […]
The British Museum’s exhibition Hieroglyphs focuses on the Rosetta Stone in order to tell the story of the decipherment of the language of Ancient Egypt. A Little Pre-Reading I wrote once several years ago about an exhibition at the British Museum which left me with a feeling of disappointment: what I thought was quite an […]
A commission at the London Mithraeum’s Bloomberg SPACE sees artist Mariana Castillo Deball responding to the often discarded, lost or unwanted objects that become archaeological finds. Roman Rubbish, in other words. A Return To The Mithraeum It has been quite a while since I visited London’s Mithraeum. I walked past on a Roman London walk […]
