Claye Bowler’s Top at Queer Britain transforms the artist’s seven-year wait for gender-affirming surgery into an unflinching archival installation. Content warning: lots of representations of breasts, mentions of surgery, medical care. The exhibition itself contains human tissue, bodily fluids, and images of surgery. Top Top by Claye Bowler is on now at Queer Britain. It’s […]
Grayson Perry transforms the Wallace Collection with Delusions of Grandeur. New works meet Old Masters. Reality and imagination blur beautifully. Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection The very, very astute amongst you may recall that there was already a connection between Grayson Perry (Sir Grayson Perry, actually) and the Wallace Collection, before this exhibition. It […]
Multiple exhibitions (including Abstract Erotic) at the Courtauld are an opportunity to explore, learn, and choose a favourite. Mine wasn’t quite what I had expected! Four for the Price of One (Sort Of) I really should be making more use of my Courtauld membership. I purchased one towards the end of last year because I’d […]
Artistic inspiration takes form in Kiefer / Van Gogh, exploring how the places, subjects and intentions in Van Gogh’s work have inspired Anselm Kiefer over the years. Why Kiefer / Van Gogh? The latest exhibition at the Royal Academy (aside, of course, from the Summer Exhibition) sees an interesting pairing of artists take over the […]
Lubaina Himid and fellow Black and Asian women artists continue a project decades in the making in Connecting Thin Black Lines 1985-2025. A Return Trip to the ICA With London’s cultural scene as vast and vibrant as it is, there are most definitely a few venues I don’t visit often enough. Not through lack of […]
Tate Modern’s Leigh Bowery! offers a vivid, if restrained, look at one of performance art’s most unruly icons. Leigh Bowery! Before you say anything, I know I’m at the point in the exhibition cycle again where I’m not leaving you much time to see things. My apologies. In my defense it’s a constantly busy museum […]
I like the idea behind the Barbican’s Feel the Sound, perhaps a little more than the actual experience of visiting. Feel the Sound The Barbican bill their current exhibition Feel the Sound as an “exhibition experience on a different frequency.” This is a clever play on words, but also mostly true. Feel the Sound takes […]
A new exhibition space at the Barbican opens up fresh possibilities, starting with Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha. This Place Looks Familiar If you’re interested in seeing this exhibition, I haven’t left you very long to get to the Barbican to see it. Yes, it’s that time in the exhibition cycle again where I’m rushing […]
A once in a lifetime exhibition, this is your chance to see Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, the Mona Lisa of manuscripts. A Once in a Lifetime Exhibition To begin with, it’s important to understand that I am very much a Benjaminian when it comes to art. I don’t care how good […]
I was invited to see Time Travelogues From Those Left Waiting, a film and installation by Harmeet Singh Rahal at the Acme Propeller Factory, and found myself drawn into a world where time is fluid and powerful. Time Travelogues From Those Left Waiting There’s a line that repeats in Time Travelogues From Those Left Waiting, […]
