Continuing my exploration of Tate exhibitions of female sculptors, Maria Bartuszová’s works in plaster combine the solid and the ephemeral in pleasingly natural forms. Maria Bartuszová I wrote recently when I went to see Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope about the Tate’s efforts to exhibit the work of female sculptors. Why sculptors […]
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 the National Gallery of Iceland as of November 2022. An unusual experience in that the National Gallery of Iceland had no Icelandic art on view when I visited! The National Gallery Of Iceland Is it just me, or do you also expect a National Gallery to contain examples of the art of […]
A review of Lubaina Himid at Tate Modern. An interesting exhibition of work by an interesting artist, yet somehow the overall effect doesn’t quite come together. Lubaina Himid Aside from some works in group shows (including this one), this was my first opportunity to see Lubaina Himid’s work up close. Himid is the first Black […]
A review of Surrealism Beyond Borders, an expansive exhibition on now at Tate Modern. The broad definition of Surrealism is both a point of interest and a source of confusion. Surrealism Beyond Borders What is Surrealism? I’m perhaps less clear on this than I was before I saw Surrealism Beyond Borders recently at Tate Modern. […]
A review of two art exhibitions finishing soon in London: Paula Rego at Tate Britain, and The EY Exhibition: The Making of Rodin at Tate Modern. Two monographic exhibitions but with different approaches, each of them illuminating the artistic practice of their subjects. Tate vs. Tate Ok, not really Tate vs. Tate. But a comparison […]
Review of Bruce Nauman at Tate Modern. A very attractive exhibition, but I’m still not sure of the ‘so what?’ when it comes to Bruce Nauman’s art. Back at Tate Modern – Didn’t I Say I Wouldn’t Do This? Do you remember a couple of months ago when I reviewed Tate Modern’s Andy Warhol exhibition? […]
Review of Warhol at Tate Modern. In which I am put off by a chaotic lack of social distancing. The exhibition was ok but would have been better if I could have spent more time looking at it. Back to Tate Modern to Review some Warhol I was looking forward to the reopening of Tate […]
This was a nice exhibition, leaving out the drama and focusing on displaying a good mix of high-profile loans and Tate collection works. I’ve pretty much left it too late for any of you to go and see it after reading this review (it closes today, sorry!), so instead I want to do a quick […]
Artists whose creativity spills out of them – onto canvases, onto objects around them – fascinate me, it’s a reason I have such a soft spot for Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is also a principle behind Robert Rauschenberg’s artistic output, made all the more interesting by the fact that he did not set out on an […]
