Reviews Archive

Sensuous Sickert and Philpot Two Major UK Solo Exhibitions – Rev Jonathan Evens

The first major exhibition of Glyn Philpot R.A. (1884-1937) in almost 40 years is currently at Pallant House Gallery, while Tate Britain has the...

Radical Landscapes: A Reaction To Nature – Tate Liverpool – Alice Lenkiewicz

I wasn't sure what to expect from Radical Landscapes, but it went beyond my expectations. As usual, Tate Liverpool has developed a thought-provoking and...

New York In Focus Whitney Biennial Plus Gallery Round-Up – Ilka Scobie

The Whitney Biennial is big, sprawling across the entire museum, featuring 59 artists and bravura curation.

London Art Fair 2022 A New Seriousness – Sue Hubbard

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the art world. Fairs have been cancelled, galleries closed and artists confined to their studios. The London Art...

Jacob Epstein, Louis Carreon, Titus Kaphar, Betty Spackman – April 2022 Diary – Revd Jonathan Evens

Jacob Epstein, Louis Carreon, Titus Kaphar, Betty Spackman

Auerbach Unseen An Unflinching Vision Newlands House Gallery – Claudia Barbieri Childs

Newlands House Gallery in Petworth, Sussex, is showing more than 65 paintings and smaller works on paper by Frank Auerbach,

Raphael The Human And Divine – National Gallery – Rev Jonathan Evens

Raphael's brief career shaped the course of Western culture like no other artist; this was so whether his work was affirmed or his influence...

Camille Pissarro Catalyst of Impressionism Ashmolean Museum – Nico Kos Earle

Upstairs, on the third floor of the Ashmolean, is a show that will quietly break your heart. Entitled Pissarro: Father of Impressionism (12 June 2022), this...

Damien Hirst The Visceral Reality Of Death – Revd Jonathan Evens

Everything Damien Hirst does is controversial, from the initial shock of the new - the sensation of the YBAs - through his use of...

Ali Cherri: Artist in Residence National Gallery – Revd Jonathan Evens

Ali Cherri, as an artist growing up in Lebanon during the Civil War, embodying traumatic experiences of catastrophe and violence

Maggi Hambling And Faith Ringgold The Matriarchs of March – Ilka Scobie

Women's history month in New York City heralds two amazing women artists whose long inspirational careers are celebrations of feminism and creativity. Maggi Hambling...

Ai Weiwei Juxtaposes Politics and Artefacts Kettle’s Yard – Lee Sharrock

Kettle’s Yard, part of the University of Cambridge, is the venue for a new exhibition of celebrated contemporary artist Ai Weiwei (born 1957, Beijing)....

Audrey Flack Carlo Crivelli And Robert Indiana – March Diary – Revd Jonathan Evens

Audrey Flack found her signature style during the 1960s. Originally an Abstract Expressionist, she moved through New Realism to Photorealism.

Love Is In The (Open) Air Robert Indiana Sculpture YSP – James Payne

Even if you don’t know Robert Indiana’s name, you know his most popular work, LOVE. Cited as the most known artwork in the world,...

A Look Inside The Artist’s Studio – Whitechapel Gallery

The artist’s studio is a timeless, complex space. A place where artists go to work, to think, providing both inspiration and comfort, as well...

Surrealism Outside The Usual Story – Tate Modern – Revd Jonathan Evens

Surrealism: Beyond Borders presents an expansive and hugely varied retelling of the story of Surrealism that challenges the Paris-centric traditional art history tale of...

Whistler’s Symphony In White Royal Academy

Walking into Whistler's Woman in White exhibition, one does not know quite what to expect. After all, it is a bold choice to construct an exhibition...

Frieze LA 2022: Nobody Walks in LA – Virginie Puertolas-Syn

This year Frieze took place in Beverly Hills next to the Hilton Beverly Hills - the tent was designed by Kulapat Yantrasast

Louise Bourgeois: Vision Of The Safe Womb – Hayward Gallery – Sue Hubbard

is a mythmaker and a storyteller. A chronicler of the self who has used her life to create narratives that speak of female desire

Van Gogh Self Portraits The Infinite And The Ordinary – Revd Jonathan Evens

In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent Van Gogh wrote, ‘I’d like to paint men or women with that je ne sais quoi...

NYC Gallery Scene Round-Up February 2022 – Ilka Scobie

Omicron’s on the decline, the snow is grey and slushy, and the city unveils eclectic and exciting art.

Francis Bacon: Birth Copulation And Death – Royal Academy – Sue Hubbard

If there is one image that Bacon made his own above any other, it is the mouth contorted in a scream or grimace.

Marvellous Icons: The London Jesuit Centre – Revd Jonathan Evans

The London Jesuit Centre and Farm Street Church currently have a marvellous exhibition of icons by Dr Irina Bradley, one of the leading iconographers...

Leigh Bowery Still Entertaining And Relevant – James Payne

The performance artist Leigh Bowery died of AIDS-related illness on New Year's Eve 1994 at only 33 years old. He didn't tell anyone he...

George Rickey A Life In Balance – Clare Henry

George Rickey was a lone star who created new, mesmerising, enthralling sculptures defined by movement.

And On An Art Note: End Of Year Diary 2021 – Revd Jonathan Evens

I was taken back to the roots of my love for the visual arts on a visit to galleries around Cork Street just before...

Betsy Bradley: Chasing Rainbows – Ikon Gallery – Alice Lenkiewicz

I was pleased to be invited to review Betsy Bradley's first solo exhibition, Chasing Rainbows, at Birmingham's IKON Gallery.

Albrecht Dürer Travels Of A Renaissance Artist – National Gallery London – Revd Jonathan Evens

Albrecht Dürer, himself, lived in Nuremberg throughout his life but made several significant European journeys.

Arcadia: Grove Square Galleries The Marchioness of Bath Beckons – Simon Tarrant

The first black Marchioness in British history – beckoned the art world last week to a charity art auction hosted by London’s latest art...

Diasporan Identities: Life Between Islands Caribbean British Art – Tate Britain – Revd Jonathan Evens

Stirring it up or creolisation is taken by this exhibition as a defining characteristic of British Caribbean artists.

Chris Gollon: Gimme Some Wine – IAP Fine Art – Mary Rose Beaumont

Gollon’s work should be seen in the context of North European Painting. He is heir to the tradition which produced painters such as Breughel...

Lubaina Himid: So Many Competing Ideas Tate Modern – Sue Hubbard

She’s the oldest artist to have won the Turner Prize (she is now 67). Born in Zanzibar, Lubaina Himid returned