Dreams v Reality at the Venice Biennale 2022
26 April 2022 • Lee Sharrock
Cecilia Alemani, Curator of the central exhibition of the 59th Biennale di Venezia, poses the question ‘How does one imagine a future… Read More
26 April 2022 • Lee Sharrock
Cecilia Alemani, Curator of the central exhibition of the 59th Biennale di Venezia, poses the question ‘How does one imagine a future… Read More
13 April 2022 • Lee Sharrock
In the latest edition of Lee Sharrock’s column featuring emerging artists, Lee talks to Emily Kirby.
5 April 2022 • Lee Sharrock
From Ancient Rome to Regency Bridgerton via Frankenstein, Dylan and Hodgkin
31 March 2022 • Lee Sharrock
An epic new art documentary directed by Tim Yip with creative producers Meihui Liu and Maryam Eisler was premiered at… Read More
18 March 2022 • Lee Sharrock
Since Ryan Stanier launched The Other Art Fair (TOAF) in 2011 as the first fair to represent independent artists, it… Read More
18 March 2022 • Lee Sharrock
I must admit that before I visited the Kawanabe Kyosai exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, I wasn’t familiar with his work, and expected to see something in the vein of the revered Japanese artist Hokusai. Kyosai is considered to be a close successor of Hokusai, however, the exhibition felt more like looking at the work of an illustrator and satirist than a fine artist.
2 March 2022 • Lee Sharrock
A group exhibition opening on 4th March at new West London gallery 99 Projects features several artists previously interviewed by the exhibition’s curator in FAD column ‘The Upcoming’
21 February 2022 • Lee Sharrock
Curator and writer Lee Sharrock has teamed up with Frances Casey, director of new West London Gallery 99 Projects on ‘Rebirth’. This group exhibition features some of the UK’s most exciting upcoming contemporary artists
29 January 2022 • Lee Sharrock
For the first time in a decade, a major retrospective of paintings by 20th Century master Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is on display in London.
21 January 2022 • Lee Sharrock
In the latest edition of FAD’s column spotlighting upcoming contemporary artists, Lee Sharrock interviewed Poppy Lennox. London-based artist Poppy Lennox… Read More
17 January 2022 • Lee Sharrock
This multi-sensory, theatrical exhibition by the Turner Prize-winning Lubaina Himid is a thought-provoking and engaging journey through the mind of… Read More
5 January 2022 • Lee Sharrock
Lee Sharrock‘s new column for FAD magazine explores some of the most interesting creative cities in the UK and Europe…. Read More
9 December 2021 • Lee Sharrock
For the latest instalment of my column highlighting some of the most exciting emerging artists working in the UK and… Read More
7 December 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Tate Britain’s new exhibition Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now presents a carefully curated selection of paintings, sculpture, film, photography, fashion… Read More
14 November 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Words and pictures by Lee Sharrock To Paris for the first post-lockdown Paris Photo. Paris Photo was the first international… Read More
2 November 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Mary Quant was a true pioneer who broke the mould of conventional 1950s fashion. Quant was famously credited with inventing… Read More
28 October 2021 • Lee Sharrock
During the past couple of weeks, the London art world came back to life with a bang with the return… Read More
18 October 2021 • Lee Sharrock
The directors of Varvara Roza Galleries (London) and The Blender Galleries (Athens) talk to FAD about their mission to introduce… Read More
15 October 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Lee Sharrock picks her standout artists at Frieze Masters, the more tranquil antidote to the bigger, brasher Frieze London. Frieze… Read More
13 October 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Lee Sharrock spoke to the artist and curator as they prepare for their exhibition preview on New Bond Street. Paul… Read More
9 September 2021 • Lee Sharrock
After a one-year pandemic-induced hiatus, Photo London is back with a bang, opening on a scorching September day at the… Read More
20 August 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Lee Sharrock interviews the star and writer of a new play based on the life of 1960’s rock star Janis… Read More
17 August 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Lee Sharrock interviews 8 upcoming artists featured in an eye-catching group show in Shoreditch; Lynnie Z, Josephine Zentner, Jamie Brown,… Read More
9 July 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Nigerian militant group Boko Haram came to the attention of the world in 2014 when the extremists kidnapped 276 sleeping… Read More