Sofia Stevi’s existential exploration of our chaotic identity lands at ALMA ZEVI Venice
ALMA ZEVI Venice presents artist Sofia Stevi’s solo show ‘The Somnambulists’. A series of black and white figures fluctuating into… Read More
Art Reviews
Art reviews, The most interesting art exhibitions previewed by FAD magazine.
The Top 7 Sculpture Exhibitions to see in London this Summer
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his top exhibitions to see right now. Each one comes with a concise review to help you… Read More
Review: Tino Sehgal pushes people out of their comfort zone at Blenheim Palace
Break free of British sensibility.
The Top 6 West End gallery exhibitions to see in London this summer
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his top exhibitions to see right now. Each one comes with a concise review to help you… Read More
Review: Damien Hirst: Relics and Fly Paintings.
Brooding, silent, inert, the works in this exhibition are far beyond death, having passed through rigor mortis, decomposition and mumification… Read More
Review: Limbs, decay, bodies and heels at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
A triple treat of exhibitions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Olivia Sterling Really Rough Scrubbing Brush to open at Goldsmiths CCA.
Olivia Sterling’s (b. 1996, Peterborough) new body of work, commissioned by the CCA as part of the Episodes programme, focuses on colour-changing bodies through tanning or fake tan, on the stage of the bacchanalian British package holiday.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London right now
Landscapes of emotions and statues of women.
Four to see at Manchester International Festival
Manchester International Festival (MIF) has returned with a vibrant programme of original new work from across the spectrum of visual… Read More
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in July
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his top exhibitions to see in early July. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you
The Top 6 Painting exhibitions to see in Mayfair and St. James’s
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his top exhibitions to see in late June. Each one comes with a concise review to help… Read More
Review: Afterness by Artangel – Bombs, Birds And Art
I’m standing on a shingle beach looking out to sea with the wind whipping at my face. With just sea birds for company it’s peaceful but the skeletal structures of bunkers and houses around me suggest I’m in some sort of post-apocalyptic wasteland, affirmed by a sign that warns me to stick to the path due to unexploded ordnance.
Guendalina Cerruti’s contemporary Wasteland on view at PUBLIC Gallery
Wasted Dreams is the debut UK solo exhibition of Italian, London based artist Guendalina Cerruti at PUBLIC Gallery. Through an expansive installation that combines assemblage-based sculpture, LED art, mixed media wall and floor-based works, Cerruti explores the ‘Wasted Dreams’ relationship between life, dreams and contemporaneity.
The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London right now
Glow in the dark art and a singing duck.
Collective Ending HQ presents ‘squeezebox’
squeezebox, the latest addition to Collective Ending HQ’s exhibition programme, presents the works of six artists within a unique architectural intervention.
Beyond the Uncanny
Plenty of shows bring together paintings of figures and objects in unusual contexts or brought into unexpected conjunctions: the words ‘uncanny’ and ‘enigmatic’, ‘disturbing’ and ‘surreal’ are likely to be invoked. But, even if the paintings are good, you need more to turn such a display into a compelling whole. Two current exhibitions demonstrate how:
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in late June
A spinning Earth, a forest, bananas, portraits and riding up walls.
LONDON GALLERY WEEKEND
The first London Gallery Weekend (4-6 June) felt a very positive initiative, conveniently revealing the scale of London’s commercial art… Read More
Together in Resonance: How Rave Culture Can Change the World.
At the fringes of Mayfair, a striking pair of artists have built twinned monuments to the power of disruption and… Read More
The Top 6 Artworks to see Outdoors this Summer
Soak in the sun and see some art outdoors.
Ryoji Ikeda ::’::’::”;;’;;
Ryoji Ikeda lands in London with a sonic boom: gravitate towards the immersive black hole of extra-terrestrial data extravaganza. The… Read More
The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London in June
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his top art exhibitions to see. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide… Read More
Michael Armitage ‘Paradise Edict’ at the Royal Academy of Arts
The real gem of a show can be found upstairs in the Sackler Wing. Filling the walls of the Sackler galleries with a collection of huge, sumptuous paintings featuring a cacophony of colourful animals and characters, is Michael Armitage.
The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London in late May
Destroyed cabins, rubber tanks and a camera obscura.