YBA Sarah Lucas comes of age at Tate Britain.
26 September 2023 • Lee Sharrock
Tate Britain are staging a major survey show of Sarah Lucas titled ‘Happy Gas’, which revisits one of the original… Read More
Art Reviews
Art reviews, The most interesting art exhibitions previewed by FAD magazine.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in late September
23 September 2023 • Tabish Khan
Sentinels, dragons, a lion, octopuses and heritage.
Marina Abramovic takes over the Royal Academy of Arts.
21 September 2023 • Lee Sharrock
At the age of 76 and still, as vital and provocative as ever, Marina Abramovic has taken over the hallowed galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts on Piccadilly
Palestinian Glassware ‘Forgeries’ Take Center Stage at London Design Festival
19 September 2023 • Charlotte Rickards
Forgeries, the female body, and wealthy English families: V&A Jameel Fellow, Dima Srouji unearths the history of Palestinian glassware in the museum’s collection
Quilla Constance ‘Teasing Out Contingencies’
18 September 2023 • Albertina Campbell
Bedford is not a town you would usually associate with socially-engaged art — especially, a cultural museum revered for its… Read More
The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in Mayfair & Fitzrovia in September
17 September 2023 • Tabish Khan
Latex, muscles, car parts, landscapes and optical illusions.
Paul McCarthy, Them as Was Is
16 September 2023 • Camille Moreno
Paul McCarthy’s show at Max Hetzler Gallery goes from zero to one hundred (thousand). The exhibition is not for the faint of heart, but unlike irate audiences in Paris who shuddered at the site of an evocatively tapered Christmas tree, the Berlin public might be challenged for different reasons.
Various Others- three encounters
14 September 2023 • Toby Upson
Various Others is an initiative based on collaboration. Its format is simple: museums, galleries, artist-run-spaces, collectors, curators (etc. etc.) based in Munich (Germany) invite museums, galleries, artist-run-spaces, collectors, curators (etc. etc.)
Independent 20th Century Made Modern Art Contemporary Again
12 September 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Independent 20th Century celebrated the fair’s second edition this past Armory Week in New York. This spin-off, invite only event… Read More
The Top 5 Photography and Video Exhibitions to see in London in September
10 September 2023 • Tabish Khan
Colonialism, prayer, plastics, photography and a dead poet.
WangShui, Toleranzfenster [Window of Tolerance]
9 September 2023 • Toby Upson
Let’s suspend the narrative. Toleranzfenster [Window of Tolerance], WangShui’s first institutional exhibition in Europe, is a super-real entanglement.
A Testament for the Tender – Sparklehorse, Bird Machine.
6 September 2023 • Jasper Spires
Sparklehorse is perhaps best known for the intimacy of his music. Walking along a narrow road between independent rock and experimental electronic production, Mark Linkous’ flagship project has been beloved by fans for its delicate compositions, emotional intensity, and the heartfelt connection it provided to the man himself.
Simone Brewster’s The Shape of Things: The critic is left at the door
4 September 2023 • Charlotte Russell
For centuries the critic has been at the forefront of cultural movements, denoting art, music, food and film as “good”… Read More
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in September
2 September 2023 • Tabish Khan
Fiery landscapes, war, cushions, prehistory and architecture gone wild.
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London right now
28 August 2023 • Tabish Khan
Impressionism, milk, saris, clay and falling apart.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in late August
20 August 2023 • Tabish Khan
Stunning screens, political activism, an entire bus, giant birds’ eyes and woven portraits.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this August
13 August 2023 • Tabish Khan
White eyes, gloopy bats, colourful portraits, androgyny and chewable sculpture.
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London in August
6 August 2023 • Tabish Khan
Impressionism, gold, family, space and museums galore.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this August
30 July 2023 • Tabish Khan
Immersion, sculpture, group shows and a ton of art.
A diary from the largest Upstate Art Weekend yet
29 July 2023 • Vittoria Benzine
Last Saturday through Monday marked the fourth, largest, most illustrious edition of Upstate Art Weekend throughout New York’s Hudson Valley… Read More
The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London in late July
22 July 2023 • Tabish Khan
LEGO, sins, saints, London and a giant rock.
So, Here’s the Sea, but Where are the Sharks?
21 July 2023 • daniel barnes
Where the Land Meets the Sea. On the surface, everything is as it should be: Damien is collaborating with Heni again; an auction house is the venue for a sell-out show;
A Space of Possibility and Drama
17 July 2023 • daniel barnes
It would have been easy in recent years to have given in to the twenty-first century’s special brand of polarising hysteria when it comes to landscape painting.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in July
16 July 2023 • Tabish Khan
Vessels, clothes, urine, bears and isolation.
