Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932 review – when anything was possible
14 February 2017 • Syndicate
Royal Academy, London
From singing peasants to Soviet mugshots, history shapes everything in this momentous show
Tag: art and design
REVIEW: David Hockney – sunshine superman
12 February 2017 • Syndicate
Tate Britain, London
From sunny California to the landscapes of his native Yorkshire, Hockney’s humanity and optimism are never far away, as this sprawling retrospective shows
Welcome to the world’s smallest art fair – on a disappearing speck of sand
26 January 2017 • Mark Westall
The art at the Biennale de la Biche off Guadeloupe is set to disappear into the sea, thereby mirroring the futility and emptiness of elite events like Venice Biennale
Fourth plinth shortlist includes winged bull and giant cream blob
19 January 2017 • Mark Westall
Models of five nominated artworks for Trafalgar Square installation go on display at National Gallery in London
Everything you need for a techno-utopian retirement
15 January 2017 • Mark Westall
Design Museum, London
From next-gen mobility scooters to bloodstream nanobots, this pop-up exhibition explores how technology can better help an ageing population
Tate to name Maria Balshaw as new director to succeed Serota
11 January 2017 • Mark Westall
Driving force behind Manchester’s cultural renaissance to take over one of most powerful jobs in UK arts
Ten exhibitions to see in 2017
31 December 2016 • Syndicate
The hottest art shows of the new year booking now
Sandy Nairne portrait at NPG is by American artist Chuck Close
15 December 2016 • Mark Westall
Portrait of former director of National Portrait Gallery will be first big work by Close to enter public collection in UK
Martin Creed’s bleak anti-carol should be Christmas No 1
7 December 2016 • Mark Westall
With his song It’s You, Turner-winning artist Martin Creed has made the perfect antidote to the commercialised positivity of Christmas
Helen Marten wins Turner prize, securing second award in a month
6 December 2016 • Mark Westall
Chair of judges praises 31-year-old artist, who recently won Hepworth prize, for baffling sculptural work which ‘reflects the condition of the world’
A second coat: why painting is the comeback art of the 21st century
2 December 2016 • Syndicate
It tends to be ignored by art prizes, but painting is trendier than ever – and makes conceptual art look elitist and out of touch
Why Kara Walker’s incendiary slavery art is as relevant as ever
24 November 2016 • Mark Westall
The artist’s bold new work, as seen in an exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art, has taken on a terrifying new prescience in the Trump era
New Jeff Koons sculpture is tribute to victims of Paris attacks
23 November 2016 • Mark Westall
Bouquet of Tulips, currently being built, is to be installed on the plaza outside the Museum of Modern Art next year
Andreas Gursky and Richie Hawtin: experiments in sound and vision
14 November 2016 • Mark Westall
The photographer, famous for his huge, detailed panoramas, has joined forces with the techno pioneer for a show that caters to the swiping generation
From Hotline Bling to Nuit Blanche: how music video directors turned to art
30 October 2016 • Mark Westall
Director X and Floria Sigismondi’s videos for Drake and Rihanna have generated millions of YouTube views, but now the pair have moved into a different arena for an ambitious new project
Beirut to build new modern art museum
13 October 2016 • Mark Westall
BeMA – Beirut Museum of Art – will feature 124-metre tower, with 1,000 works forming basis of first exhibition in 2020
London exhibition puts US on show as postwar creative superpower
12 October 2016 • Syndicate
British Museum’s American Dream will touch on many of the themes in the turbulent presidential election
Amalia Ulman Dances on top of Privilege for her London Solo Show at Arcadia Missa
8 October 2016 • Staff
Crimson balloons festooning the ceiling, a black and white checkerboard dance floor under foot, shimmery white curtains partially covering views of the Manhattan skyline…
Frieze art fair 2016 review: Everyone’s a performer in the boozy, fruity house of fun
7 October 2016 • Syndicate
From the crocheted loo seats to the pram-cum-barbecue and roving wet bar, there are stunts and stage-props galore. Then you turn a corner and find an artwork that sticks in your head and stays there
Frieze London 2016 to feature Julie Verhoeven lavatory intervention
21 September 2016 • Mark Westall
Political work on toilet attendants will be at fair alongside seminal 90s art from Wolfgang Tillmans and Richard Billingham
South Africa’s golden rhino to star in British Museum exhibition
15 August 2016 • Mark Westall
Figures and objects from Mapungubwe, site of the first kingdom in southern Africa, are part of an exploration of 100,000 years of art
Pink Floyd’s psychedelic revolution will rock the V&A
11 August 2016 • Syndicate
Museum to celebrate career of pioneers who transformed live music with their dazzling light shows
Feminist art activists the Guerrilla Girls get first dedicated UK show
22 July 2016 • Syndicate
Whitechapel Gallery has commissioned the anonymous group to scrutinise gender diversity at hundreds of European galleries
Ragnar Kjartansson review – a brilliant fusion of humour and sorrow
19 July 2016 • Syndicate
Barbican, London
Prepare to be enchanted by the playful, melancholy, sociable art of Iceland’s Ragnar Kjartansson