The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in the first week of 2018
31 December 2017 • Tabish Khan
Blood and ash, pollution, a lost ship, crucifixion, small works and plants.
Tag: Barbican
Banksy does murals at Barbican to mark new Basquiat Exhibition
18 September 2017 • Mark Westall
Banksy has produced two murals at the Barbican centre seemingly inspired by the upcoming Basquiat exhibition #BoomForReal.
The Top 8 Exhibitions to see this week in London
27 August 2017 • Tabish Khan
Fist bump a robot, sci-fi heaven, refugees, children, an upside down palm, book covers, talking heads and a fake exhibition.
The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see this week in London
30 July 2017 • Tabish Khan
Gruesome puppetry, dancing, a great wave, rubens, rembrandt, a new gallery and British painting.
First large-scale exhibition in the UK of Jean-Michel Basquiat comes to London.
12 June 2017 • Mark Westall
Basquiat: Boom for Real is the first large-scale exhibition in the UK of the work of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988). One of the most significant painters of the 20th century
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
16 April 2017 • Tabish Khan
Refugees, growing roots, biblical collages, all white, an airport lounge, lips sofa and a blue pool.
The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in London this week 22/08/16
21 August 2016 • Tabish Khan
Kissing, war, oil, flight and folk art
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
Imran Qureshi: Where the Shadows are so Deep
26 March 2016 • Staff
The walls are splattered with blood. This alarming sight greets the eyes at first glance
Review: Eddie Peake – The Forever Loop
12 October 2015 • Eric Thorp
A generation of clean cut young artists making very clean expensive art, Peake is part of a sort of post YBA movement who are developing a sophisticated language
Fish Island Labs present: Interfaces “Processing reality through art and technology”
14 June 2015 • Mark Westall
Interfaces brings together the work of this close knit group of emerging talent, united by the desire to investigate how reality is affected when perceived through the combined lenses of art and technology.
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London over Christmas
22 December 2014 • Tabish Khan
This weeks top 5 features architectural photography, Rembrandt, Constable, witches and crashing waves.
REVIEW: Constructing Worlds @ Barbican Art Gallery
28 September 2014 • Tabish Khan
Photography and architecture are inextricably linked.
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
21 July 2014 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan brings you five art exhibitions in London that you should visit during the week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
REVIEW: Digital Revolution @Barbican
7 July 2014 • Tabish Khan
Our entire worlds are now digital, we tweet, listen to synthesised music, read ebooks, play video games, watch CGI enhanced movies and I wouldn’t even be an art critic if it weren’t for the internet.
ART OPENING: Party Gender F**k @Barbican, Saturday 7th June 7pm
6 June 2014 • Staff
Lyall Hakaraia, fashion designer, stylist and promoter of East London’s favourite disco basement, Vogue Fabrics, brings his special brand of queer performance Icy Gays to the Barbican
The Art Events to visit this week from Art Map London
2 June 2014 • Staff
There are loads of art events such as private views, artists talks, and screenings happening around London, and often it is impossible to choose where to go and what to see. To help you with the choice Jenny Judova from Art Map London will be advising on what events seem worth attending during the week.
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
28 April 2014 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan brings you five art exhibitions in London that you should visit during the week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
ARTIST OPPORTUNITY: DevArt by Google with the Barbican ENTER NOW
3 March 2014 • Mark Westall
As part of DevArt, Google are seeking to commission an up and coming developer to create a new digital art installation.
REVIEW : Momentum : UVA @ The Curve, Barbican
20 February 2014 • Mark Westall
‘Momentum” totally transforms the Curve into an other-wordly space like no other;
ART NEWS: DevArt: Google’s bid to find a NEW generation of artists
5 February 2014 • Mark Westall
DevArt by Google with the Barbican is launched today.
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
25 November 2013 • Tabish Khan
Every week Tabish Khan brings you five art exhibitions in London that you should visit. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
Barbican celebrates digital creativity with a stellar programme of events for spring and summer 2014
29 October 2013 • Mark Westall
2014 at The Barbican goes digital
ART STUFF on a train # 26: ‘Sex and Excess’
29 October 2013 • Paul Carey-Kent
Most days art critic Paul Carey-Kent spends hours on the train, traveling between his home in Southampton and his day job in Surrey. Could he, we asked, jot down whatever came into his head?