The dominant contemporary feature of the British Museum’s well-received received new Islamic Gallery* is a site-specific work by Idris Khan.
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My week in the art world – Fluidity
This week I fluctuated around London – from Bloomsbury’s British Museum, to a church in Bethnal Green and back to Mayfair – inhaling the fluid nature of the performances and works I saw. I was so engrossed in this state of flux that I pushed my usual Tuesday column to Wednesday, to make room for Cárdenas’s opening at Almine Rech which took place last night.
Continue Reading...World’s earliest figural tattoos revealed by British Museum
The world’s earliest figural tattoos have been revealed on two natural mummies in the British Museum’s collection. Dating to between 3351 to 3017 BC (95.4% probability),
Continue Reading...The Top 9 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
Abstract colour, a decaying painting, food porn, sculpture, technology meets history, cinematic photography, watercolours and crab coffins.
Continue Reading...London exhibition puts US on show as postwar creative superpower
British Museum’s American Dream will touch on many of the themes in the turbulent presidential election
Continue Reading...South Africa’s golden rhino to star in British Museum exhibition
Figures and objects from Mapungubwe, site of the first kingdom in southern Africa, are part of an exploration of 100,000 years of art
Continue Reading...Five of the best art exhibitions for Christmas 2015
Wonder at Botticini’s Paradise, see Turner’s bracing vistas in Edinburgh, and explore the roots of the European winter festival at the V&A
Continue Reading...The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
Art critic Tabish Khan brings you five exhibitions to visit this week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you
Continue Reading...Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
This week’s top 5 includes Greek nudes, social media, architecture, graceful curves and bronze.
Continue Reading...Paul’s ART STUFF on a train # 112: ‘The World Museum’
‘Why is it called the British Museum’, I heard someone ask last Saturday ‘when there isn’t anything from Britain?’
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