The Dark Side @ Boomer Gallery
8 April 2024 • Tabish Khan
Contemporary artists drawing inspiration from their dreams and nightmares
Tag: contemporary art
In conversation with Catriona Gallagher
17 October 2023 • Irene Machetti
Catriona Gallagher is a visual artist based between Northumberland (UK), and Athens (Greece). Her work unfolds poetical stories and critical observations… Read More
DJ Fat Tony & Opake collaborate on new exhibition
11 April 2023 • Mark Westall
DJ Fat Tony & Opake collaborate on new exhibition- The Cookie Monster attends a meeting for overeaters; Eeyore and Pooh… Read More
Outside, looking in: Richard Saltoun celebrates the role of women in the evolution of Abstract Art
3 April 2023 • Irene Machetti
Richard Saltoun presents ‘Outside, looking in’ in its London gallery. Following its pioneering programme on women artists and their role in art history, the group exhibition celebrates the fundamental role female artists have played in the evolution of abstract art.
What’s Wrong With Art: Inappropriate selfies
29 July 2022 • Tabish Khan
When does a photo move from harmless narcissism to offensive?
The Top 5 Art Installation Exhibitions to see in London this Summer
15 July 2022 • Tabish Khan
Art in a church, underground and lighting up the darkness.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in South London
18 April 2022 • Tabish Khan
Dementia, shop closure, jazz, scratching and anxiety.
Olivia Sterling: Manslaughter –
6 April 2022 • Mark Westall
Guts Gallery is opening Manslaughter, an exhibition of new work by Olivia Sterling opening this Thursday 7th April. Challenging hierarchical systems… Read More
Paris+ is the name of Art Basel’s upcoming fair in Paris.
24 March 2022 • Mark Westall
Paris+ par Art Basel (or by Art Basel if you don’t speak French !) is the name of Art Basel’s… Read More
Rebirth’ Artists Talk to Curator Lee Sharrock
2 March 2022 • Lee Sharrock
A group exhibition opening on 4th March at new West London gallery 99 Projects features several artists previously interviewed by the exhibition’s curator in FAD column ‘The Upcoming’
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in Fitzrovia
27 February 2022 • Tabish Khan
Five exhibitions around the corner from one another.
Sweet Lust a group show curated by Michèle Lamy & Mathieu Paris that investigates preconceptions of the body.
24 February 2022 • Mark Westall
Sweet Lust’ is an exhibition curated by Michèle Lamy in collaboration with White Cube Senior Director Mathieu Paris.
Keith Cunningham The Cloud of Witness
14 February 2022 • Mark Westall
An elusive member of the School of London is rediscovered in a new exhibition at Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery…. Read More
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in late February
13 February 2022 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite exhibitions to see this month – this time they’re all shows to catch before the end… Read More
The Top 5 Exhibitions to see in 2022
1 January 2022 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite exhibitions to see as we head into a new year. Each one comes with a… Read More
In-depth conversation with TARWUK exploring their practice and the idea of identity through metamorphosis
9 November 2021 • Irene Machetti
Collezione Maramotti presents Ante mare et terras, the first solo exhibition in Italy by the New York-based, Croatian duo TARWUK… Read More
Show Me Yours…(The Politics of Aesthetics)
15 September 2021 • Mark Westall
Bringing together a small group of artists whose work shows rather than tells and whose work is an exercise in the politics of aesthetics.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in late September
12 September 2021 • Tabish Khan
Facebook, bones, snooker tables, Patrick Stewart and online art.
Kieran Flynn’s Jungles at Gage Gallery, Sheffield
15 August 2021 • Dan Sumption
Sheffield-based artist Kieran Flynn’s paintings are on display at his first solo exhibition at Gage Gallery in Kelham Island, Sheffield, running until 22nd August.
The Top 5 Art Books to read in Lockdown
16 November 2020 • Tabish Khan
5 art books to get you through lockdown
10 Questions from Isolation… with Sara Piccinini from Collezione Maramotti
22 May 2020 • Irene Machetti
Today we hear from Sara Piccinini, the senior coordinator of Collezione Maramotti. She reflects on the present (and future) of the Collection amidst these particular times, as well as talking about all the different projects the public collection has put in place to support its artists.
10 Questions from Isolation… with Huma Kabakci
8 May 2020 • Irene Machetti
10 Questions from Isolation- This week’s guest is Huma Kabakci, independent Curator and Founding Director of Open Space. Kabakci completed an MA in Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art, as well as a curatorial fellowship at the 2018 Liverpool Biennial
Hard Simplicity: Méïr Srebriansky ‘Age of Resin’ at 81 Leonard Gallery
15 April 2020 • Caira Moreira-Brown
The lastest online exhibition at the artist-run gallery, 81 Leonard Gallery features new works by Méïr Srebriansky. ‘Age of Resin’ is a survey of the artist’s work in a new medium.
What’s the afterlife of performed artworks? ‘Forum: Bread and games’ investigates
10 March 2020 • Irene Machetti
How do we perceive objects when they become “activated” by a performer? Can there be, thereafter, a neutral spectatorship? ‘Forum: Bread and Games’, curated by Natalija Pauni for Open Space Contemporary, reflects on these questions, considering the precariousness of authors’ ideas and authorship.