It’s not easy to be a woman in the art world. As Sigrid Kirk highlights in our recent interview, we are working within a structure built by white men many years ago and the onus is on us to carve out space for ourselves against all odds.
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic normally picks his favourite top 5 exhibitions that are on right now. However, in this article he’s looking… Read More
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite top 5 museum shows to see in London this Autumn. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
Cornelia Parker’s work is all about that liminal thing and, in this show at Tate Britain, it looms large. Indeed, one quickly forms the impression that she – intentionally or otherwise – is making the art that this fractured, restless world deserves.
In May 2022, Tate Britain will present the first major survey of Cornelia Parker’s works in London. One of Britain’s leading contemporary… Read More
Breaking the Mould is the first extensive survey of post-war British sculpture by artists identifying as women in a public institution.
Killing lions, Medusa, a Gothic castle, Swastikas, a creepy house, glowing slugs and mountains.
Leading British contemporary artists collaborate with art advisor Lucy Meakin on Artsy online auction to raise funds for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
25 leading international artists, including Simon Starling, Sir Antony Gormley, Grayson Perry, Cornelia Parker, Jenny Saville, David Shrigley and Douglas Gordon have used materials retrieved from The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh library after the fire to create original works of art to help raise money for restoration of the Mackintosh Building.
Fashion, found objects, engineering, travel and skyscrapers.
This week’s top 5 includes a sandstorm, a cathedral, darkness, table tennis balls and embroidery.
The Fine Art Society is to present a major contemporary group exhibition marking the centenary of Duchamp’s readymade – a concept that challenged the very notion of art itself.
The exhibition will feature over 100 contemporary artworks made by women artists and will represent the art collections of seven prominent female art collectors from London, Europe and North America.
This September at the Whitechapel Gallery, The London Art Book Fair celebrates the best of international contemporary art publishing.
TWENTYEIGHT FINGERS has been realised by Joanna Brown after the idea cropped up in a conversation with five fellow fine arts masters students from the University of Leeds in 2007. It has resulted in a collection of 28 bronze casts of the index fingers of significant creative figures of our time.
The importance of the print in British art couldn’t be better illustrated than it is today when some of the most significant contemporary painters and sculptors, are also the most exciting printmakers.
The Save the Arts campaign is organised by the London branch of the Turning Point Network, a national consortium of over 2,000 arts organisations and artists dedicated to working together and finding new ways to support the arts in the UK.
Triple Pop by Gavin Turk, 2009, Silkscreen on paper, 70 x 100 cm Private view: Wednesday 4th November 6 –… Read More
Image credit: Copyright Alex Katz; Courtesy Timothy Taylor Gallery, London 4 November – 13 December 2009 Jerwood Space, 171 Union… Read More
Featuring an Auction of a special collection of work generously donated to the Charity Auction by Jake and Dinos Chapman,… Read More
Mona Hatoum Hot Spot, 2006 Mixed media. Stainless steel and neon tube 234 x 223 cm David Roberts Collection, London… Read More
to – 4th March 2009 9:30 – 5:00pm Sothebys, 34 – 35 New Bond Street London, W1A 2AA Please join… Read More
