Tate Modern, London
Civil rights meet aesthetics in this riveting survey of 20 crucial years of black American art and struggle
YOU ARE BROWSING: Critics
Giacometti review – master of all things thin
Tate Modern, London
Fight your way through the spindly hordes at this huge, overcrowded Giacometti show and you’ll find a tender, protean artist who is still uniquely strange
REVIEW: Damien Hirst: Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable – beautiful and monstrous
Punta della Dogana and Palazzo Grassi, Venice
Filling two museums with ancient ‘treasure’, Hirst’s spectacular mix of storytelling, invention and humour is art for a post-truth world
A World View: John Latham; Speak review – a time-bending experience
Serpentine Gallery; Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London
From proto-psychedelic film to book chewing, the hardcore conceptual art of John Latham continues to inspire
Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932 review – when anything was possible
Royal Academy, London
From singing peasants to Soviet mugshots, history shapes everything in this momentous show
REVIEW: David Hockney – sunshine superman
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
Ragnar Kjartansson review – a brilliant fusion of humour and sorrow
Barbican, London
Prepare to be enchanted by the playful, melancholy, sociable art of Iceland’s Ragnar Kjartansson
Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms; Maria Lassnig review – an embarrassment of riches
Tate Liverpool
The raw melodrama of Francis Bacon meets the humour and humanity of Maria Lassnig in this superb double bill
What’s Wrong With Art? Artist-Curators
Step forward the artist curator. Surely a successful artist must be good at curation?
Continue Reading...REVIEW: Agnes Martin – beauty and steeliness at Tate Modern
Tate Modern, London
This major Agnes Martin retrospective contains some gems, but overemphasis on her less original work disguises her worth