Juergen Teller: fame laid bare
8 January 2013 • Mark Westall
As his new show opens at the ICA, one of fashion’s most successful and extreme photographers talks about his father, German guilt and making Kate Moss cry
Tag: Exhibitions
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D Daskalopoulos Collection – review
23 December 2012 • Mark Westall
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Mike Kelley: the nonconformist’s whole life is here
20 December 2012 • Mark Westall
Magic carpets, Superman, and lewd encounters with barbers: Kelley’s life’s work is on show at this Amsterdam retrospective – and his rancid humour shines through
Antony Gormley: a model of hype?
27 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Could it be that now the artist has fallen off the art world’s fashion hitlist, Gormley’s work can be seen as it is – quotidian and overrated
Klein and Moriyama at London’s Tate Modern – reviews roundup
22 November 2012 • Mark Westall
The Observer’s deputy picture editor roundsup reviews of Tate Modern’s retrospectives of photographer and film-maker William Klein and Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama
A Bigger Splash: Painting after performance – review
18 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Tate Modern, London
Royal College of Art celebrates 175 years of cultivating talent
16 November 2012 • Mark Westall
The Perfect Place to Grow exhibition showcases achievements of students and staff including Moore, Hepworth, Dyson and Emin
Light from the Middle East offers a true reflection of a complex region
14 November 2012 • Mark Westall
A new exhibition at London’s V&A offers insights from within cultures that are more often photographed and reported from the outside
A Bigger Splash: did performance art change painting?
13 November 2012 • Mark Westall
From bullets bursting paint-filled balloons to Jackson Pollock’s spatter technique, a new exhibition at London’s Tate looks at the relationship between painting and performance art – with more misses than hits
Seduced By Art: Photography Past and Present – review
4 November 2012 • Mark Westall
National Gallery, London
Photography exhibitions guide – the three to see this week
27 October 2012 • Mark Westall
The Observer’s deputy picture editor, Jim Powell, rounds up reviews of three exhibitions this week: William Eggleston, Bruce Davidson and Graciela Iturbide at the Barbican, August Sander at New Walk Gallery, Leicester, and Ewen Spencer at the White Cloth Gallery, Leeds
Turner prize 2012 exhibition review: is this the best one yet?
2 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Immerse yourself in Spartacus Chetwynd’s daft performances, Paul Noble’s filthy drawings, Elizabeth Price’s terrifying video and Luke Fowler’s film about schizophrenia
Art of Change: New Directions from China – review
9 September 2012 • Mark Westall
Hayward Gallery, London
It’s crystal clear: memories aren’t what they used to be
4 September 2012 • Mark Westall
Swarovski-sponsored exhibition sees 15 designers using crystal to explore the future of memory in a digital age
Crazy golftime for Hitler: should we salute the Chapman brothers’ statue?
15 August 2012 • Mark Westall
A model of Hitler on a crazy golf course at Grundy Art Gallery has been called ‘tasteless’ by a Jewish organisation. But shouldn’t artists have the right to offend?
Let’s hear it for Bruce Nauman, sculptor of sound
30 June 2012 • Mark Westall
In his new sound art installation, Days, at the ICA, Nauman sculpts the space with voices, giving sound a physicality that will open your ears to a whole new world of noise
This week’s new exhibitions
23 June 2012 • Mark Westall
Jenny Saville | Mark Wallinger | Diane Arbus | Stanya Kahn | Erwin Wurm | Andrew Kötting & Iain Sinclair
This week’s new exhibitions
16 June 2012 • Mark Westall
Anri Sala | Fiona Crisp | Jini Rawlings | Tony Cragg, David Brooks | Liam Spencer | Bruce Nauman | Joe Hesketh | Yoko Ono
Invisible: Art about the Unseen 1957 – 2012 – review
11 June 2012 • Mark Westall
Hayward Gallery, London
This week’s new exhibitions
11 June 2012 • Mark Westall
Nancy Holt | Isabel Rawsthorne | SNAP 2012 | Richard Rigg | Lynette Wallworth | Lis Rhodes And Antonia Hirsch | Wide Open School, Invisible: Art Of The Unseen | Caroline Achaintre, Sara Barker And Alice Channer