Turner prize 2017: a cosmopolitan rebuff to Brexit provincialism
4 May 2017 • Syndicate
Amid all the rule changes, Lubaina Himid is surely the favourite to win British art’s most important prize this year
Tag: Painting
REVIEW: Picasso: Minotaurs and Matadors – sex and death in the bullring
29 April 2017 • Syndicate
Gagosian, London
The macho man of Spanish painting was obsessed with bulls. For him they were symbols of mythic power, but also impotence and mortality
Marcelle Joseph Interviews Artist Devlin Shea
27 April 2017 • Staff
2016 Slade graduate and future Bloomberg New Contemporary Devlin Shea reveals what drives her figurative drawing and painting practice.
God, sex or evolution – why did humans start making art?
25 April 2017 • Syndicate
A new Australian exhibition suggests art was first made to attract mates, signal dangers or mimic nature. But this reduces a mysterious impulse to a biological drive
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
23 April 2017 • Tabish Khan
Art critic Tabish Khan brings you the top art exhibitions to visit this week. Each one comes with a concise… Read More
Magic black: Air-Ink, the art supplies made from vehicle pollution
10 April 2017 • Mark Westall
Inventor Anirudh Sharma is capturing carbon from car exhausts to turn it into ink. And he’s got his eye on London’s black cabs next
The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
2 April 2017 • Tabish Khan
To put 6 Art exhibitions you can’t afford to miss.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
26 February 2017 • Tabish Khan
War, Chairman Mao, lost children, figurative drawings and Feminism.
Damien Hirst gives first glimpse of new Venice art.
23 February 2017 • Syndicate
With mysterious underwater objects hinting at monsters and ancient civilisations – including a $4m Medusa – Damien Hirst could be about to reverse years of creative decline
The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
19 February 2017 • Tabish Khan
The swinging 60s, the aftermath of a dystopian Christmas party, the surveillance state, beautiful portraits, a nation’s history and an algorithm on trial.
REVIEW: David Hockney – sunshine superman
12 February 2017 • Syndicate
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
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
12 February 2017 • Tabish Khan
A trippy tunnel, Bacon and Freud, Paris underground, contemporary Georgian and a starship trooper.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
15 January 2017 • Tabish Khan
Animal furniture, a derelict house, cork totems, mystical prints and a giant baby walker.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
4 January 2017 • Tabish Khan
Carvaggio, war movies, colourful glass, a lone house and the American west.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London over the Christmas season
19 December 2016 • Tabish Khan
Jackson Pollock, play some drums, an 18th century mystery, giant buttocks and expressive portraits.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
11 December 2016 • Tabish Khan
Kinetic art, snowstorms, fractured women, an olive tree and a dinosaur skull.
A second coat: why painting is the comeback art of the 21st century
2 December 2016 • Syndicate
It tends to be ignored by art prizes, but painting is trendier than ever – and makes conceptual art look elitist and out of touch
The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
6 November 2016 • Tabish Khan
Bloody bodies, bumblebees for teeth, blue light, shattered bells, wallpaper landscapes and buried secrets.
Yves Klein review – a superheated plunge into the wild blue yonders
21 October 2016 • Mark Westall
Tate Liverpool
From the Fire Paintings to the works made with women’s bodies, this is a sublime homage to the visionary artist
London exhibition puts US on show as postwar creative superpower
12 October 2016 • Syndicate
British Museum’s American Dream will touch on many of the themes in the turbulent presidential election
Cuban artist Victor Payares talks about his art practice.
11 October 2016 • Staff
FAD took some time to talk to one of art’s brightest stars. The New York born Cuban artist Victor Payares who currently lives in London.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
10 October 2016 • Tabish Khan
Art critic Tabish Khan brings you the top art exhibitions to visit this week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you. Note that most of the recommendations for Frieze week are still open as well:
Frieze art fair 2016 review: Everyone’s a performer in the boozy, fruity house of fun
7 October 2016 • Syndicate
From the crocheted loo seats to the pram-cum-barbecue and roving wet bar, there are stunts and stage-props galore. Then you turn a corner and find an artwork that sticks in your head and stays there
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week 5/11/16
5 September 2016 • Tabish Khan
Flayed skeletons, political art, painting, portraits and spirit drawings