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.
12 February 2017 • Tabish Khan
A trippy tunnel, Bacon and Freud, Paris underground, contemporary Georgian and a starship trooper.
2 February 2017 • Staff
Marcelle Joseph interviews the German artist Sebastian Stöhrer to find out what drives his ceramic sculpture practice featuring vases of all shapes & sizes
19 January 2017 • Mark Westall
Models of five nominated artworks for Trafalgar Square installation go on display at National Gallery in London
15 January 2017 • Tabish Khan
Animal furniture, a derelict house, cork totems, mystical prints and a giant baby walker.
22 November 2016 • Staff
Carla Busuttil’s third solo show at Josh Lilley in London entitled The Super-Suburb Defence Authority touches on all of the ills that have infected South Africa since its colonial era.
21 November 2016 • Tabish Khan
Sunken treasures, movable paintings, felt shopping items, mechanical creations and a scrap metal menagerie.
26 October 2016 • Staff
Coco Crampton’s current solo show in London takes place in a bespoke jewellery store in Mayfair called Belmacz
23 October 2016 • Tabish Khan
Salt pans, nails, a firedrake, smartphones and fleshy flowers.
21 October 2016 • Staff
Due to unprecedented interest, their solo shows have been extended to 30th November so hurry over to Peckham to see James Capper’s EARTH MARKING EXPEDITION: Film, Mobile Sculpture, Component Parts and Shaun McDowell’s Navigator – new paintings from the studio in Redhill.
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
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
3 October 2016 • Tabish Khan
Silver thread, a tunnel, massive steel sculptures, virtual reality and guano
20 September 2016 • Mark Westall
This exhibition offers a new insight into Helaine Blumenfeld’s impact on contemporary sculpture at a pivotal moment in her career.
29 August 2016 • Tabish Khan
Fashion, found objects, engineering, travel and skyscrapers.
14 August 2016 • Tabish Khan
A surreal homage, monochrome art, the refugees crisis, childhood nostalgia and moderation
7 August 2016 • Tabish Khan
A dangerous world, a decapitated horse, an arts prize, playful sculpture and an annual institution.
1 August 2016 • Tabish Khan
Creepy fairytales, a flaming football, abandoned Soviet plans, space and retro gaming
18 July 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. All are closing this month:
11 July 2016 • Tabish Khan
Infinity rooms, Old Masters, contemporary sculpture, giant teeth and Dismaland
7 July 2016 • Syndicate
Tate Modern, London
This blockbuster retrospective seeks to show there is more to Georgia O’Keeffe than anodyne prints, signature aprons and sexual stereotypes – but her own gorgeous, awkward art compounds the cliches
4 July 2016 • Tabish Khan
Found objects, typewriters, psychoanalysis, torsioned sculpture and Old Master inspiration
26 June 2016 • Tabish Khan
Botticelli, a sculpture garden, a disassembled car, other people’s shoes and war
18 June 2016 • Syndicate
The art biennial known for pushing boundaries of taste has outdone itself in Zurich, sculpting a day’s worth of excrement, medically exhibiting the French author and making a Paralympic champion wheelchair on water
9 May 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. All are closing soon, and there are so many it’s been expanded to seven: