Wyrd Then: Weird Now
29 April 2016 • Staff
This show examines the bizarre and archaic aspects of weird and wyrd. Wandering down into the bank vault on Baker Street, means delving into another time.
Tag: Sculpture
Jean-Luc Moulène – who knew French art could be so funny?
15 April 2016 • Mark Westall
Thomas Dane Gallery, London
If spliced buttocks, breasts and goat legs are symbols of a nation in decline, let’s have more of them – this is modern art at its wicked best
Glasgow rules the waves
11 April 2016 • Mark Westall
From skateboarding clams and swimsuit performance art to QE3’s maiden voyage, Sarah McCrory’s Glasgow International 2016 festival programme is awash with freewheeling energy, but some big shows sink under their own weight
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
29 March 2016 • Tabish Khan
Spinning mobiles, damaged instruments, Italian sculpture, Communism and hair cuts in zero gravity.
The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
20 March 2016 • Tabish Khan
Plastic, heaven, glass. America, Leukaemia and gold leaf feature in this week’s exhibitions
Sterling Ruby: making it big
14 March 2016 • Syndicate
Paintings, flags, tapestries, ceramics, denim workwear … no wonder artist Sterling Ruby needs a two-acre studio. He talks about growing up on a farm, his manic drive, and being inspired by Henry Rollins’ gym shorts
Where is London’s latest secret art space? Better ask your GP
4 March 2016 • Mark Westall
From Aleah Chapin’s super-sized greying nudes to Eduardo Paolozzi’s tender casts of his own hands, the art on show at the Royal College of General Practitioners is all flesh and blood and bones and sinew
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
7 February 2016 • Tabish Khan
War, figurative art, death, a fort and sinuous sculpture.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
17 January 2016 • Tabish Khan
Pop art, Scottish art, motherhood, portraiture and a biohazard sign
Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London during Christmas
21 December 2015 • Tabish Khan
Art Critic Tabish chooses five art exhibitions to keep you stimulated over the Christmas period ..
Daniel’s Value and Ideas #99: Gazing into the Abyss
11 December 2015 • daniel barnes
In his latest exhibition, Gazing Ball Paintings, at Gagosian New York, Koons oversteps the mark of decency and demonstrates that the most horrifying thing about his art is its sincerity.
Five of the best art exhibitions for Christmas 2015
9 December 2015 • Mark Westall
Wonder at Botticini’s Paradise, see Turner’s bracing vistas in Edinburgh, and explore the roots of the European winter festival at the V&A
Anish and Antony to the rescue! Can the sculptors gentrify Afghanistan?
2 December 2015 • Mark Westall
A merciless graphic novel imagines what would happen if Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley were dropped on Afghanistan. Its creator explains his hallucinatory romp
Gilbert and George Banners review – art as undeniable as a punch in the face
26 November 2015 • Mark Westall
White Cube, London
For their eight-millionth exhibition, the naughty boys of art are showing Banners that could be slight and trite – but actually turn out to be nasty prophecies for our dreadful age
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
22 November 2015 • Tabish Khan
Art critic Tabish Khan brings you five exhibitions to visit this week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you
The magnificent Musée Rodin reopens in Paris – with a chocolate surprise
8 November 2015 • Mark Westall
It was a ruin when he lived there, then nearly ruined by millions of trampling tourists after his death. Now the Musée Rodin has been playfully vamped up – and it’s even got a giant chocolate tribute to France’s most famous sculptor
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
19 October 2015 • Tabish Khan
Monumental sculpture, landscapes, drawing, guns and beautiful birds
Tabish’s Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
28 September 2015 • Tabish Khan
A glass baby, pastel, opulence, chairs, tulips and dark paintings
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
7 September 2015 • Tabish Khan
This week’s top 5 features destruction, lifelike mannequins, bullet time photography, conflict and a centenary.
The Art Fund charity launches a line of luxury holidays
22 August 2015 • Staff
Secret doors will open, champagne will flow and VIP access to the art world will be afforded the wealthy. But it’s a curious departure for a charity that champions free museum admission
Monumental 25 ton sculpture to be installed in Trafalgar Square.
20 August 2015 • Mark Westall
This Sunday the 23rd August will see the installation and unveiling of Mexican artist Rivelino’s monumental sculpture You on King Charles Island in Trafalgar Square.
Artist to fill Covent Garden market with 100,000 balloons
18 August 2015 • Mark Westall
Charles Pétillon’s glowing pop-up installation will stretch over 50 metres across ceiling of market building
Anish Kapoor is right to be livid about China stealing his big Bean sculpture
14 August 2015 • Mark Westall
A city in Zinjiang has a new public artwork that’s suspiciously similar to Kapoor’s Bean in Chicago – and the sculptor is incensed, though this is just the latest act of copycat culture in China. Are people in the west too precious about intellectual property rights?