Hanging Man: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, by Barnaby Martin – review
6 April 2013 • Mark Westall
This account, based on illicit interviews, reveals an artist weakened by incarceration, but a figurehead still for China’s vital cultural movement
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The 10 best … photographic self-portraits
24 March 2013 • Mark Westall
From Andy Warhol in drag and Giles Duley’s ‘broken statue’, to John Coplans’s back and Gillian Wearing as her father
Olivia Bee: ‘People don’t take me seriously – until they see me work’
24 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Brooklyn-based photography prodigy Olivia Bee is only 18 and has already shot advertising campaigns for the likes of Nike, Converse and Hermès – and her ambition doesn’t end there
Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature by Paul Martineau – review
3 February 2013 • Mark Westall
The late photographer Eliot Porter has left a stunning record of the shrinking American wilderness
Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things – review
3 February 2013 • Mark Westall
An exhibition of objects amassed by the Design Museum over 24 years shows it has yet to shake off a bad postwar hangover. Perhaps a trip to Milan is in order…
Gerard Byrne: A state of neutral pleasure – review
20 January 2013 • Mark Westall
Whitechapel Gallery, London
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
Mariko Mori: ‘There are two kinds of light – one invisible’
9 December 2012 • Mark Westall
The artist Mariko Mori brings together ancient and modern – with a little stardust thrown in
A Bigger Splash: Painting after performance – review
18 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Tate Modern, London
Should Tower Hamlets council sell off its £20m Henry Moore?
4 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Is public art a luxury the poor cannot afford? The mayor of one London borough wants to sell off a wonderful sculpture by Henry Moore. Times are hard, but its loss would be a tragedy – and would set a dangerous precedent
Seduced By Art: Photography Past and Present – review
4 November 2012 • Mark Westall
National Gallery, London
Art of Change: New Directions from China – review
9 September 2012 • Mark Westall
Hayward Gallery, London
Through Edward Hopper’s eyes: in search of an artist’s seaside inspiration
12 August 2012 • Mark Westall
Gail Albert Halaban follows in the footsteps of the great American artist, photographing the elegant houses he painted almost 100 years ago from the same vantage point
Deutsche Börse photography prize 2012 – review
15 July 2012 • Mark Westall
Photographers’ Gallery, London