Tag: art exhibition
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Painting without limits
Katharina Grosse transforms White Cube Bermondsey into a chromatic confrontation. High-frequency pigments, industrial spray and monumental scale combine to make a show where colour stops being something you see and becomes something you feel.
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A Photographer with a fearless spirit
A visit to Tate Britain’s Lee Miller exhibition reveals an artist defined by poetic vision and fearless independence. Tracing her journey from fashion model to surrealist collaborator and war correspondent, the show finally gives full weight to one of the twentieth century’s most uncompromising photographic voices.
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A journey through Kiki Smith’s artistic universe
Visiting Kiki Smith’s exhibition at Timothy Taylor Gallery felt like stepping into a magical, self-contained universe shaped by nature, mythology, and spirituality. Through sculpture, drawing, and print, Smith explores the relationship between the human body and the natural world, transforming the gallery into an enchanted space that invites reflection on vulnerability, interconnection, and ancient narratives…
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Visceral Sculptures in the Turbine Hall
A powerful review of Open Wound, Mire Lee’s Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. This article examines how Lee transforms the vast industrial space into a visceral, body-like environment where machinery, vulnerability, and human labour intersect, evoking themes of precarity, decay, and care.
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Narratives of oppression
A critical reflection on The House of Bernarda Alba at Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London, this review explores how Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia and Sam Llewellyn-Jones reinterpret Federico García Lorca’s classic play through immersive painting and photography. Drawing connections between historical and contemporary forms of oppression, the exhibition evokes tension, isolation, and political unease within a…
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Turning adversity into creativity
Jason and the Adventure of 254 by Jason Wilsher-Mills at the Wellcome Collection is a joyful and moving exhibition that transforms childhood disability and adversity into vibrant creativity. Blending memory, humour, and imagination, the artist invites viewers to reflect on resilience, identity, and the origins of artistic expression.
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Paintings with a dreamlike quality
In Plain Sight at Halcyon Gallery in London presents dreamlike, semi-abstract paintings by Ernesto Cánovas that explore memory, perception, and disappearance. Drawing on cinema, history, and photography, Cánovas manipulates found imagery and materials such as wood and aluminium to create evocative works that oscillate between abstraction and representation.
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Organic sculpture that captures your imagination
When Forms Come Alive at the Hayward Gallery presents a compelling survey of contemporary sculpture from the last 60 years, featuring immersive works inspired by organic growth, movement, and transformation. Through large-scale installations and materially rich forms, the exhibition blurs the boundaries between art, nature, and science, inviting visitors into a continuously shifting sensory experience.
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Painting the banality of evil
Painting the Banality of Evil reflects on the Philip Guston retrospective at Tate Modern, marking the artist’s first major UK exhibition in nearly two decades. Tracing Guston’s journey from abstract expressionism to his provocative figurative works confronting racism, violence, and moral responsibility, the article examines the enduring relevance and controversy of his art in today’s…
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Capturing the sacred essence of books in painting
At the British Art Fair in London, Wen Wu’s paintings reveal a poetic neo-realism infused with literary symbolism, quiet nostalgia, and a reverence for books.