Tag: London art
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When cinema was a weapon
Zineb Sedira revisits the political cinema of Algeria and the wider Global South in the 1960s and 1970s, when film became a means of resistance and collective imagination. At Tate Britain, her immersive reconstruction raises a contemporary question: can cinema still inspire collective action?
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How hiding reveals the invisible
What happens when air becomes sculpture? At Gagosian Gallery, Christo: Air reveals how wrapping can transform perception, turning empty space into a physical presence while tracing the origins of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s monumental practice and their pioneering contribution to ephemeral art.
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When mental states find material expression
Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations at Whitechapel Gallery surveys four decades of work through sculpture, collage and drawing. Moving beyond themes of migration and memory, the exhibition reveals Ryan’s exceptional ability to give physical form to psychological experience.
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The art of falling apart
Entering Tracey Emin’s exhibition feels less like stepping into a retrospective than into an exposed psychological landscape. Raw, intimate and emotionally charged, A Second Life is the most significant show of her career, and the most emotionally raw proposition on display right now.
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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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Surviving the webs of life
Beyond simple memory, the Hayward Gallery hosts a visceral confrontation between Yin Xiuzhen’s sociopolitical textiles and Chiharu Shiota’s psychological webs. A staggering dialogue between the world we have ruined through rapid modernisation and the body that must endure it.
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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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Seeing Van Gogh Through Kiefer’s Eyes
A fascinating exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London explores the works of Van Gogh and Kiefer side by side. Despite their different styles, the show reveals surprising parallels in thought, process, and subject matter, offering a fresh perspective on both artists’ approaches to art, literature, and poetry.
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Feminist visions in Balinese art
A reflection on Into Eternal Land, the first UK exhibition by Balinese artist Citra Sasmita at The Curve, Barbican Centre. Drawing on mythology, ancestral techniques, and a feminist perspective, the exhibition reinterprets Balinese tradition to place women at the center of a post-patriarchal world.