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Review: Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is To Me
★★★★★ Isaac Julien, Freedom / Diasporic Dream-Space No. 1 (Once Again...Statues Never Die), 2022 Inkjet print on Canson Platine Fibre...
Grace Tomlinson
Aug 18, 20234 min read


Review: Ai Weiwei's 'Making Sense' at the Design Museum
★★★★★ Ai Weiwei at the Design Museum, September 2022. © Rick Pushinsky for the Design Museum What does design reveal about our changing...
Isabelle Ragnetti
Aug 5, 20233 min read


Review: 'Herzog & de Meuron' at the Royal Academy Is All Style, No Substance
★★☆☆☆ Herzog & de Meuron , Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 2001-16, Model, © Herzog & de Meuron. The Royal Academy of Arts has opened a new...
Ariunzaya Batkhuyag
Jul 26, 20233 min read


The Untold Story of “Little Lagos”: How Nigerian Diaspora Made Peckham Their Home
★★★★☆ Image by Aaliyah Ahmed. In the heart of South London, a neighbourhood known for its eclectic blend of cultures and vibrant...
Aaliyah Ahmed
Jul 10, 20234 min read


Review: 'A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography' – A Lacklustre Mix Of Greatest Hits
★★★☆☆ Mario Macilau, Breaking News from The Profit Corner series, 2015. Archival pigment print on cotton rag paper. © Mário Macilau,...
Ernest Chlopicki
Jul 8, 20234 min read


Review: 'Capturing the Moment' at Tate Modern
★★★★☆ Cecily Brown, Trouble in Paradise, 1999. © Cecily Brown. Image © Tate. The Tate galleries love putting sentences on the walls....
Samuel Blackburn
Jul 1, 20233 min read


'Life Is More Important Than Art' review: Whitechapel’s summer of soulfulness
★★★★☆ Image by Ernest Chlopicki In a world that is hyper-saturated with images, those that should matter have, in fact, a diminishing...
Ernest Chlopicki
Jul 1, 20234 min read


Carrie Mae Weems - Reflections for Now: Taking the Retrospective Into the Future
★★★★★ Carrie Mae Weems If I Ruled the World, 2004 © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, NewYork / Galerie...
Isabel Imhorst
Jun 22, 20234 min read


Tate Britain Rehang 2023: Three Perspectives On The Newest History Of British Art
William Blake, Newton,1795-c.1805. Colour print, ink and watercolour on paper; Support: 460 × 600 mm. Photo: Tate Much of the criticism...
The Strand Magazine
Jun 22, 20234 min read
V&A Photography Centre Review: 'Tenuous Links' Abound
★★☆☆☆ Celebrating the connection between a sexualised hoover, nocturnal wildlife, a rocket launch and the indigenous populations of Lapland is a tough challenge, and one that the V&A has set itself unnecessarily in their brand new Photography Centre. ‘Photography’, as we are reminded at repeated intervals throughout the ‘Sir Elton John and David Furnish’ gallery, ‘is embedded in the story of the V&A’ as it has been collecting photographs since the 1850s, resulting in ‘one of
Alice Bergin
Jun 16, 20233 min read
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