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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


‘Barbie’ Review: Barbie Girl Finds Out Life Is Not So Fantastic
With the build-up of ingenious marketing and an impressive cast, people have flooded the cinemas in pink to celebrate this cinematic...
Ariana Nazir
Aug 17, 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 9, 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


'Shabu' Review: A Feel-Good Portrait Of Childhood
With vibrance and energy, Shabu and its equally vivacious subject have a lot to say about life and growing up, delivered through the most...
Oisín McGilloway
Jul 7, 20233 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
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