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'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


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
★★☆☆☆ Image Courtesy of the V&A Press Office. Uploaded by Callum Walker, 23/05/2023. Celebrating the connection between a sexualised...
Alice Bergin
Jun 16, 20233 min read


Review: 'Civilisation: The Way We Live Now' at the Saatchi Gallery
'Civilisation: the way we live now' at the Saatchi Gallery is an ambitious, wide-ranging success for contemporary photography.
Ariunzaya Batkhuyag
Jun 13, 20233 min read


'Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power' Review: Waking Up From The Hollywood Daydream
A couple of years ago, I was rearranging my bedroom. After turning 16 I was hit by a sudden need to redesign my entire being, including,...
Barney Nuttall
May 24, 20234 min read
'Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers' Review: Vibrant Artwork Let Down By Drab Presentation
'Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers' review: vibrant artwork let down by drab presentation
Isabel Imhorst
May 11, 20234 min read
‘Brazen Free-Spiritedness’: Hilma Af Klint Shines In An Otherwise Cynical Tate Modern ‘Pairing’
★★✩✩☆ If you’re not sure how the dog, ghost-dog and snail-crucifix in Hilma Af Klint’s painting ‘Evolutionen’ relate to its title, then...
Alice Bergin and Samuel Blackburn
Apr 20, 20233 min read
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