Matthew Holman
Matthew Holman is a writer and critic. He often writes on art and politics; his criticism has been published by Critical Quarterly, Frieze, Apollo, Burlington Contemporary, and The Art Newspaper, and his long-form essays have accompanied exhibitions at Thaddeaus Ropac, Cahiers d’Art, Nahmad Projects, Waddington Custot, and elsewhere.
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The LA-based artist isn’t interested in hierarchies of ‘good’ and ‘bad’
Interviews – Words: Matthew Holman – 8 min read
Domestic bliss with Jonas Wood
Domestic bliss with Jonas Wood
Words: Matthew Holman
Domestic bliss with Jonas WoodMatthew Holman travels to Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge to speak to Megan Rooney, who has just made a gigantic four-wall mural about the seasons
Interviews – Words: Matthew Holman – 10 min read
Megan Rooney’s blue fortnight
Megan Rooney’s blue fortnight
Words: Matthew Holman
Megan Rooney’s blue fortnightMatthew Holman visits Dragon Hill, an opulent new artist residency dreamt up by Unit
Features Interviews – Words: Matthew Holman – 15 min read
Here be dragons: work, wealth and art on the French Riviera
Here be dragons: work, wealth and art on the French Riviera
Words: Matthew Holman
Here be dragons: work, wealth and art on the French RivieraMatthew Holman speaks with Pol Taburet about his masked alter ego 'PYT'
Features Interviews – Words: Matthew Holman – 7 min read
Pol Taburet’s dark-romantic carnival
Pol Taburet’s dark-romantic carnival
Words: Matthew Holman
Pol Taburet’s dark-romantic carnivalManchester is bustling with a new wave of figurative artists
Features Interviews – Words: Matthew Holman – 18 min read
Meet the Ardwick Realists: the new northern soul of British painting
Meet the Ardwick Realists: the new northern soul of British painting
Words: Matthew Holman
Meet the Ardwick Realists: the new northern soul of British paintingThe American artist on the futility of language and the virtues and vices of abstraction
Interviews – 8 min read
Adam Pendleton: “Abstraction is a big question”
Adam Pendleton: “Abstraction is a big question”
Adam Pendleton: “Abstraction is a big question”Sabine Moritz talks childhood memories, Ovid and flow states with Matthew Holman
Interviews – Words: Matthew Holman – 8 min read
Sabine Moritz: “Everybody has an August, everybody has a midnight”
Sabine Moritz: “Everybody has an August, everybody has a midnight”
Words: Matthew Holman
Sabine Moritz: “Everybody has an August, everybody has a midnight”New show at Denmark’s Louisiana Museum explores conditions of creativity in the age of AI
Features Reviews – Words: Matthew Holman – 8 min read
AI is catching up with artists. So, are we really irreplaceable?
AI is catching up with artists. So, are we really irreplaceable?
Words: Matthew Holman
AI is catching up with artists. So, are we really irreplaceable?Anthony Cudahy’s two-part exhibition – at Grimm and Hales Gallery – conjures magic from the everyday
Reviews – Words: Matthew Holman – 6 min read
Anthony Cudahy’s lessons in perseverance and saintly patience
Anthony Cudahy’s lessons in perseverance and saintly patience
Words: Matthew Holman
Anthony Cudahy’s lessons in perseverance and saintly patienceHorror, artifice and twinge-in-the-tummy joy: Matthew Holman reviews Richard Prince's 'Early Photography, 1977–87'
Reviews – Words: Matthew Holman – 9 min read
Richard Prince’s hall of smoke and mirrors at Gagosian London
Richard Prince’s hall of smoke and mirrors at Gagosian London
Words: Matthew Holman
Richard Prince’s hall of smoke and mirrors at Gagosian LondonA collaboration with leading design studio Perron-Roettinger, who reimagined the utility, innovation and capacious symbolism of the box
Interviews – Words: Matthew Holman – 12 min read
Perron-Roettinger thinks outside the box