Reviews

Janelle Zara finds denial and disillusionment during a wild week in Miami
Features Opinion Reviews – Writer: Janelle Zara – Reading time 12 min read

Miami Art Week: “The best Art Basel party is always the one you missed”

Miami Art Week: “The best Art Basel party is always the one you missed”

Writer: Janelle Zara
Electric Dreams Tate Modern
When a new exhibition, ‘Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet’ opened at Tate, Harriet Lloyd-Smith thought it would be a fun idea to review it with no internet. It was not…
Features Opinion Reviews – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 11 min read

I tried to review an art show like it was 1983. It was a disaster

I tried to review an art show like it was 1983. It was a disaster

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith
London is in the grips of a morbid obsession with gothic pop culture, mythology and the entertainment industry
Features Opinion Reviews – Words: Oskar Oprey – Reading time 11 min read

Mike Kelley, Batman and serial killers: London’s gritty era

Mike Kelley, Batman and serial killers: London’s gritty era

Words: Oskar Oprey
Harriet Lloyd-Smith reviews London's blingiest new art attraction
Features Opinion Reviews – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 13 min read

Candy shop or art gallery? The sickly sweet world of Moco Museum

Candy shop or art gallery? The sickly sweet world of Moco Museum

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith
Francis Alÿs, Children’s Game #20: Leapfrog, Nerkzlia, Iraq, 2018 In collaboration with Ivan Boccara, Julien Devaux, and Félix BlumeFrancis Alÿs, Children’s Game #20: Leapfrog, Nerkzlia, Iraq, 2018 In collaboration with Ivan Boccara, Julien Devaux, and Félix Blume
The PV Gremlin (AKA Tom Glover) sneaks into the private reception of Francis Alÿs’ new Barbican show. Fun and games or racked with pain?
Features Opinion Reviews – Words: Tom Glover – Reading time 8 min read

PV crashers: a balmy night at the Barbican with Francis Alÿs

PV crashers: a balmy night at the Barbican with Francis Alÿs

Words: Tom Glover
Drawing Restraint 27, 2024 © Matthew Barney Photo : Justin WestoverDrawing Restraint 27, 2024 © Matthew Barney Photo : Justin Westover
Matthew Barney’s ghostly stadium dissects the brutality of American Football and our insatiable appetite for trauma
Column Features Reviews – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 8 min read

Matthew Barney: an anatomy of sports violence

Matthew Barney: an anatomy of sports violence

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith
In the days ahead of Glasgow International festival, Jacob Wilson visited the city to find out what makes it city tick
Features Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 17 min read

Three trippy days at Glasgow International

Three trippy days at Glasgow International

Words: Jacob Wilson
This week, staff writer Jacob Wilson goes out and about, taking stock of the London art scene for his new column
Column Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 7 min read

Seen Report: porcelain monkeys and dead cats

Seen Report: porcelain monkeys and dead cats

Words: Jacob Wilson
Nan Goldin’s guttural ode to rebellious girls and chosen family arrives in London
Reviews – Words: Eloise Hendy – Reading time 9 min read

Are “frenzied women” born or made? Eloise Hendy on Nan Goldin

Are “frenzied women” born or made? Eloise Hendy on Nan Goldin

Words: Eloise Hendy
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Damien Hirst's morbid new collection show, curated by his son, gets Harriet Lloyd-Smith thinking about whether British art has lost its sting
Features Opinion Reviews – Words Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 10 min read

Who’s got a problem with Damien Hirst?

Who’s got a problem with Damien Hirst?

Words Harriet Lloyd-Smith
This week, staff writer Jacob Wilson reviews Nan Goldin's early photos, Lynda Benglis' metalised knots and experimental video tapes, and the late Guy Brett's collection of Latin American art
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 8 min read

Nan Goldin at Gagosian, Lynda Benglis at Thomas Dane, ‘Angel with a Gun’ at Alison Jacques

Nan Goldin at Gagosian, Lynda Benglis at Thomas Dane, ‘Angel with a Gun’ at Alison Jacques

Words: Jacob Wilson
Lydia Eliza Trail reviews a new joint show of work by Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland at Studio Voltaire in London
Reviews – Words: Lydia Eliza Trail – Reading time 8 min read

Tits, arse and squashed stereotypes: Beryl Cook meets Tom of Finland

Tits, arse and squashed stereotypes: Beryl Cook meets Tom of Finland

Words: Lydia Eliza Trail
Three writers and 36 hours later, we bring you a 360 review of Harmony Korine’s latest film, and paintings and unpack the myth behind the cult maestro 
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Finn Constantine – James Jessiman – Reading time 12 min read

36 hours of Harmony Korine

36 hours of Harmony Korine

Words: Jacob Wilson
Finn Constantine
James Jessiman

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