Wael Shawky @ Serpentine

Egyptian artist Wael Shawky is enjoying his first major London show at the Serpentine Gallery. The gallery hosts drawings, puppets and political film Upon entering the gallery, the visitor is greeted by a procession of puppets standing statically and in a dimly lit room, all facing the same direction. The figures seemed to me, somewhat […]

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Chapman Brothers @ Serpentine, Sackler Gallery

The aptly named ‘Come and See’ exhibition hosted by the Chapman Brothers at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery is astounding, and quite frankly, everyone needs to ‘come and see’ for themselves. The title of the exhibition comes from a film about the horror of the second world war, however, though the art may be gruesome and […]

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Viennese Portraiture @ National Gallery

Austria is not often the first location that springs to mind when the words ‘modern art’ are strung together. However, it should be. To be even more precise, our attention should be focused on Vienna, which not only produced Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele but a dozen other brilliant artists, whose portraits are now on […]

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Paul Smith @ Design Museum

Minimalism is certainly not what the Design Museum had in mind when deciding how to stage their current Paul Smith exhibition. The opening gallery is covered from floor to ceiling with images from the designers personal collections and it is difficult to know where to look. That said, it entices us in and gives a […]

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Meadham Kirchoff @ V&A

Some of the greatest British designers have been holding catwalk shows at the Victoria and Albert Museum over the past few years. Shows from Gareth Pugh to Erdem Moralioglu have gracefully been staged in the museum which is most famous for its art. These shows come under the title ‘Fashion in Motion’, and I was […]

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