People collect all kinds of things: books, stamps, coins, the new and the antique. Like many others, I collect magazines. While many men and women regularly buy vogue, my collection currently fills over four bookcases. I have even had shelves break under the weight of my hoard. Whenever I go away, the first thing I […]
I went to see the current Park Seo-Bo exhibition at White Cube when I was feeling tired and lazy. It was an early Saturday morning and I was hoping that Seo-Bo’s images would provide me with the boost I needed for the day. Unfortunately, they had the opposite effect. Before his White Cube show, I […]
Not many reviewers can say that they have been inside the personal home of the set designer of the exhibition that they have just visited. Moreover, there will not be many who have more praise to heap on the set designer than the curator. However, the incumbent Mad About The Boy exhibition at Fashion Space […]
The Saatchi Gallery’s headline show at the moment consists of 14 female artists. The show is called Champagne Life and the title is probably a nod to the gallery’s thirtieth birthday. However, the selection of these artists seems awkward and forced. The display lacks cohesion and very little of what is on display seems to […]
Towards the end of last year, I wrote about the ongoing series of exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery that present the Barjeel Art Foundation’s collection of modern and contemporary art from the Arab world. The first exhibition of the sequence left a positive impression on me, however, after returning for the second, I couldn’t help […]