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 […]
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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 […]
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The incumbent exhibition of modern and contemporary Arab art at the Whitechapel Gallery is not in any way how I expected it to be. I am so used to seeing modern art displayed against white walls that when a slightly coloured background is introduced I am thrown a little off balance. That said, the unexpected […]
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I love Cy Twombly. I cannot tell you why exactly. I just do. The very first time I was faced with his work I felt compelled to write about it and this blog was born. My love affair continues, and to my delight, the Gagosian Gallery’s third London gallery on Grosvenor Hill has opened with […]
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Of course, the London sky decided to have a torrential downpour on the day that I had booked my ticket to see the Carsten Holler survey at the Hayward Gallery. The rain led to the slides and flying machines being closed and the friends who had booked to go in the same slot as me […]
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