Brutal Utopias: a National Trust celebration of Brutalist architecture
Brutalism is not brutal. At the very beginning of a behind-the-scenes tour of the Southbank, we were embarrassed to discover...
Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy, London
The notorious Chinese dissident artist has clearly been very busy since his recent, and not insubstantial, exhibition at Blenheim Palace...
A Royal Welcome at Buckingham Palace
This summer visitors to Buckingham Palace will experience what it is like to attend an event at the invitation of...
Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace
Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace is the inaugural exhibition of the Blenheim Art Foundation and one’s first instinct is that...
Oudolf Field at Hauser & Wirth – Somerset
Some unseasonably warm weather this week prompted us to take a journey out to Dursalde Farm, location of the latest...
Horst: Photographer of Style, V&A
Horst P. Horst was one of the leading photographers of the 20th century. During an illustrious 60-year career – working...
Barbara Kruger at Modern Art Oxford
You have already seen Barbara Kruger’s work. Whether you realise it or not is a different matter, but the bold...
Royal Childhood – Buckingham Palace, London
This year’s special exhibition to coincide with the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace, chronicles the lives of royal children over...
Dennis Hopper – The Lost Album at the Royal Academy
As well as being a famed actor and director, Dennis Hopper was a prodigious snapper. For a period he took...
Hauser & Wirth Somerset opens with Phyllida Barlow – GIG
Hauser & Wirth are one of the powerhouses of worldwide contemporary art with galleries in Zurich, London, New York, Los...
Hugh Mendes Obituaries & Other Works at High House
‘It’s a simple idea, and it’s perfect for the genre. The newspaper, that man-made butterfly that ends its brief but...
David Hockney – The Arrival of Spring at Annely Juda
Following on from the excellent Yoshishige Saito exhibition (reviewed on CELLOPHANELAND* last month) Annely Juda are showing everyone’s favourite Yorkshire artist, David Hockney. Showing...