Author: jaywp

Erica Rutherford: The Human Comedy

This small show is important in showing the shifts that took place between the early and late work of one of Britain’s first openly transgender artists
Victor Pasmore | Patrick Heron: VIII São Paulo Biennial, Great Britain 1965, revisited

Sixty years after Pasmore and Heron showed together at the eighth São Paulo biennial, this abridged reimagining of the show provides a history lesson on two of Britain’s pioneering abstract artists
Bekhbaatar Enkhtur: Hearsay

Enkhtur’s ephemeral sculptures, carved from his signature beeswax and aluminium, subvert the visual references they portray, riffing on the randomness of meaning and toying with our sense of reality
Larissa Sansour

The Palestinian Danish artist’s films and installations interweave science fiction and political reality as they examine grief, trauma and loss
Friends in Love and War

Children scrapping, lovers embracing, the pain of losing a loved one, even Brexit, all demonstrate the pain and pleasure of friendships and falling out in this fascinating group show
Stitched: Scotland’s Embroidered Art

Magnificent bed hangings, tablecloths, tea cosies and more bring Scotland’s heritage of interior domestic design to life in this extraordinary exhibition covering 1720-1920
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c1504

Set in Florence at the turn of the 16th century, this exhibition is a portrait of drawing, every bit as much as it is a lively tale of three renowned artists
Tove Jansson: Paradise

This magical exhibition of Jansson’s lesser-known murals captures a yearning for paradise in the midst of war
Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa

The Zimbabwean artist combines dreams, painting and prayer in her work, resulting in an intensely moving show
Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al-Thani – interview: ‘We are all part of a larger global conversation’

He is an author, curator and a member of the Qatari royal family. He is also the founder of the Institute for Arab and Islamic Art, a not-for-profit organisation that he hopes will enlighten those in the west about the…