When this annual exhibition was launched 28 years ago it suffered some hostile critical reception bu...
AfterShock: Conflict, Violence and Resolution in Contemporary Art
The imagery of violence is commonplace today. Hollywood torture films, videoed beheadings, coverage ...
An important retrospective is at the Hayward Gallery, London, until 19 August. The work covers a wid...
Beijing's 'New' Arts Centre: The Capital Museum
Beijing's Capital Museum has emerged from obscurity to become a leading Chinese cultural institution...
In England, during the early 1940s, there had been a real belief that a German attack was imminent, ...
Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan
Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan, edited by Gregory Levine and Yukio Lippit, accomp...
Camouflage is not a much-visited field in contemporary art. Yet it is described comprehensively and ...
Andy Goldsworthy: Four Indoor Galleries and Open Air
Leading British land artist Andy Goldsworthy is helping the Yorkshire Sculpture Park mark its 30th a...
Apocalypse in Pink: The Work of Irene Barberis.
The role of faith in society and in art, has been addressed in numerous forms since the new mille...
Contemporary Artists Embrace a 'Radical' Tradition
In recent years, traditional handcrafts, particularly knitting, have experienced a boom and drawn a ...
A Secret Service: Art, Compulsion, Concealment
Kurt Schwitters’ experimental practice ranged across sound poetry, drama, collage, typography, pub...
Alvar Aalto: Through the Eyes of Shigeru Ban
A retrospective exhibition of the architecture of Alvar Aalto in central London is extremely timely....
Anish Kapoor: Artist of Smoke, Air and Space
Anish Kapoor is the man behind one of the most expensive public sculptures in the world - the US$23 ...
Anselm Kiefer: Aperiatur Terra
Anselm Kiefer's London exhibition at White Cube, 'Aperiatur Terra', takes a quote from the Book of I...
A Singular Artist Brings a Singular Work to South America
Born in Bombay (Mumbai), India, in 1954, sculptor Anish Kapoor has lived in London since his youth. ...
Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution 1760-1830
The Royal Academy of Arts is currently hosting 'Citizens and Kings: Portraiture in the Age of Revolu...
At Frieze Art Fair, Saskia Sassen spoke compellingly about how artists can find potential in underus...
The development of architecture specifically for cancer outpatient healthcare has been pioneered in ...
Brice Marden: A Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings
The work of American painter Brice Marden is currently showing in a major retrospective at the Museu...
The Miami Art Fair has surely reached its zenith now that Karen Wright, the formidable Editor of Mod...
A decade ago, setting up radical art studios in the workshops of a largely abandoned military electr...
Architecture in Scotland 2004-2006: Defining Place
Architecture in Scotland 2004-2006: Defining Place is both a book and an exhibition, the latter pres...
The latest press speculation that the National Lottery will be expected to transfer massive funding ...
Amedeo Modigliani's (1884-1920) premature death at the age of 35, as a consequence of bohemian exces...
Building an Identity Through Innovation and Change: The Bienal de Sã...
Taking the Venice Biennale as a model, the Bienal de S...
A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears
'Artists can colour the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must col...
An important event in architectural terms took place this summer in Finland, where the 10th Internat...
Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century
'Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century', on view at Japan Society in New York Cit...
Axel Antas: Nature of Things/Marijke van Warmerdam: First Drop
During September it has been interesting to find two exhibitions, one in London and a second in Edin...
AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion
Attracting those amorous of Englishness, the socialites and libertines who wear Westwood so well, th...