James Ensor at the RA
Much more interesting and surprising than the overblown yanks below, who seem the most humourless bunch of po-faced canvas wasters set against the deftly humorous savagery of Ensor and his confrères.
Francis West at Megan Piper
Francis West's thrilling paintings at Megan Piper are well worth the trip.
James Capper at Vigo
In anticipation of the RA's colossal Abstract Expressionism down the road I'd recommend getting along to Vigo to see work which seems to have direct inspiration from some of those artists in its energy and its stripped down rawness.
Chichester and Arundel
Having spent a few days away from London I would normally have returned to my desk with a slew of reviews to do from the place that I’ve been. But on this occasion that isn’t the case as I was away for a conference of the Society for the Study of French History. So this…
Missoni in Bermondsey
Being confined to SE1 in many of my waking hours there have at least been two consolations this week. Borough Market of course is the destination of choice for lunch, even if it means having to walk past The London Bridge Experience and its shit-tackularly spectral shoite there and back. The other consolation this week has been…
Delacroix Days
Thoughts on Delacroix in London and Paris.
Russia and the Arts at the NPG
A must see exhibition for Mussorgsky and Marmontov alone. Shame about the Muzak.
Cris Brodahl
Cris Brodahl's show at the Approach. Noirish Belgian surrealism in Bethnal Green.
Park Seo-Bo at White Cube
White squares in White Cube. Nothing gets more minimal than that. Or does it?
The Soane Museum
With an idle hour or two between teaching and meeting a friend at St Pancras I found myself wandering down to Somerset House, drawn by the lure of coffee at Fernandez&Wells and art at the Courtauld. Walking through Lincoln’s Inn fields I noticed that for once there was barely a queue outside the Soane Museum.…
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