Lygia Clark and Sonia Boyce – art beyond the frame at Whitechapel Gallery By James Brewer A pioneering Brazilian artist, Lygia Clark, is being accorded a first major survey in…
Peter Kennard: Archive of Dissent – the artist and activist is celebrated at Whitechapel Gallery By James Brewer Jet-black oil spews from a drilling rig stationed in the North Sea.…
Deadweight. Dominique White wins Max Mara Art Prize for Women for her ‘disruptive’ maritime sculpture By James Brewer In maritime terminology, deadweight is the total weight of a ship’s cargo,…
Anna Mendelssohn: Speak, Poetess. Whitechapel Gallery salutes writer and artist who abhorred iniquity By James Brewer A life in poetry took off for Anna Mendelssohn after she served a stiff…
Nicole Eisenman: What Happened – Whitechapel Gallery salutes the bold ‘Bad Girl’ by James Brewer A vignette in the corner of one of Nicole Eisenman’s self-assured and politically acute paintings…
Life is More Important than Art: Whitechapel Gallery’s summer 2023 exhibition By James Brewer In truncated clips from a televised broadcast, a familiar voice booms out. Boris Johnson wields telling…
A Century of the Artist’s Studio. Glimpses of the “coalface” at latest Whitechapel Gallery exhibition By James Brewer Highly controlled chaos: that was how the painter Francis Bacon, known for…
At Whitechapel Gallery, Radical Figures headlines five new exhibitions By James Brewer Contemporary artists are elated that painting is back in style. Yes, full-blown painting! To the dismay of some…
Anna Maria Maiolino: Making Love Revolutionary. Whitechapel Gallery retrospective By James Brewer Crossing the Atlantic in the early 1950s on a passengership that rolled and pitched unnervingly was a daunting…
Is This Tomorrow? Visions of the future by architects and artists at Whitechapel Gallery By James Brewer A decade after the end of World War II, London was making its…
An ocean of outcry at the Whitechapel Gallery – Mikhail Karikis: No Ordinary Protest By James Brewer Greek-born artist Mikhail Karikis has joined with school children aged just seven years…
Killed Negatives: Unseen Images of 1930s America at Whitechapel Gallery By James Brewer Asparagus rolls – 25c each. Such tempting fare in a smart American deli would have been considered…
Art Capital: history-making art for the new Elizabeth Line By James Brewer Contemporary art has gone mainstream and mainline for London. City and public sponsors have joined galleries in the…
Mark Dion: Theatre of the Natural World By James Brewer A material history of London dredged from the Thames going back to the 17th century and a tree-tall aviary with chirping…
Thomas Ruff: Photographs 1979 – 2017, at Whitechapel Gallery By James Brewer To many who were born in the middle of the last century, it became clear as 1984 approached…
A Handful of Dust: true grit at the Whitechapel Gallery By James Brewer An accumulation of dust in the studio of an artist a century ago has left a long…
Whitechapel Gallery exhibition: The Trickle-Down Syndrome by Benedict Drew By James Brewer “Do you know that sinking feeling? It’s real,” protests a woman in an installation video clip amid deafening…
Eduardo Paolozzi – Pop Art genius in retrospect at Whitechapel Gallery By James Brewer Millions of people are having a free preview of the latest Whitechapel Gallery exhibition, as they…
Terrains of the Body: Photography from the National Museum of Women in the Arts By James Brewer International Women’s Day came early in 2017 to the London contemporary arts scene.…
Mary Heilmann: Looking at Pictures. Artist’s first UK retrospective, at Whitechapel Gallery By James Brewer Born in the Richmond district of San Francisco that borders the pounding Pacific, Mary Heilmann…
The emergence of modern Arab art: Whitechapel Gallery shows emotionally-charged works from the Barjeel Art Foundation collection By James Brewer Creativity, a spirit of optimism, artistic daring – these may appear…
School kids’ plea for a better London is voiced through Whitechapel Gallery exhibition by performance artist Peter Liversidge ‘Notes on Protesting‘ By James Brewer What are the three big rules…
London artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye selects from Russia’s V-A-C Collection for the Whitechapel Gallery By James Brewer Energy and refining make for a potent combination when headily mixed with contemporary art.…
Pop Art Prints and Pots: choice Contemporary Art Society show at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, By James Brewer One of the industries that helped fire-up the imperial might of Britain…
Grabbing society by the balls: Sarah Lucas exposes the sexualised body in new Whitechapel exhibition
Grabbing society by the balls: Sarah Lucas exposes the sexualised body in new Whitechapel exhibition, By James Brewer British artist Sarah Lucas wields the protuberances of the body as weapons.…