A fabulously unique show that will have you squirming
Monthly Archives: October 2020
Bruce Nauman, Tate Modern, London SE1
Baffling and bleak, Bruce Nauman’s work is hugely influential — and the perfect art for the Covid world
Artemisia, National Gallery, London WC2
Snappy, witty, funny: the National Gallery’s new show charts the arrival of a unique female voice
Look after the pennies and the Tondo takes care of itself
Here we go again. Just as the arrival of the first swallow signals the start of spring, so the arrival of a financial crisis at the Royal Academy prompts a call for the academy to sell its most prized possession: the Taddei Tondo. Carved in Florence in the early 1500s, this unfinished relief is the […]
Cecily Brown, Blenheim Palace; Tantra, British Museum
Some of Cecily Brown’s paintings at Blenheim misfire, but the best are snappy and subversive