Category: Reviews

Tate Britain: Phyllida Barlow
- By Jack
Tate Britain Commission 2014: Phyllida Barlow The vast, neoclassical Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain aren’t traditionally associated with anarchic, sculptural chaos. Yet septuagenarian British sculptor Phyllida Barlow has managed to […]

Review: A Universal Archive – William Kentridge as Printmaker at the Bluecoat
- By Jack
South African artist William Kentridge is best known for his prolific and versatile output that encompasses animation, film, drawing, collage and sculpture amongst others. This Hayward Touring exhibition asks us to pause […]
Review: CAVE Art Fair and Service Provider at The Royal Standard
- By Jack
CAVE Art Fair and Service Provider at The Royal Standard The opening weekend of the 2012 Liverpool Biennial included a significant new addition to the already burgeoning programme of events and exhibitions. […]

Review: The Humble Market: Trade Secrets at FACT
- By Jack
Abandon Normal Devices Festival – June 2012 The Humble Market: Trade Secrets at FACT is a production that fuses performance, theatre and media art as orchestrated by UK/Brazilian theatre network Zecora […]

Munich round-up
- By Jack
I spent the weekend in Munich, sampling Bavarian culture, architecture and, of course, the odd German beer. In the short time I was there, I visited the Pinakothek der Moderne. A […]

The Manchester Contemporary 2011
- By Jack
The Manchester Contemporary 2011 Now in its third year, The Manchester Contemporary has become an important fixture in the North West cultural calendar. Just a few weeks after the art […]
Reviews: Mona Hatoum at White Cube Mason’s Yard/Nancy Spero at The Serpentine
- By Jack
Mona Hatoum @ White Cube Mason’s Yard 25.02.11-02.04.11 25.03.11 – 13.15pm A swing invokes memories of childhood and playground fun in the majority of us, but what about a room full […]

Review: osa/MERZEN at CUBE
- By Jack
osa/MERZEN @ CUBE, Manchester 18.02.2011 – 16.04.2011 Kurt Schwitters, the master of ‘Merz’ – a self coined phrase he coined that translates as creating collages and assemblages by rearranging collected […]
Review: Nam June Paik at Tate Liverpool/FACT
- By Jack
Review: Nam June Paik // Tate Liverpool/FACT // 17 December 2010 – 13 April 2011 Tate Liverpool, in partnership with FACT, is currently hosting the first retrospective exhibition of South […]

1:1 – Architects Build Small Spaces – Review
- By Jack
1:1 – Architects Build Small Spaces Victoria and Albert Museum 15 June – 30 August 2010 With the economic climate having brought a large percentage of architectural developments to a […]