REVIEWS
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Astonishing Things at the Royal Academy of Arts
PATRICK BRAY The towering figure of intellectual and political life in much of nineteenth century France, Victor Hugo, had yet another, lesser known talent: drawing.
Astonishing Things at the Royal Academy of Arts
PATRICK BRAY
The towering figure of intellectual and political life in much of nineteenth century France, Victor Hugo, had yet another, lesser known talent: drawing.
Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa at Kettle’s Yard
MARTHE LISSON
Zvakazarurwa means ‘revelations,’ a word whose meaning offers a prism of associations and connections within Portia Zvavahera’s work and practice.
The Imaginary Institution of India at the Barbican
JAGJEET LALLY
From a state of Emergency to the first nuclear tests, 1975 to 1998 marked a period of significant change in India that is presented through the lens of modern and contemporary Indian artists.
Wasteland by Oliver Franklin-Wallis
TOMASZ JABLONSKI
Human waste and its disposal is one of the most pressing issues of our times and intrinsically linked to the climate crisis. In his latest book, journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis journeys through the global waste industry.
Reformation Cardinal at the Lambeth Palace Library
ANA SÁEZ-HIDALGO
An (online) exhibition presents the life of Cardinal Reginald Pole by way of his personal bibliophilia and shines a light on the lesser-known parts of his life.
Radical Landscapes at the William Morris Gallery
MAJA FOWKES
A new exhibition at the William Morris Gallery shows that British landscapes are more than bucolic meadows and gently rolling hills. Historically, they have been sites of radical social action and arenas for societal transformation.
On Savage Shores by Caroline Dodds Pennock
TOMASZ JABLONSKI
The Spanish port of Sanlúcar is a crucial landmark in the history of European colonisation. The port was unavoidable for ships arriving in Europe and departing to the Americas. Countless opportunists and colonisers …
Dear Earth at the Hayward Gallery
REBECCA EMPSON
Public debate around the climate catastrophe has become increasingly fraught, divisive and desperate. The exhibition Dear Earth at the Hayward Gallery offers a fresh approach.
Cinema as Ritual
OLIVIA ARIGHO-STILES
A man runs, to escape his burning skin. He collapses in a river: a voice whispers to him, “you are killing yourselves and killing me too.” All the while a plane looms ominously in the sky.
Cecilia Vicuña at the Tate Modern
ADRIANA SUÁREZ DELUCCHI
My visit to Cecilia Vicuña’s exhibition Brain Forest Quipu at the Tate Modern was an immersive experience. Although situated in the open plan space of the Turbine Hall, I was pulled into a far more intimate and inward place.
Grenfell: System Failure at the Marylebone Theatre
IGOR ROGELJA
Who is to blame when the root cause of a tragedy lies in multiple shortcomings? The latest dramatisation of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry raises troubling questions …
William Kentridge at the Royal Academy of Arts
MARTHE LISSON
Despite the instruction at the entrance to the exhibition – Let the Drama Begin at the End – we start at the beginning of William Kentridge’s artistic career. In the 1980s, while acting and directing …