Archive Reviews
Polly Morgan Psychopomps Review

Polly Morgan Psychopomps Review

Animals have had a bit of a tough time in modern art. They have been dissected and submerged in formaldehyde by Hirst, impaled to a wall by Kounellis, squashed and frozen by Collishaw. Now Polly Morgan is getting in on the act, skinning, slicing and stuffing her victims in the name of art. Morgan, who...
Wolfgang Tillmans Review

Wolfgang Tillmans Review

Enter Wolfgang Tillmans’s world with his latest findings of the ephemera and detritus of the everyday, sporadically trailing across the Serpentine Gallery’s walls. There is a giant photograph of athletes poised at the start line placed alongside an image of stacked egg-trays. We find a house plant on a window shelf next to a comical...
Joana Vasconcelos I Will Survive Review

Joana Vasconcelos I Will Survive Review

Haunch of Venison has been taken over; from the top of its high ceilings to the curves of its archways and the crevices of its fireplaces, the place has been crocheted and knitted, cloaked in textiles and fabric, transformed into a colourful and strange wonderland. The artist behind the transformation is Joana Vasconcelos, a woman...
Unto This Last Review

Unto This Last Review

The current exhibition at number 56 Artillery Lane comes as a bit of a surprise...
Tacita Dean: Craneway Event Review

Tacita Dean: Craneway Event Review

In Craneway Event, Dean continues her exploration of sound, motion and personality...
Sally Mann The Family and The Land

Sally Mann The Family and The Land

For those of us who are unfamiliar with Mann's work, or haven't had the chance to see it other than in books, this exhibition will come as a pleasant surprise. The Family and the Land: Sally Mann at The Photographer's Gallery is an edited version of a retrospective that has already toured Europe, and the...
The New Décor Review

The New Décor Review

Much about Neto's work is light and playful; his trademark polyamide tulle fabric that stretches gauze-like across, above and under you...
Newspeak British Art Now, Part One Review

Newspeak British Art Now, Part One Review

Newspeak: British Art Now, Part 1 proves that the visual language of art is certainly not shrinking...
Oscar Tuazon My Mistake Review

Oscar Tuazon My Mistake Review

Tuazon has created a piece of architecture inside an established piece of architecture...
Dead Fingers Talk Review

Dead Fingers Talk Review

It was during his stay at the Beat Hotel in Paris during the 1960s that Burroughs fascination with tape recorders was sparked...