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Visceral Fluidity; Cool, Cool Water (Samantha French)

31/07/2016

Painting the quiet tranquility of water and nature...

Turbulent life, Noble legacy. The art of Mike Kelley

07/07/2016

Sadly inhabiting the role of tortured artist, Mike Kelley railed against an establishment which eventually broke him....

For the Love of Carmine (Lena Moross)

11/06/2016

With offhand virtuosity, painter Lena Moross captures her intriguing muse. Preview...

Protests, Parties, Pointillism. (Römer + Römer)

03/06/2016

Berlin-based neo-pointillist duo appear at Hastings festival in September. Preview...

Tracing Mescaline Lines (Eric Yanez / Dubeejunk)

21/05/2016

A nod to European fin de siecle visuals, and another to 1960s psychedelia inform Dubeejunk's striking graphics. Profile...

Sprinkled Doughnuts, Venus and Furs. The Complex Candy of Dorielle Caimi

10/05/2016

Irreverent and provocative, whilst retaining a rare humour, Dorielle Caimi's paintings interpret women's lives with verve and wit...

Oil and Acrylic In Your Face Icons (Darby Krow)

25/04/2016

Spit, sawdust and an eye for colour - Los Angeles artist Darby Krow is no Hollywood hipster...

Maser Lazar: Orbiting on the Periphery (Maser at Lazarides)

14/04/2016

Swapping the street art of Dublin for Fitzrovia's Lazarides Gallery, Maser comes in from the cold...

Debt, Housing, Creative Solutions: Construct the Future at Hoxton Gallery

11/04/2016

Native's Hoxton Gallery show draws attention to the modern debt/housing crisis, but less typically, suggests solutions...

What Lies Twixt Production and Reproduction: The Original Image

05/04/2016

Investigating the space between original art and its many reproductions, The Original Image demands full attention...

(Turk) (Must) (Do) (Better) A Critical Review of Wittgenstein’s Dream

25/01/2016

Can we safely dismiss Freudian psychoanalysis with the lancet of irony? Or does the attempt fail? Gavin Turk at the Freud Museum ...

Of the flesh and its many variations (Oliver Jones)

02/01/2016

Photorealistic works underscoring the impact that today’s ceaseless stream of beauty-obsessed media can impart...

Light in Motion: The Photography of Echo Lew

11/12/2015

Echo Lew’s recent work holds a history that is equally based in aesthetics as well as utility....

Tick, Tock, The Biological Clock. Torshlusspanik at Vitrine (Charlie Godet Thomas)

01/12/2015

Objects which are normally solid seem malleable and aging in Charlie Godet Thomas' current exhibition...

Jamie Hewlett: The Suggestionists (Saatchi Gallery)

18/11/2015

Hewlett's three-part exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery sees the designer and artist's first UK show...

Life, death, pleasure, and pain. A female voice in Street Art (Jennifer Korsen)

17/11/2015

The female population is largely unrepresented in the world of graffiti and street art. Jennifer Korsen is the exception...

Painting Childhood, Painting Memory. Malka Nedivi

12/11/2015

Unearthing unspoken memories with visual prompts, Malka Nedivi charts a familiar Jewish story in her artworks...

Photoreal Lines, Kaleidoscopic Colour (Joshua Roman)

02/11/2015

Los Angeles' Joshua Roman has a touch with colour which intrigues the eye...

Collagist by Circumstance (Patrick Bremer)

09/10/2015

Patrick Bremer was trained in oils but “ended up doing collage out of circumstance,”...

Power, Protest and Resistance (Molly Crabapple)

27/09/2015

Portrait of Truthful Artist, Illustrator, Broadcaster, Journalist Molly Crabapple. ...

Sex, Slashing and Suffrage: The Rokeby Venus (Diego Velasquez)

19/09/2015

Mary Richardson's ‘vandalism’ of the Rokeby Venus has become part of the story this painting tells, not something which detracts from its beauty. ...

I, for one, welcome my new machine overlord (The art of Russell MacEwan)

14/09/2015

Interview with artist Russell MacEwan on the creation of the artwork for Author & Punisher's Melk En Honing....

Painting the Broken American Dream (Louie Metz)

08/09/2015

Scantily clad figures whose blank stares emit an aura of disillusionment. Louie Metz paints the seedy and the saddened. ...

Scenes & Sonics (National Gallery)

12/08/2015

Six very different musicians/sound artists/composers each select a work from the National's collection and create a soundtrack to accompany it....

Innate Talent, Meticulous Painting (Shizu Saldamando)

10/08/2015

Born to parents of Mexican and Japanese decent, Saldamando’s work embodies components that reflect her bi-racial heritage....

The decadent and defiant paintings of Nick Brown

03/08/2015

The drips that flow from Brown’s landscapes don’t just enhance the unceasing presence of movement that circulates through his work, but they exude a ghostly aura that brings to mind the passing...

Facets of True Beauty: Chong-Il Woo

27/07/2015

Not only are Woo’s subjects physically striking, but the historical significance of their roles within Korean history demonstrates how integral one’s culture is to one’s essence of being....

Duchamp, Cy Twombly and outrageous family (Chenhung Chen)

01/07/2015

If one wants to be an artist it’s because they need to be one. The desire must come from within. It’s not something I believe can be recommended to someone. Chenhung Chen...