London Diary
Thank god for September. The art year has kicked off like a mule with a grievance
London Diary
Zzzzzzz. That, in brief, is the most accurate way to sum up London at the moment
London Diary
London is now stuck in the August doldrums. I’d complain about it more if only I could muster the energy
London Diary
Thrilling and thoughtful work by an Angolan collective puts shows by Marc Quinn and Joseph Cornell in the shade
London Diary
Alexander McQueen’s exquisite tailoring; the Serpentine’s slightly shabby pavilion; Andy Warhol’s money-worship; and Kallos gallery’s exceptional ancient art
London Diary
Tate’s ‘Fighting History’ is a failure: if you want proper history, see Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Revolutionary work at Victoria Miro
London Diary
Michael Craig-Martin has brightened up the RA Summer Exhibition a bit, but Agnes Martin is truly unmissable at the Tate
London Diary
Hockney’s psychedelic new creations at Annely Juda; Thomas Struth’s exceptional photographs at Marian Goodman; and Andre Kertesz at James Hyman
London Diary: 3 May
Supersymmetry dazzles in the Vinyl Factory; Lawrence Lek empties the Royal Academy; and a horrible vision in Hammersmith
London Diary: 19 April
Ravilious is bonkers and brilliant in Dulwich; Space sparkles at Daniel Blau; and is ‘Woman in Gold’ so bad it’s good?
London Diary: 5 April
Tracey Emin’s bed, Isa Genzken’s money, NS Harsha’s space cows, and Roger Ackling’s ‘Simple Gifts’
London Diary: 22 March
Traces of the World Trade Centre in London; counterculturalism and Robert Fraser; and Hauser & Wirth’s space in Somerset
TEFAF Treasures
Personal favourites from Maastricht, including an ancient Egyptian fragment and an unfinished old master painting
London Diary: 8 March
Mary Moore vs the YBAs; this month’s most covetable exhibition catalogue; and Alex Katz’s trousers
London Diary: 22 February
Digby Warde-Aldam explores what London has to offer, from contemporary abstract painting to Sargent’s most disquieting portraits
Fig-2 at the ICA: a rehashed pop-up exhibition that somehow works
Fifty exhibitions in as many weeks; this revival of the ‘fig-1’ project from 15 years ago is a surprising success
Koen Vanmechelen on the art of cross-breeding chickens
The Crypt Gallery in St Pancras Church is overrun with cosmopolitan chickens. Is it art?
Review: Conrad Shawcross ‘The ADA Project’
Music, dancing robots, 19th-century algorithms: Shawcross’s latest project was ambitious, but was it worth it?
Frieze Week: Digby’s Diary (Saturday)
Frieze week takes it out of you alright, but there has been some seriously good stuff on show
Frieze Week: Digby’s Diary (Friday)
When you’ve been to more than 40 shows in three days you start to feel a little…displaced
Frieze Week: Digby’s Diary (Thursday)
PAD, the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, and another clutch of gallery shows: this week is taking its toll
Frieze Week: Digby’s Diary (Wednesday)
‘But it’s so BIG!’ I heard an angry American journalist exclaim. And she spoke the truth – Frieze is big
Frieze Week: Digby’s Diary (Tuesday)
You know you’re beaten when you come within inches of mistaking a Justin Adian painting for a coat hanger
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