Kiss My Genders – Celebrating identity with the Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery's huge curation 'Kiss my Genders' attempts to unite over thirty artists from the LGBTQ+ community in a celebration of gender identity and fluidity. Charlotte Hall gathers her impressions of the exhibitions - how effective is it at breaking down stereotypes and prejudice?
“Delightfully creepy”: “Spellbound” at the Ashmolean review
[The exhibition] is delightfully creepy, especially the sections where the artefacts are resting on the glass above you in chimney-like structures, forcing you to walk into dark little alcoves and crane your neck up to see them.
Review- V&A’s Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up
An exhibition that tells a personal story of heritage, politics, heartbreak and pain.
This brave new world is dark and lonely
America’s Cool Modernism shows us a society terrified of the world it created
Charmed Lives British Museum review – “you can almost feel the sea breeze darting across your face”
Place is the essence of this exhibition, which celebrates the beauty of Greece and its impact on the life and work of three famous bon vivants
Impressionists Tate review – ‘impressive and surprising’
Jonathan Egid is underwhelmed by parts of this exhibition, but impressed by its final three rooms.
The Scythians British Museum review – ‘a vivid and intriguing exhibition’
A vivid depiction of an ancient culture excites at the British Museum
Kabakov Tate Review- ‘an exercise in alternative perspectives’
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov's 'Not Everyone Will Be Taken into the Future' illustrates the horrors of the Soviet Union through a series of juxtaposing perceptions
Modigliani Tate review – ‘a delight to walk through’
Tate Modern's Modigliani show is tame, but beautiful
Imagining the Divine review – engrossing and important
Lizzy Diggins is intrigued by the religious crossovers at the Ashmolean's new exhibition
Basquiat brought to life at the Barbican
Excessive detail hinders an energetic and ground-breaking Basquiat exhibition, writes Eleanor Birdsall-Smith
The queen of artistic appropriation is crowned at the Tate Modern
Nicola Dwornik reviews a long overdue exhibition of Fahrelnissa Zeid's life and work
Grayson Perry’s Polymorphous Popularity
Georgiana Wilson explores Grayson Perry's image, identity, and popularity after seeing his latest exhibition
At the Royal Academy: Matisse in the Studio
Altair Brandon-Salmon explores the Royal Academy's latest exhibition, Matisse in the Studio
