Archive

  • Alberto Greco: Viva el Arte Vivo

    The Reina Sofia recovers the art of a queer Argentinian maverick who believed he could turn anything into art with a wag of his finger

  • Catherine Opie: To Be Seen

    The first major museum exhibition of Opie’s work in the UK charts her career from when she graduated from California Institute of the Arts in 1988, with her subversive and tender portraits of the LGBTQ+ community

  • Onyeka Igwe – interview

    The British-Nigerian artist is having a busy year. She talks about Our Generous Mother, her film installation exploring colonialism, now at Tate Britain, why she opted for a career in art rather than politics, and the importance of arts and…

  • Tracey Emin: A Second Life

    An absolute tour de force celebrates the life – and second life – of an artist who has progressed from enfant terrible of the 1990s to darling of the British establishment

  • Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First

    Don’t be fooled by the cartoonish depictions, Wylie is constantly finding new ways of thoughtfully hiding her pictorial intelligence, and in this show her skill and humour are at the fore

  • Olukemi Lijadu: Feedback

    This utterly compelling two-channel video installation visually and aurally reflects the fractured history of the African diaspora

  • Beatriz González

    The late Colombian artist’s garish colours and shiny surface belie the violence and trauma of her subject matter

  • Seurat and the Sea

    This scholarly exhibition lets the pointillist pioneer’s lesser-known marine paintings shimmer in quiet glory

  • Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting

    The 170 drawings, etchings and paintings on show here not only lend insight into Freud’s working, but demonstrate how acute observation and prolonged time spent with sitters brings a sympathetic understanding of character

  • Aki Sasamoto: Grilled Diagrams

    In her first institutional solo show in the UK, Sasamoto creates a freewheeling, haphazard narrative using cooking utensils and ingredients, manoeuvring the audience as she darts about the room