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South African born artist Marlene Dumas gets the retrospective treatment at Tate Modern this February. Having come to prominence in the 1980s, Dumas is now widely considered as one of the greatest female painters working today and a complete devotee to her medium. This exhibition may well be contemporary painting…
If there ever were a barometer to measure the earliest proponents of Pop Art, those included in the exhibition This is Tomorrow would be a good place to start. The exhibition, curated by Bryan Robertson at the Whitechapel in 1956, gave space to numerous architects, graphic designers, musicians and artists…
Personally I blame the Shard, that’s what started this obsession with things in London being high and tall. There’s no more mere five storey buildings for us – if you don’t have to crane your neck to look at its very top, it’s just not getting built in the capital…
Up there with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein is one of the most recognisable American modern artists going – and similarly the creator of some of the most bastardised work around. Most people are more likely to have seen his work emblazoned on a gift mug, a novelty T-shirt or a…
Art went through a fascinating change during the first half of the 20th century, if that isn’t underestimating it a little. It moved towards the abstract, which still fascinates and preoccupies art enthusiasts today. For all its highbrow exclusivity and outdated attitudes, the insular soul-searching of this period helped create…
Flights to Tokyo and New York are not exactly the cheapest these days, so an exhibition offering you the chance to explore these two great cities while remaining on UK soil, surely can’t be sniffed at? Portraits of these two cities by photographers William Klein and Daido Moriyama can currently…