With one-off exhibitions and no master plan, our national institutions tell us little about the wider story of art. If only they could be more like the British Museum
Should critics point out how exhibitions could have been done differently? What I mean is, if I am reviewing a show, should …

The post-impressionists blazed through 19th-century art to create an unforgettable vision of the world. But you wouldn’t want them living next door
They were rebels against their society, who were shunned, abused and even (on one occasion) run out of town by a mob. They were changing art and remaking the …

Estorick Collection, London
This exhibition is very nearly an essay on how to waste a great subject. First, pick your theme – and there can hardly be a richer one than how artists have ­attempted to capture the elusiveness of human and animal movement down the centuries. You could include everything …

Where Three Dreams Cross, London
Culled from 150 years of photography, this show is nothing less than panoramic. It charts India, Bangladesh and Pakistan’s differing paths to modernity through five themes: family, portraiture, performance, politics and the streets. Political and cultural icons such as Gandhi and Satyajit Ray are naturally present. …

I confess it – I was taken in by Damien’s diamond skull. But his dreadful paintings are the last straw. Never again
I did something yesterday I thought I’d never do. I avoided looking at works by Damien Hirst. Having followed my instinct on that one, I will now make a …

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
A riot of delicacy and colour, this ­imaginatively curated exhibition tussles with the pleasures and politics of ­pattern. Its point, which it makes in tiny details of individual works and also in sheer scale (the show includes a disused ­riverside building clad in 300 sheep fleeces), is …

              
We went for another look round London Art Fair with our trusty (rubbish) camera and, incorrigible as we are, started snapping (you’ll have guessed) at anything to do with London. The result of our efforts, presented above, reflects the wide variety of art objects (mostly paintings) on offer. All those …

Written by Anthony Ballou

Friday, 15 January 2010 00:13

 
LONDON – The American Scene, at The British Museum,  features spectacular images of American society and culture made during a period of great social and political change from the early 1900s to 1960. Featuring 147 works by 74 artists, the exhibition includes …

If you are the type that treasures their favorite photos or you are looking for a great way of giving a gift to a special person in your life, the idea of photo onto canvas printing is excellent. You now have a great way to transform those cherished moments you …

Written by Travis Pitre

Friday, 15 January 2010 00:11

Beijing – UCCA presents, as part of Croisements
Festival 2009, Isabelle Huppert: Woman of Many Faces, an ambitious
photo show initiated by the Museum of Modern Art / P.S.1, New York, for the
first time in China. The exhibition gathers about 100 photo and video
portraits …