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Tomás Saraceno: Web(s) of Life; Tate Britain rehang review – a five-star show that’s all generosity, and a reckoning with history
The Argentinian artist’s captivating work is at once an urgent call to action and irresistibly optimistic. At Tate Britain, a long-awaited rehang dazzles – and sometimes dismays
Laura Cumming
04, Jun, 2023 @12:00 PM
Larry Achiampong: Wayfinder review – a big-hearted meander through the immigrant experience
Poignant and inclusive, the British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong’s first major solo show roams through class, race and the English landscape, always circling back to his own family
Laura Cumming
28, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
China’s Hidden Century review – a revelation from first to last
This beautifully curated show of more than 300 exhibits traces the resilience, innovation and decadence of 19th-century China – and the lamentable role of the British
Laura Cumming
21, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris review – sacrifices art to history
Tensile and hard-won, the artist’s singular work is occasionally lost in the scrum of a show keen to situate her in a social, sexual and painterly whirl
Laura Cumming
14, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
Saint Francis of Assisi review – a saint for all seasons
Cheerful, selfless Saint Francis is forcefully present in this enthralling show of art and imagery from the Renaissance to the present inspired by the muse, mystic and social radical
Laura Cumming
07, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is to Me review – ghosts, dandies and seduction
Luxurious, dreamlike and made to carry the weight of race, sex and politics, the free-roaming films of Isaac Julien beguile but mystify
Laura Cumming
30, Apr, 2023 @12:00 PM
Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life review – a thrillingly odd couple
Though they shared a fascination with spiritualism and with abstract form, clear contrasts emerge in this controversial pairing of painters
Laura Cumming
23, Apr, 2023 @12:00 PM
Lindsey Mendick: Where the Bodies Are Buried; Leonardo Drew – review
Anxiety – and growing up with British TV – inspire Mendick’s huge multimedia show, while the cycle of life explodes from grit and dust in Drew’s fine chapel installation
Laura Cumming
16, Apr, 2023 @12:00 PM
Steve McQueen: Grenfell; The Rossettis – review
Steve McQueen’s dizzying film of the ruin of Grenfell Tower is a rite of pure observation. Elsewhere, the star of the Tate’s pre-Raphaelite sibling show isn’t a painter…
Laura Cumming
09, Apr, 2023 @12:00 PM
Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism review – a woman’s world
Brushstrokes shiver, tremble and fly in this rare UK show of the French artist’s elusive, intimate work – albeit one shared with numerous men
Laura Cumming
02, Apr, 2023 @12:00 PM
Carey Young: Appearance review – the faces of female justice
The British artist’s enduring fascination with justice and the law has yielded an outstanding new film in a riveting retrospective
Laura Cumming
26, Mar, 2023 @12:00 PM
Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South review – hardwon labours of love
Conjured out of found objects, plant juice, even dirt, the work of 34 Black artists from the American south is jubilant, defiant, awkward, profound – and innately free
Laura Cumming
19, Mar, 2023 @1:00 PM
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