Bas Jan Ader, Primary Time, 1974. Color U-matic video tape transferred to DVD, silent, PAL format, TRT: 26 minutes. Copyright the Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen, 2016 / The Artist Right’s Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles and Simon Lee Gallery, London.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

The Fall: Bas Jan Ader at Simon Lee, London

Twin surveys of Ader’s short but brightly burning career are mounted in London and New York.

Monday, May 4th, 2015

Richard Diebenkorn at the Royal Academy: Six Painters on a Painters’ Painter

A visit and discussion at Richard Diebenkorn’s Royal Academy retrospective.

Analia Saban, Fireplace, 2015. Machine rendered acrylic paint on linen, 142.2 x 116.8 x 3.8 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Spru?th Magers.
Monday, March 30th, 2015

Sculpture and Painting on the Line: Analia Saban at Sprüth Magers

Dispatch from London Analia Saban: Interiors at Sprüth Magers February 27 to March 28, 2015 7A Grafton Street London, +44 20 7408 1613 The tradition of paint on canvas can act as a provocation to contemporary artists, who may do without either the liquid (e.g. Binky Palermo’s cloth) or the ground (e.g. Lynda Benglis’s pours). The Los … Continued

Tuesday, March 17th, 2015

“Presence of Absence”: Paul Carey-Kent in Conversation with Bella Easton

Bella Easton and Paul Carey-Kent discuss Carey-Kent’s exhibition of absences and how you make a void present.

Rupert Goldsworthy, Installation view at Ritter/Zamet Gallery, 2014.
Saturday, October 18th, 2014

Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: The Histories of Rupert Goldsworthy

An exhibition of new work raises insights about the history of culture, fashion, and representation.

Emmanuel Cooper, Stoneware with volcanic glaze (detail), ca. 1990s. Courtesy of the artist and Ruthin Craft Centre. Photograph by Dewi Tannatt Lloyd.
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

Flows of Light and Form: The Life and Work of Emmanuel Cooper

Darren Jones remembers the elemental work and personality of the English ceramicist.

Renato Giuseppe Bertelli, Continuous Profile (Head of Mussolini), 1933. Terracotta with black glaze
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

The Russian Linesman, curated by Mark Wallinger on tour in the UK

16 February – 4 May 2009 The Hayward Gallery, London 16 May – 28 June 2009 Leeds Art Gallery 18 July – 20 September Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea At a first glance, The Russian Linesman, a group exhibition curated by Mark Wallinger seems to be an eclectic choice of art and artefacts, like a contemporary … Continued

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Cy Twombly at Tate Modern

His London retrospective, organized by Nicholas Serota

Monday, November 1st, 2004

Fermin Rocker 1907-2004

A version of this obituary was published in the London Independent on October 20, 2004 Fermin Rocker himself had recognized that his current show at the Chambers Gallery in London would be his last. For some time he had been tired. His eyes were not as good as they were, and walking the few yards to … Continued

Tuesday, April 1st, 2003

Alec Chanda

The Platform, Great Western Studios, London W9, February 8 to 22, 2003 Alec Chanda studied at Camberwell School of Art from 1979 to 1983. He won second prize in the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in 1992. Twenty years after he left art school, his first one-artist exhibition took place in a … Continued