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Don’t Miss: ‘Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami’ at Gagosian

Don’t Miss: ‘Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami’ at Gagosian

Being sniffy about this exhibition would be like telling a kitten off for being cute.

06.02.2025 3

Observer

Simon Coates

Inside London’s Vibrant New Dance Theater

Inside London’s Vibrant New Dance Theater

As the U.K. arts scene suffers crisis after crisis, Sadler’s Wells is expanding its commitment to new ideas in dance and performance.

27.01.2025 6

Observer

Simon Coates

An Empire of Splendor: What to Expect at ‘The Great Mughals’ in London

An Empire of Splendor: What to Expect at ‘The Great Mughals’ in London

This major exhibition at the V&A assembles a dizzying array of objects and artwork commissioned by the era's most famous emperors to tell the story of...

23.01.2025 3

Observer

Simon Coates

Lightmachines, Digital Realities and the Art of Technological Nostalgia at Tate Modern

“Electric Dreams,” a show of work by early innovators of optical, kinetic, programmed and digital art, is prescient at its best and...

10.01.2025 4

Observer

Simon Coates

Artist Hew Locke Confronts Colonialism at the British Museum

Hew Locke visits the British Museum in preparation for his exhibition. Richard Cannon “What have we here?” is the fruit of two years of Guyanese-...

23.12.2024 2

Observer

Simon Coates

The National Gallery’s ‘NG Stories’ Exhibition Is Missing a Chapter

Artist in Residence Céline Condorelli’s Bulk: Everlasting Colour in Room 31 of the National Gallery. Courtesy the National Gallery, London / ©...

12.12.2024 2

Observer

Simon Coates

“MARY MARY” at The Artist’s Garden Adds Women’s Voices to the Public Art Dialogue

If public art is a cool way of starting conversations, Central London is becoming quite the chatterbox. From Ian Davenport’s Poured Lines (the...

04.12.2024 3

Observer

Simon Coates

A London Exhibition Delves Deeper into Francis Bacon’s ‘Human Presence’

Plenty has been written about how Francis Bacon’s real-life preoccupations bled into his work. The beatings at the hand of his disciplinarian,...

25.11.2024 3

Observer

Simon Coates

Sobering, ‘Hard Graft’ Unpacks Issues of Exploitation and Well-Being in Work

Funded via a foundation established by nineteenth-century Big Pharma businessman Henry Wellcome, the Wellcome Collection’s exhibitions are all...

24.10.2024 3

Observer

Simon Coates

‘DOMINION’ at Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery Is as Smart and Savvy as the Artist Himself

Damien Hirst’s talent for making money comes, in part, from covering all the angles. Knowing the market, managing the multiples and exploring all...

13.08.2024 1

Observer

Simon Coates