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Tate Britain
Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG
Reviews
Drop, Roll, Slide, Drip… Frank Bowling’s Poured Paintings 1973-1978 [7 June 2012]
Currently on show at the Tate Britain are a selection of Frank Bowling’s poured paintings from the mid nineteen-seventies. The exhibition takes us back to an era that represents one of the most radical and exciting times in modernist art, Read on…
Tate Britain, London
30 April 2012 - 31 March 2013
Reviewed by: James Smith »
The Vorticists: Manifesto for a Modern World [17 December 2011]
An Ashen Kaleidoscope. That Jacob Epstein's 'Rock Drill' remains at all menacing, a century on, is a small shock in itself (albeit a reconstructed one). The cold mechanical authority of the tripod's gaze surpasses the multiple Read on…
Tate Britain, London
14 June 2011 to 4 September 2011
Reviewed by: Ami Clarke »
John Martin: Apocalypse [30 October 2011]
"Truly I say to you, it will be more endurable ... on Judgement Day than for that city." The Bible (Matthew 10:15) The exhibition contains a wealth of artwork by Martin; paintings, prints and even furniture; from his humble beginnings as a Read on…
Tate Britain, London
21 September 2011 - 15 January 2012
Reviewed by: Adam Kelly »
Marc Camille Chaimowicz: Partial Eclipse [12 September 2011]
I am in the gallery at 5pm on Saturday. A sign reads 'The performance will take place each Saturday afternoon at 3pm'. I return a week later, and settle straight into the performance. An immersive environment where each aspect Read on…
Tate Britain: Part of the Has the Film Already Started exhibition, Pimlico
27 June 2011 - 26 February 2012
Reviewed by: Katherine Fishman »
Chris Ofili [22 August 2011]
In an astonishing retrospective at Tate Britain, celebrated British artist Chris Ofili (who received the 1998 Turner Prize) exhibits memories of his trademarked highly original paintings, watercolours and latest pieces to triumphantly invigorate the Read on…
Tate Britain, London
27 January - 16 May 2010
Reviewed by: Adam Kelly »
The Vorticists: Manifesto for a Modern World [11 August 2011]
A slight detour from the Tate's reputable blockbuster exhibitions like Futurism and Rodchenko & Popova: Defining Constructivism in 2009 but in the spirit of industrial, social and economic development that has become associated with such Read on…
Tate Britain, London
14 June - 4 September 2011
Reviewed by: Adam Kelly »
Susan Hiller [8 March 2011]
Susan Hiller (b.1940) is a conceptual artist who pioneered multi-media installation with video projections and sound. She’s obsessed with the unconscious and paranormal fringes of everyday experience, which she probes for meaning and Read on…
Tate Britain, London
1 February - 15 May 2011
Reviewed by: Alastair Moody »
Chris Ofili Retrospective [31 March 2010]
Chris Ofili Retrospective Tate Britain Pile of Shit Review by Geoff Diego Litherland I was looking forward to seeing Ofili's work again; my only previous experience of it was at the now infamous Sensation Read on…
Tate Britain, London
27 January - 16 May 2010
Reviewed by: Geoff Litherland »
Chris Ofili [15 March 2010]
Turner Prize winner Chris Ofili’s retrospective at Tate Britain takes you on a spiritual journey, unsurprisingly beginning with his infamous dung paintings. Touching images of a mother weeping, overlaid with intricate lace-like dots in his Read on…
Tate Britain, London
27 January - 16 May 2010
Reviewed by: Samantha Wiltshire »
The 28th State: European Borders in an Age of Anxiety [4 November 2009]
I recently attended the above conference, which was organised as part of Chelsea's Borderline Programme, aiming to discuss pertinent questions on the idea of borders and visions for future Europe in relation to ideas such as cross-cultural, Read on…
Tate Britain, London
24 October 2009
Reviewed by: Eva Pryce »
Cold Corners [16 October 2009]
Eva Rothschild stated that her commission for the Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain was intended to ‘agitate’ the space. The long, winding, angular projections of the sculpture scribble through the space, and although the work does Read on…
Tate Britain Duveen Galleries, London
30 June - 29 November 2009
Reviewed by: Rebecca Wombell »
Extramission 6 (Black Maria) by Lindsay Seer, as part of 'Altermodern' Exhibition [21 April 2009]
Tate Britain, fourth Triennial, titled 'Altermodern'. 'Altermodern'? No dictionary definition. The word did not exist before. A show so new, so contemporary, so cutting edge that a new word had to be Read on…
Tate Britain, London
3 February - 26 April 2009
Reviewed by: Thomas Darby »
Altermodern: Miltos Manetas' talk on the immaterial, non-static art of the internet. [14 April 2009]
The following is an extract of artist Miltos Manetas' discussion with Sam Thorne (online editor of Frieze) on 2 April 2009, part of a series of talks related to the Altermodern Triennial Exhibition at Tate Britain.The exhibition, curated by Read on…
Tate Britain, London
3 February - 26 April 2009
Reviewed by: Eva Pryce »
ALTERMODERN [12 April 2009]
ALTERMODERN Although I am familiar with the writings of Nicolas Bourriaud, Altermodern's "supercurator", for a long time I misunderstood the meaning of the title. I took Altermodern as a kind of German neologism, as a hybrid of old Read on…
Tate Britain, London
3 February - 26 April 2009
Reviewed by: Gillian Mciver »
Altermodern [31 March 2009]
“ Altermodern is an in - progress redefinition of modernity in the era of globalisation, stressing the experience of wandering in time, space and mediums. The term ‘Altermodern’ has its roots in the idea of ‘otherness’ Read on…
Tate Britain , London
3 February - 26 April 2009
Reviewed by: Anthony Xuereb »
Charles Avery & Lindsay Seers at 'Altermodern': A review [19 March 2009]
Many of the artist’s works at ‘Altermodern’ operate on multiple levels, and the way Bourriaud presents them to us is in a manner that would have these separate levels inter-link with one another at different times and locations Read on…
Tate Britain, London
3 February - 26 April 2009
Reviewed by: James Huyton »
Turner 2008 [30 November 2008]
TURNER PRIZE 2008 GOSHKA MACUGA CATHY WILKES RUNA ISLAM MARK LECKEY What a wonderful day. ...I haven't enjoyed myself so much in years. Each year as the Turner arrives I Read on…
Tate, Britain, London
30 November 2008
Reviewed by: Donna Southern »
Turner Prize 2008 [27 November 2008]
Seeing the artworks in this year’s Turner Prize is less a visual experience than a verbal one, in that it reminds you how words and sentences are not only printed but can also imprint themselves on your poor visual field like after-images Read on…
Tate Britain, London
30 September 2008 - 18 January 2009
Reviewed by: Matthew MacKisack »
The Turner Prize 2008 [24 November 2008]
Presented at first with Goshka Macuga’s room: reflections and handrails alongside a mishmash of collaged artwork, I found myself more interested in watching others’ responses than responding myself. Looking at how their legs distorted Read on…
Tate Britain, London
30 September 2008 - 18 January 2009
Reviewed by: Alexandria Clark »
Turner Prize 2008 [21 November 2008]
The Turner Prize is an exhibition and also a competition, intrinsically encouraging the audience to compare and contrast the 4 artists. But is this a help or a hindrance, I ask myself, ruminating over a cup of tea in the Tate café?The show Read on…
Tate Britain, London
30 September 2008 - 18 January 2009
Reviewed by: Sarah Lightman »
Oh God! It's the Turner Prize [30 September 2008]
It is that time of year again , the hype, the glory and oh yes the art. Is it worth it? and does the Turner Prize really mean something? these are the sort of questions that arise yearly. The first thing that I encountered as I approached the Tate Read on…
Tate Britain, London
30 September - 18 October 2008
Reviewed by: Maggie Tran »
Art now; the way in which it landed [1 September 2008]
When you visit an exhibition you generally know what content to expect before you attend, but as for the Tate Britain’s recent exhibition Art now: the way in which it landed; it’s actually incredibly difficult to know what you’re Read on…
Tate Britain, London
2 August - 26 October 2008
Reviewed by: James Huyton »
Turner Prize 2006 [14 December 2006]
Tomma Abts surprised many people by winning the Turner Prize with her abstract paintings. During the last years, the prize has often been awarded to conceptual art. However, beyond its seemingly simple forms, Abts' work takes place in a long and Read on…
Tate Britain
10 October 2005 to 1 January 2007
Reviewed by: Outi Remes »
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