A bizarre & very fun show, embodying Edwin Wurm’s trademark subversive sense of humour. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Erwin Wurm: One Day Yes / One Day No is on show at Camden Art Projects until 26th April. Free to visit >> buff.ly/N81necz #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
If you're looking for a great exhibition about a woman artist, find one at the RA with their excellent exhibition on Michaelina Wautier (until 21st June, ticketed). Read more about this show & more in my latest Diary of a London Art Critic >> buff.ly/mvTLRy3 #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
In this episode of our podcast, Anna Gammans & I speak with renowned poet & visual artist Arch Hades about her journey into art, and the differences between visual arts & the written word >> https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ppQwD5tuYswZ10jUXjvgB #LondonArtCritic #podcast
How often do you get to walk into an exhibition and eat part of it? One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Museum of Edible Earth is on show at Somerset House until 26th April, pay what you can >> buff.ly/XwPlemP #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
My first visit to Hastings Contemporary is to see The Open: Odyssey, the inaugural open submission selling exhibition at the gallery, in partnership with Sussex Contemporary. Read my full review for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy now >> buff.ly/hlvpsx7 #LondonArtCritic #Exhibitions
In this episode of our #podcast, Anna Gammans & I speak with art historian, museum director & curator Lorenzo Giusti about Italian gallery GAMeC (Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo) in the hills of Bergamo >> https://open.spotify.com/episode/7JSxGKZo44hVjosocCQgGV #LondonArtCritic
I took a brief break from exhibitions to recommend my Top Art Books to Read this Spring >> fadmagazine.com/2026/03/10/the-top-art-b... via @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy #LondonArtCritic #Art #Books
Alina Zamarova references how we seek solace in nature even in the darkest of times. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Alina Zamanova: Fallout of Silence is on show at General Assembly until 9th April. Free to visit: buff.ly/XwPlemP #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
There’s an exhibition of three excellent figurative artists on at the Noho Galleries in Fitzrovia. 'The Social Animal' is free to visit and open until 12th April.
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This all-female group show interrogates what beauty is in contemporary society. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Briefly Gorgeous is on show at Soho Revue until 18th April (free): fadmagazine.com/2026/03/29/top-5-group-e... #LondonArtCritic
In room 32 of the National Portrait Gallery, there is the mundanely titled ‘Self’ by Marc Quinn; it’s anything but mundane. Read more in my latest Diary of a London Art Critic >> londonisturbanpalette.substack.com/p/should-we-start-chargi... #LondonArtCritic
The V&A has reopened its Gilbert Galleries (free) after a major refurbishment and expansion from four to seven galleries, and they’ve done a great job with it. It also gave it a chance to become more relevant to a contemporary audience >> https://buff.ly/QV0ouyM #LondonArtCritic #MuseumVisit
The V&A has reopened its Gilbert Galleries (free) after a major refurbishment and expansion from four to seven galleries, and they’ve done a great job with it. It also gave it a chance to become more relevant to a contemporary audience >> buff.ly/QV0ouyM #LondonArtCritic #MuseumVisit
V&A has a great track record with fashion exhibitions, & here's another en-vogue exhibition to add to that list. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art is on display at V&A until 8th November, ticketed at £28 >> buff.ly/sugpM6z #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
I’ve written about whether London is facing another gallery exodus, but just as galleries close, others open, including the impressive new Sundaram Tagore Gallery on Pall Mall. Here I am pictured with a work by Karen Knorr.
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As much as we may race towards it when we're young, then shirk from it when we're older, ageing is part of life. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, The Coming of Age is on show @wellcomecollection.bsky.social until 29 November, free to visit >> buff.ly/sugpM6z #LondonArtCritic
Hurvin Anderson has ties to both sides of the Atlantic, and we see this in his paintings, which include lush landscapes and domestic interiors. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Hurvin Anderson is on show at Tate Britain until 23rd August, ticketed at £18 >> buff.ly/sugpM6z #LondonArtCritic
You may not have heard of Estonian painter Konrad Mägi, something Dulwich Picture Gallery is aiming to set right. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Konrad Mägi is on show at Dulwich Picture Gallery until 12th July, ticketed at £18 >> buff.ly/sugpM6z #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
All my picks for the Top Exhibitions to See in London for March 2026 are open now - via @londonist.com >> buff.ly/LI6fN3G #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
Should we start charging entry fees for museums? This is an ongoing debate, and I make my case for why we should keep them free entry in my latest Diary of a London Art Critic. What do you think? buff.ly/QV0ouyM #LondonArtCritic
I've selected my Top Exhibitions to See in London this April for Londonist >> londonist.com/london/museu... #TopPicks #LondonArtCritic
Each of these works is layered with a narrative around migration, heritage and culture. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Bhajan Hunjan: Between Containment and Crossing is on show at Niru Ratnam until 18th April. Free to visit >> buff.ly/UkqwlI3 #LondonArtCritic #Exhibitions
If you've ever been to Leighton House, you'll have been wowed by the Arab Hall. Now we're invited to look back on how it was created. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, The Arab Hall: Past and Present - until 4th October, ticketed at £14 >> buff.ly/sugpM6z #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Breanna Gordon: Introspect is on show at Tache until 9th April. Free to visit >> buff.ly/UkqwlI3 #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art is on show at IWM London until 1st November. Free to visit >> buff.ly/sugpM6z #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
Mosaic Rooms is a space that supports & amplifies contemporary culture from the Arab world & beyond. It’s also just reopened after a major refurbishment. Read more in my new Diary of a London Art Critic: londonisturbanpalette.substack.com/p/a-case-of-barbi-can-an... #LondonArtCritic
One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Rod Kitson: Ascetic // Aesthetic is on show at The Art of Isolation, Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, until 25th March. Free to visit >> buff.ly/UkqwlI3 #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
One of my #TopPicks for @londonist.com - Jock McFadyen and Jem Finer: Underground (and Surface) is on show at Guildhall Art Gallery until 20th September, pay what you can >> londonist.com/london/museums-and-galle... #LondonArtCritic
A spectacular exhibition of artefacts from the reign of Ramses II is on display at Battersea Power Station, at Neon, a new venue for me (until 31st May, ticketed). Read about this exhibition & lots more in my latest Diary of a London Art Critic >> https://buff.ly/svSbRn6 #LondonArtCritic #Exhibition
Secrets of The Painted Hall in Greenwich - Did you know about any of these? >> buff.ly/tx8ESF7 via @londonist.com #LondonArtCritic #Greenwich
