Art & Design
The 80s: Photographing Britain, Tate Britain, exhibition review: ‘A big show with a big takeaway’
This mammoth photography collection showcases artists who found ‘new ways of imagining their local communities’
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Consultancy firm KPMG is leading an inspection at the council following a scathing report into housing service
Read MoreAntonio Calderara: A Certain Light, Estorick Collection, exhibition review: ‘Gentle formalism with roots in nature’
The Italian artist’s figures and landscapes ‘seem to float in space’
Read MoreOsvaldo Licini: Rebellious Angel, Estorick Collection, exhibition review: ‘Playful, whimsical and very moving’
The first UK show dedicated to the 20th-century painter offers visitors a ‘flight of fancy’
Read MoreDecision on Quentin Blake illustration centre draws closer
Council planners considering proposal for the world’s largest illustration venue in Clerkenwell
Read MoreNoguchi, Barbican Art Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Blurring the line between representational and abstract’
Major retrospective on the work of Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi is ‘breathtakingly diverse’
Read MoreHyangmok Baik: Forgotten By Us, Beers Gallery, exhibition review: ‘The more one looks, the more one sees’
The Korean painter’s solo show is ‘full of colour and off-beat imagery’
Read More‘An artist who needs to be seen now’: Estorick gallery’s new exhibition celebrates work of Olivier Debré
The postwar French painter is ‘highly regarded throughout the world, yet remains almost unknown in the UK’
Read MoreOpen air art: A handy guide to London’s best offerings
The capital might still be in lockdown, but there’s plenty of culture on show for those willing to walk
Read MoreBlue is the theme of an absorbing online exhibition
The Victoria Miro gallery has gathered together work by 19 artists in which the colour features
Read MoreBrazilian photographer and activist Claudia Andujar set for major Barbican retrospective
Summer show will focus on Andujar’s work with Brazil’s Yanomami people, as curator says arts audiences must ‘take on ethical responsibility’
Read MoreLithography from Leningrad, Estorick Collection: ‘A far cry from the drab stereotype of the Soviet Union’
A rare glimpse at ‘quirky and wholly modern’ prints produced by the Leningrad Experimental Graphics Laboratory in the 1950s
Read MorePaolo Scheggi in Depth, Estorick Collection: ‘Well-chosen retrospective for a versatile artist’
The work of the Florentine, who died in the early 70s aged just 31, is fast becoming iconic
Read MoreFausto Melotti comes to Highbury
A new exhibition of the artist’s work exudes geometric harmony
Read MoreEssex Road 5: Take a walk on the arty side
Tintype gallery sponsors free walks with local artists
Read MoreThe Art of Campari @ The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art: ‘you may leave a little thirsty…’
Look beyond the famous ‘Luton Airport’ ad – the Milanese apéritif has a history of advertising with stunning Italian art, as exhibited here
Read MoreRationalism on Set: Glamour and Modernity in 1930s Italian Cinema, Estorick Collection, exhibition review: a sleek exploration of style on celluloid
This photographic voyage through 1930s Italian cinema brilliantly illustrates the twin development of newfangled ‘talkie’ films and mid-century modern design
Read MoreGérard Touren, Ordinary People in Tokyo Streets, Sway Gallery, exhibition review: ‘solitary fragments’
The Old Street gallery is showing work from the French photographer’s time in Tokyo from 2015 – 2017, where he hunted for subjects who put a ‘kink’ in the urban chaos
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