For The New York Times, Martha Schwendener has written a fascinating response to the inaugural show at the new Brant Foundation in the East Village (until 15 May) of some 70 works by Jean-Michel Basquiat. 'Jean-Michel Basquiat' at more
Until quite recently I posted a list of links each Sunday of stuff that over the previous week I had found interesting or intriguing. The format had its fans (including, most weeks, me) but a combination of other calls on more
I'm not sure I'm ready - or have time - to return to contributing frequent posts, but I am interested to see if I can occasionally draw together notes and pointers about topics that are engaging me. I want to more
One of several reasons that I stopped blogging many months ago was my questioning of why anyone in the world might be interested. Especially in a post like this which is essentially what-I-did-on-a-two-day-break-in-Paris. But if I think that essentially I'm more
Our colleague TOM ALLEN reflects on postmodernism and history, on the ideas of Frederic Jameson and Karl Marx, and on the art of Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. I was recently re-reading the first chapter of Frederic Jameson's more
Today marks the twenty-year anniversary of the installation of Antony Gormley’s work The Angel of the North. Gormley’s work is now iconic and the Angel is probably his most famous work. It is estimated to be seen by 33 million more
Opening later this month at Barbican Art Gallery is Basquiat: Boom for Real (21 September - 28 January) . The first substantial retrospective in this country of the work of Jean-Michael Basquiat, it is one the hot exhibition tickets more
To Somerset House to experience Mat Collishaw's VR artwork Thresholds. You have only until tomorrow, 11 June, to see this - and I would definitely recommend a visit, although you'll certainly need to book. Hannah-Ellis Petersen wrote for the Guardian more
Three current shows in the States, each featuring American women artists, that I really really wish I could see. • A groundbreaking show to confront the gender bias in art: 'Women of Abstract Expressionism': Christopher Knight for L.A. Times reviews the more
Long ago, back in 1971, I went one Sunday afternoon to what was then The Tate Gallery to see the exhibition of work by Eduardo Paolozzi. It was one of the very first contemporary art shows that I had ever more