Reviews
Review: Agostino Bonalumi at Mazzoleni Art, London
Bonalumi was a pivotal figure in post-war Italian abstraction; finally he’s getting the attention he deserves
Fig-2 at the ICA: a rehashed pop-up exhibition that somehow works
Fifty exhibitions in as many weeks; this revival of the ‘fig-1’ project from 15 years ago is a surprising success
Muse Reviews: 8 February
Christian Marclay at White Cube; ‘Self’ at Turner Contemporary; Piero di Cosimo at the NGA Washington; Jeremy Gardiner at Victoria Art Gallery
‘Jeremy Gardiner: Jurassic Coast’ at the Victoria Art Gallery
The most striking of these works are the ones that resist the temptation to represent, that refuse to be too literal about the littoral
‘Never Surrender’ – Luc Tuymans speaks out at his London show
Tuymans made his thoughts about Belgian copyright law known at his exhibition opening last week
Great genius: Piero di Cosimo at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
It’s tempting to focus on the big loans, but the star of this particular show was in Washington all along
Honesty or artifice? Self-portraits at Turner Contemporary
Female artists are well represented in this show; a deliberate strategy that prompts a more critical questioning of the genre
Does Christian Marclay hit the right note at White Cube?
‘Surround Sounds’ is excellent, but not all of Marclay’s latest work lives up to the hype
Muse Reviews: 1 February
Flesh and sex – the legacies of Rubens and Sade; two views of the 20th century’s torn and tattered art; and the story of Lancashire’s philanthropic industrialists
Community conscious? ‘Cotton to Gold’ explores industry and philanthropy
Lancashire collections in London
Portrait of an apartment block: ‘Ponte City’ at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The wider significance of ‘Ponte City’
Jenny Saville rethinks the ‘Rubenesque’ at the Royal Academy
‘La Peregrina’ is like a dip in icy water after Rubens’ opulent works
Discovery of desire: Sade at the Musée d’Orsay
Libertine, criminal, aristocrat, revolutionary, and prolific author – the Marquis de Sade continues to inspire some great art and exhibitions
Muse Reviews: 25 January
The Hudson River School at LACMA; self-portraits at Turner Contemporary; Conscience & Conflict at Pallant House; Poliakoff at Timothy Taylor
Review: ‘Conscience and Conflict’ at Pallant House Gallery
The Spanish Civil War had a huge impact on the life and work of many British artists
Review: Poliakoff’s late paintings at Timothy Taylor Gallery
Timothy Taylor Gallery presents the first solo UK presentation of the artist’s works in over 50 years
East meets West: The Hudson River School at LACMA
The New-York Historical Society has sent a spectacular group of landscape paintings to LACMA this winter
Muse Reviews: 18 January
‘Unseen’ at the Courtauld Gallery; Blake at the Ashmolean; Moroni at the Royal Academy; and sculptors’ drawings in Boston
Illuminating and frustrating: William Blake at the Ashmolean Museum
There can be little argument with the quality of the works; but there is, to put it mildly, a lot to take in
Fresh faces: Moroni at the Royal Academy
The Royal Academy’s exhibition presents Moroni’s portraits in their wider context
Unknown Dimensions: ‘Sculptors’ Drawings from Renaissance Italy’
An exhibition of drawings by Renaissance sculptors provides valuable insights into both mediums
Muse Reviews: 11 January
Toulouse-Lautrec at MoMA; Shostakovich’s ballet at GRAD; Walid Raad in Hamburg; and photographs at the Science Museum
Dual Identity: ‘Postface’ by Walid Raad at Sfeir-Semler Gallery
Two of Raad’s career-defining projects reveal the balance of rigorous research and subtle wit that informs his work
Podcast
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Reflecting the network: James Bridle’s recent residency and the rise of drones
Surveilling surveillance…