ARTISTS
2025
Tabish Khan, the @LondonArtCritic, picks his Top 5 art exhibitions to see in June. Check out the previous top 5 if you鈥檙e after more shows to visit.
Marlene Dumas: Cycladic Blues.
Frieze New York will return to the Shed this May with over 65 galleries representing more than 25 countries.
2024
In the first instance, one might assume that the title of Daniel Silver's exhibition Uncanny Valley derives from Freud鈥檚 concept of the 鈥榰ncanny鈥�.
One of the highlights of Frieze week is the exceptional 鈥� institutional-level 鈥� exhibition聽Frank Auerbach: Portraits of London聽at the newly opened Offer Waterman and Francis Outred Gallery in Mayfair.
This 1.45 m acrylic grabs attention from a distance. Up close, you can read that the badge says 鈥業鈥檓 blind 鈥� touch my hand if you need my attention鈥�, and that there are pinpricks in the canvas.
The paintings in this show are created through a mixture of chance and intention, mostly evolving in a dance through time combining very fast and focused actions with reflective pauses.
Dumas鈥檚 tortured, grief-stricken images will haunt you long after you have left this exhibition.
"To paint is an apology for painting," writes Marlene Dumas, in the introductory essay to her new show Mourning Marsyas.
From Marlene Dumas鈥檚 melancholic paintings to Gary Hume鈥檚 precise depictions of flora and fauna, here鈥檚 what not to miss this autumn.
From this year鈥檚 Turner prize and pioneering scatter art to Monet鈥檚 London and Goya鈥檚 surreal visions 鈥� there鈥檚 something for all art lovers.
London Gallery Weekend 2024 highlights, from Nan Goldin to John Akomfrah, as 130-plus galleries and 70 live events take over the capital (31 May 鈥� 2 June).
Fifteen years ago, Nan Goldin was so financially stretched that she was forced to sell off precious items in her personal collection of artworks and curiosities at auction.
An exhibition at London鈥檚 Frith Street Gallery showcases delicate graphite, wax and pastel dust drawings that attempt to capture a moment in time for reflection or reliving.
The organizers of Art Basel today announced 287 participants in the Swiss fair鈥檚 flagship edition, to take place June 13鈥�16, with preview days on June 11 and 12.