Exhibition reviews

It was a struggle to fit this trip in, but we just had to go to Manchester for Ai Weiwei‘s biggest exhibition in the north… Read More »Ai Weiwei, Factory International

A bit of Latin America came to Nottingham Contemporary in the form of Chico Da Silva (1910-1985), who was a self-taught and formidable Brazilian painter… Read More »Chico Da Silva, Nottingham Contemporary

Yet another splendid exhibition at Djanogly gallery showing the work of Penny McCarthy, Jim Lovell and Emma Kay in an exhibition of drawing entitled Drawn… Read More »Penny McCarthy, Jim Lovell & Emma Kay, Djanogly Gallery

For a second year, I entered the Dark Peak Photography festival, based in the lovely Glossop, on the western slopes of the Peak District hills.… Read More »Dark Peak Photography Festival, Glossop

A long overdue trip to London and a whirlwind tour around some of the best current exhibitions on offer. Firstly, there was Richard Avendon at… Read More »London gallery trip

A trip to Germany to support my athletic partner at the World Transplant Games meant we had the opportunity to visit galleries in two of… Read More »Berlin & Dresden galleries

Sujata Setia is of South Asian origin and is a survivor of domestic abuse. The QUAD in Derby had an exhibition of her work entitled… Read More »Sujata Setia & Joseph Wright, QUAD & Derby Museum

Harland Miller is another artist I had never heard of, but that has now been rectified. An exhibition by this Yorkshire-born artist and writer was… Read More »Harland Miller XXX, York Art Gallery

Alison Lambert has a unique drawing style that gives her human figures a fractured and ghostly appearance. I really enjoy how she uses collage to… Read More »Alison Lambert, Derby Museum

Another powerfully moving exhibition at the Photographer’s Gallery. This time it was Letizia Battaglia, who put herself in the firing line of the Sicilian mafia again… Read More »Letizia Battaglia, Photographer’s Gallery

A blast around the best that Australia’s two major cities have to offer the art lover. A simple post this one, without labels and artist… Read More »Melbourne & Sydney galleries

I wasn’t accepted to the Ferens Open this year (my entry was possibly a little dark, even for Hull folk) but a trip north to… Read More »Open Exhibition, Ferens Art Gallery