Exhibition reviews

We hurtled down to this exhibition at the RA and met our good London friend and fellow artist, Stuart. The show offered a fascinating exploration… Read More »Painting the French Riviera, Royal Academy

Visiting Nottingham Contemporary to see Sarah Cunningham and Julia Isídrez’s exhibitions gave me a chance to reflect on my own artistic practice. Cunningham’s paintings encouraged… Read More »Sarah Cunningham & Julia Isídrez, Nottingham Contemporary

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

The exhibition provided an opportunity to reflect on the history of collective action, working-class solidarity and resistance. Marking one hundred years since the General Strike,… Read More »General Strike 1926 Centenary, Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough

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

A visit to the strangely quiet Alicante gallery in the back streets of the town, away from the hordes of cruise ship tourists.

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

Ivan Smith and his colleague Anthony Shepherd are behind the wonderful and local Wireworks Project, which is one of my favourite artistic initiatives. This exhibition… Read More »Megalopolis, Wireworks Project

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