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Rodchenko & Popova: Defining Constructivism, Tate Modern, London
'Either do houses or do art, but not both,' snapped one critic. But these avant-garde Russians paved the way for Warhol
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Sean Snyder, Index ICA, London (Rated 1/ 5 )
Thursday, 12 February 2009
This is an extremely dull and earnest show by an American artist about very serious themes. These are alluded to in a series of monochromatic photographs on the right-hand wall of the downstairs gallery. Here we see pictures of the various devices we have used in recent years to record what happens in our lives, like cassette tapes from those small, portable tape-recorders that, technologically speaking, used to be the newest of the new. Video tapes are here too.
Altermodern: Tate Triennial, Tate Britain, London
Sunday, 8 February 2009
The latest critical theory may reduce you to tears, but the art it inspires is engaging and entertaining
Palladio, Royal Academy of Arts, London (Rated 2/ 5 )
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Any visitor to London's Royal Academy of Arts comes charged with expectations that he or she will see a show that combines intellectual merit with visual panache. There have been many past triumphs, from the great show devoted to the arts of Africa, to the more recent survey of Western portraiture in collaboration with the Grand Palais in Paris.
Unveiled: New art from the Middle East (Rated 3/ 5 )
Monday, 2 February 2009
Saatchi’s tour of the Middle East
Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East, Saatchi Gallery, London
Sunday, 1 February 2009
Two cultures, both united and divided by their beliefs and histories, are laid bare in an impressive new exhibition
Unique Forms: The drawing and sculpture of Umberto Boccioni, Estorick Collection, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
What the future looked like then
Superabundant: A Celebration of Pattern, Turner Contemporary, Margate
Sunday, 25 January 2009
A disused high-street store is the setting for a study in 'prettiness with intent'
Edward Burtynsky: Australian Minescapes, Flowers East, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
A photographer mining a richly dramatic seam
Superflex: Flooded McDonald's, South London Gallery, London
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Imagine if a rising tide caused by global warming claimed the very things that contributed to it
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