I’m pleased to announce that Criticism, Art and Theory in 1970s Britain: The Critical War is out now, published by… Read more
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The naked truth about Marina Abramović
Celebrated as a secular saint, the artist’s hollow brand of ‘shocking’ performance art only reveals that we are desperate for… Read more
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Mike Nelson at the Hayward Gallery
Mike Nelson’s claustrophobic installations broke new ground two decades ago, long before “immersive” exhibitions became urban leisure-time staples. This overdue… Read more
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People Make Television
My review of a brilliant show revisiting public access broadcasting in the 1970s, at Raven Row, London, for ArtReview Exhibiting… Read more
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DYOR (Do Your Own Research)
My review of the recent show DYOR at Kunsthalle Zürich, a brilliant overview of the wild mix of art, technology,… Read more
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Why NFT Art Is Obsessed With Our Bodies
What Madonna’s collaboration with Beeple tells us about the status of human-centred reality Read more
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The Sacred and the Profane
Transcript of a talk on the return of magic and mysticism in art and culture, as part of a discussion… Read more
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Yes, NFTs are brainless – but so is a lot of art
The garish, exorbitantly priced JPGs currently bewitching the art world might not be to everyone’s taste. But since when has… Read more
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Fear of statues
My comment on statue-smashing, from Eric Gill to William Colston, for ArtReview Amid the furious arguments that now surround whether… Read more
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2021: the Year the Artwork Finally Dematerialised
This was the year that the art object was finally dematerialised. It’s not that eye-melting amounts weren’t still being paid… Read more
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Political boycotts across the arts are freezing Normal People out
Comment piece on cultural boycotts and cancel culture in the arts, for the Telegraph, 8 November 2021 Using your cultural… Read more
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Philip Guston’s KKK Paintings Must Be Shown – But Not as Pawns in the Culture Wars
The backlash over the postponement of the touring exhibition Philip Guston Now is the latest, starkest example of how museums… Read more