Journey through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead at the British Museum

Review by Robert J. Wallis & Tiffany Jow Dr Robert J. Wallis is Professor of Visual Culture and Director of the MA in Art History…

Review DAVID MALJKOVIC at Sprüth Magers, London

Review by Charles Danby From Grafton Street there was little to see. The large glazed exterior of London’s Sprüth Magers offered a near empty room…

Nam June Paik at Tate Liverpool and FACT

Review by Kenn Taylor As we move into the second decade of the 21st century, it appears as if “media art” is finally being accepted…

Consumerism & Desire at Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney

Review by Isabella Andronos Sherrie Knipe’s work in Bootiful, at Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art in Sydney explores the tensions between consumerism and desire. Knipe has created…

Camera-less Photography at Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

Review by Colin Herd As processes go, few are more mysterious and fascinating than the seemingly paradoxical art of camera-less photography. With its roots in…

Simon Starling: Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) at The Modern Institute

Review by Alistair Quietsch On 10 December, I read yet another apocalyptically tinged news report: that of Burma building silos with aid from North Korea…

Review: Joy Gregory – Lost Languages and Other Voices

Review by Ceri Restrick Lost Languages and Other Voices is Joy Gregory’s first major retrospective. The exhibition charts the artist’s career over two decades and…

Review: Fresh Hell at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris

Review by Rosa Rankin-Gee There is something life-affirming about the queues to see art in Paris. Perennially long, and slow, and full of people complaining…

About A Minute – The Gopher Hole, London

Review by Carla MacKinnon The Gopher Hole is a brand new venue and project space nestling beneath El Paso Restaurant at 350-354 Old Street in…

Review: From Back Home at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Review by Ceri Restrick The National Media Museum sets the bar for exhibiting world class art and culture. Swedish photographers, Anders Petersen (b. 1944) and…

Review: MK2Morrow: One Small Step for Milton Keynes

Review by Nicola Mann A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away urban designer and theorist Melvin M. Webber devised a radical plan…

Review: Turner Prize 2010

Review by Joseph Ewens Now in its 26th year, The Turner Prize has become an epicentre for contemporary art debate. Its mission to highlight the…

Review: 10 Dialogues at the RSA, Edinburgh

Review by Colin Herd Timed to coincide with Richard Demarco’s 80th birthday, the current show in the impressive and expansive galleries of the Royal Scottish…

Filmmaker Series – Part 2 Q&A with the Runners-up The Varava Brothers

Below is a Q&A with Jared Varava from the American filmmaking duo, the Varava Brothers. As one of the longer shorts on the Aesthetica Shorts…

Review: Fade Away at Transition Gallery, London

Review by Charles Danby Following hot on the heels of Transition’s inaugural ART BLITZ auction, a call to arms against impending arts cuts in the…

Review: High Society at the Wellcome Collection

Review by Robert J. Wallis, a Professor of Visual Culture & Director MA in Art History at Richmond The American International University in London. “Every…

Filmmaker Series – Q&A with Finalists from the Aesthetica Short Film Competition

To celebrate the launch of the Aesthetica Shorts 2011 DVD, there is a feature on the nature of short films and a discussion of the…

Re-visualising the cinematic: Angela Bulloch at Simon Lee Gallery

Angela Bulloch’s (b. 1966) Discrete Manifold Whatsoever opened early this autumn in London at Simon Lee Gallery, marking her first solo exhibition in the UK…

Art & Architecture – The Wider Debate – Interview with Carson Chan

Looking at the wider definitions of architecture, Marcin Szczelina chats with Carson Chan, co-director of PROGRAM in Berlin. To continue the debate, read the current…

The Democracy of Hunger at Open Show Studio, Athens

By Stephanie Bailey Taking over Sofia Touboura’s independent project space, Open Show Studio, for a one week programme of live poster painting sessions, sound performances…