Reviews
From rural India to Greenwich Village – life through the lens of Sunil Gupta
The photographer’s first UK retrospective explores his abiding interest in the experience of outsiders in society
À la mode – Man Ray’s forays into fashion photography
The artist was a reluctant photographer – yet from the 1920s to ’40s, the Surrealist vision he brought to fashion photography helped elevate it to an art form in its own right
Recollected works – ‘Howard Hodgkin: Memories’, reviewed
In these paintings from the 1980s and ’90s, Hodgkin found a way to depict that ‘almost impossibly nebulous subject’ – his own past experiences
What did Impressionism mean for sculpture?
A survey of artists inspired by the movement considers how successfully sculpture can convey a sense of transience
The Black sailors who served in the British navy come out of retirement
An exhibition at the Old Royal Naval College tells the stories of the Black pensioners who lived there in the 18th and 19th centuries
The bound and fragmented bodies of Christina Ramberg
The artist’s strange, Surrealist-inspired paintings have in turn inspired more recent explorations of gender and body image
‘Her canvases breed uncertainty from certainty’ – the art of Carmen Herrera
Still working at the age of 105, the Cuban-born artist has had an unusually long career – and the results repay close attention
Murky waters – Armando and the art of moral ambiguity
An opaque installation by the Dutch artist raises difficult questions about ethics and interpretation
Jacob Lawrence’s radical history of the United States
The reunion of the artist’s series of ‘Struggle’ paintings couldn’t be more timely
Domestic reform – a liberal approach to architecture in the Edwardian era
Timothy Brittain-Catlin’s account of Edwardian houses challenges many misconceptions
The seriously absurd photographs of Hollis Frampton
Although the film-maker usually used still images as a means to other ends, his photographs are a useful introduction to his work
Showing his metal – the ingenious art of Robert Kobayashi
The artist made paintings and sculptures out of nailed-together strips of metal – and they’re transfixing
Cavalier attitudes – the complicated visual legacy of the English Civil War
From memorials to history paintings, responses to the conflict often took telling liberties
The seductive splendour of Lucas Cranach the Elder
An exhibition at Compton Verney shows off the full range of the master’s work – from slinky nudes to opulent portraits of the rulers of Saxony
Brent’s borough-wide biennial offers welcome refreshment
A George Michael mural and a mountain rose-flavoured soda are among the contributions to the borough’s inaugural biennial
Master class – a fictional civilisation makes its mark at the Barbican
Toyin Ojih Odutola’s scenes of a race of women warriors are a tour de force in pastel, charcoal and chalk
Common ground – the elemental forms of Bill Brandt and Henry Moore
The first exhibition to bring the sculptor and photographer together reveals intriguing points of convergence between their work
The women who wanted to look like living statues
A study of neoclassical dress in the 1790s shows that fashion can be a serious business
What’s left of Thomas Becket? – ‘The Book in the Cathedral’, reviewed
Christopher de Hamel argues that a book of psalms in a Cambridge library is the only surviving relic of the murdered archbishop
‘Britain’s most visible artist’ – Barnett Freedman at Pallant House, reviewed
Freedman’s engaging designs were once impossible to avoid – and his lesser-known war paintings are a revelation
How the Riga Biennial adapted to a world changed by Covid-19
With a shortened run and reimagined artworks – plus, of course, social distancing – the exhibition has embraced the need to adapt
New York confidential – John Giorno’s memoir, reviewed
In his posthumously published memoir, the poet recollects his life as a lover of some of the greats of the New York art scene
Acquired taste – the fashion for French interiors in Britain
Dealers played a pivotal role in creating a demand for ancien–régime style across the Channel
A biography of Edmonia Lewis takes on a life of its own
A meticulously researched graphic novel about the sculptor Edmonia Lewis is a suitably original tribute to the enterprising artist
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