Reviews

On April 14th, 2025

Review: A curation of well-loved ‘Cats In Cartoons’ – The Cartoon Museum – Until 7 September

All over social media, cats are creatures of entertainment and humour, being the faces of adorable memes. But before social media, these loveable and entertaining feline characters were enjoyed throug...

On April 4th, 2025

Review: Anselm Kiefer: Early Works-Kiefer’s commitment to confronting Nazism encourages the viewer not to turn a blind eye-Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, until 15 June

The towering German artist, Anselm Kiefer, has worked continuously throughout his career to interrogate the socio-political history of Germany and the political ideology of fascism. From embodying and...

On March 28th, 2025

Review: Four Mothers: A Witty and Deeply Human Look at Identity, Loss and the Strength in Community – in UK and Irish cinemas 4th April 

Four Mothers follows Edward (James McArdle), a writer trying to juggle his upcoming career success with the responsibility of caring for his elderly mother, Alma (Fionnula Flanagan). His plans are dis...

On March 26th, 2025

Review: ‘Paradise Lost (Lies Unopened Beside Me)’ – Divine Failures: Ben Duke and Sharif Afifi’s Re-imaginings of Milton’s Epic, Battersea Arts Centre, until 5 April

How can God create a perfect world when he himself is fraught with the same flaws, vices and uncertainties as his postlapsarian creations? ‘Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)’ dismant...

On March 26th, 2025

Review: “A night of unhinged humour with Dulcé Sloan” – Soho Theatre

American comedian Dulcé Sloan enters the stage randomly talking, with what feels like finishing off a conversation with a close friend, about her messy and confusing first night. The audience doesn&#...

On March 20th, 2025

Review: Chasing the ‘NOW’: Time, Politics and Poetry in Jasmin Vardimon’s Production at Sadler’s Wells East

How do you capture the present, the amorphous, slippery now, when, in the very act of noticing it, it has already disappeared into the past? Jasmin Vardimon’s latest work, NOW, at the newly opened S...

On March 4th, 2025

Review: ‘What Is It Like?’ – Using simulation to explore the subjectivity of human consciousness – arebyte Gallery, until 4 May

Making art within the realm of physical reality borrows much of its impact from the captivation that reality already induces, re-contextualising phenomena within a gallery space to stimulate new under...

On February 20th, 2025

Review: Immerse yourself in the art of flowers at Saatchi Gallery – ‘Flowers – Flora in Contemporary Art & Culture’ – Until 5 May

There is more to flowers than just their physical beauty. Their influence on our contemporary culture and significance in history is explored in this exhibition, which showcases over 500 artworks, inc...