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DARK SECRETS: 7 - The Real Truth

In this neverending news cycle of violence, art speaks to our shared humanity

From crushed fathers and their waiting children to haunting stacks of empty chairs, art can tell us about the true nature of suffering in ways that headlines never can

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Nicole Eisenman: What Happened; Re/Sisters; El Anatsui: Behind the Red Moon – review

Three new exhibitions encompass Eisenman’s wild and satirical paintings, poignant reactions to environmental ruin and an exquisite transformation of the Turbine Hall

The Guardian - UK

Philip Guston; Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas review – tragi-comic cartoonery

The delayed Philip Guston retrospective opens at last – and it is mordant, magnificent, unmissable. Over at the other Tate, Sarah Lucas’s repertoire of rude Britannia one-liners wears a little thin

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‘What would it be like to be evil?’ Controversial Philip Guston show ridicules the virus-like KKK

Delayed after the murder of George Floyd, this show has now arrived in Britain accompanied by warnings. Our critic revels in the American’s cartoonish renderings of everyday objects – and the hate groups lurking in our midst

The Guardian - UK

Philip Guston at Tate Modern review: riven with anger, engorged with love, haunted by suffering

Finally this much-postponed, angsted-over show has arrived in London and Guston’s anti-fascist feelings could not be more evident

Evening Standard

Sarah Lucas, Philip Guston and women revolt: the best art and architecture of autumn 2023

An American great for the age of Trump, a baroque master’s feminine side and 20 contentious years for women’s art are among the highlights ahead

The Guardian - UK

Tate Modern: A World in Common

During the colonial period, when Africa was almost entirely divided up by European powers, “the camera became something of an imperial device”, said Sarah Cascone on Artnet.

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A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography – Tate Modern show celebrates new generation of artists, but misses a trick

The last large survey exhibition of African photography by a major western gallery was In/Sight at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1996. Twenty-seven years later, Tate Modern is introducing a British audience to the next generation of African photographers.

The Conversation

Herzog & de Meuron at the Royal Academy review: starchitects show we can have better buildings... if we try

This is an unusual exhibition about the working method of the designers of Tate Modern and the Laban Centre

Evening Standard

‘We’re contemporary, we’re traditional, we’re unique’: the African photographers rewriting the rules

From female bikers decked out in pink to dreamy desert tableaux, a new exhibition replaces two centuries of western influence with Africans’ own liberated visions

The Guardian - UK

A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography at Tate Modern review: simply breathtaking

This breathtaking show takes a refreshingly clear-eyed look at work from across the continent and the generations

Evening Standard

Royal Academy’s Herzog & de Meuron show in London spotlights architecture for care

The Royal Academy of Arts launches its Herzog & de Meuron exhibition in London; we speak to them about the show, their approach to healthcare architecture and caring, and their rich body of work

Wallpaper

Capturing The Moment review: a painting and photography journey

There is “a lot going on” in Tate Modern’s new exhibition, said Laura Freeman in The Times. Subtitled “A journey through painting and photography”, the show is a huge and ambitious attempt to explore the relationship between painting and photography from the early 20th century to the present day, examining…

The Week

Corner: Tate Modern to launch new café and small plates bar on the Southbank

Corner will act as an all-day cafe and evening bar, connecting the gallery with the Southbank

Evening Standard

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Capturing the Moment: a Journey Through Painting and Photography at Tate Modern - all killer, no filler

Sure, the substance of this show is a little lightweight, but with banger after banger it’s totally forgiveable

Evening Standard

OPINION - It is so wrong to describe the organisation I chair as a bastion of Philistines

London is a global cultural powerhouse and it must stay that way. It is home to some of the world’s most renowned theatres, galleries, museums and music venues and it has been a crucible for art and culture throughout the ages. When I was director of Tate, I sought to…

The Guardian - UK

Ilya Kabakov obituary

Artist whose installations drew on the everyday aesthetics of his first 50 years in the Soviet Union

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s Shakespeare – as important as any modern piece of work’: Derek Jarman’s Blue comes to the stage

Russell Tovey, Simon Fisher Turner, Travis Alabanza and Neil Bartlett are teaming up to reimagine the director’s final film – a narrated meditation over a static blue screen – as a ‘thank you’ to the LGBTQ+ hero

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New Tate Modern Director announced as Karin Hindsbo, Director of the National Museum in Oslo

Hindsbo oversaw a major consolidation of five national organisations in Norway, so knows a thing or two about big venues

The Guardian - UK

‘Beyond excited’: Head of Norway’s National Museum named new Tate Modern director

Karin Hindsbo vows to ‘continue the magnificent work being done’ at the landmark London venue as she prepares to replace Frances Morris in September

Evening Standard

Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life at Tate Modern review - fascinating and ambitious

You can feel the tectonic plates of art history shifting under your feet

The Guardian - UK

Ouija board wonder: how Hilma af Klint’s occult dabblings made her an outcast

She was a Swedish mystic who believed angels guided her work. Why has this overlooked pioneer now been paired with Piet Mondrian, a jazz-mad Dutchman rebelling against his dad’s religion? The answer lies in the spirit world

Daily Mirror

Britain's dirtiest radio put on display outside Tate Modern - and passes for art

The Makita DAB radio won a competition to find Britain's dirtiest radio - but Londoners got to see it in a different light

The Independent UK

Picasso 50 years on: Greatest artist of the 20th century, or cancel-worthy misogynist?

Half a century since Picasso’s death, does the great artist’s misogyny now endanger his legacy? Alastair Smart explores why this is no straightforward set of anniversary celebrations

Evening Standard

Recycling sculptor chosen for next Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

An African artist who recycles old bottle tops to make large shimmering sculptures has been chosen to take on the monumental Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

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