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May 19, 2026 — Comments are off for this post.

Olivia Guillot In between blinks at Glasshouse Review: 2026

Last updated: 19 May 2026

By Tristan · Arts, exhibitions and creative culture

This is an opinion piece. Views expressed are the author's own and do not constitute professional advice.

This Olivia Guillot Glasshouse review covers in between blinks, the debut London solo show from a French-British painter who has spent the last year on the Tracey Emin Artist Residency in Margate. The work is loud, confident and unmistakably alive. It is also, quite plainly, the start of something rather than the finished thing. So if you want to back a young painter early, this small Soho room is a good place to begin.

Cool Factor: 4/5

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Published by Tristan in Art Lovers, Arts & Culture, Exhibitions, Reviews
Tags: contemporary painting, emerging artists, exhibition reviews, Gathering, Glasshouse Projects, in between blinks, London exhibitions, Margate, Olivia Guillot, Soho galleries, TEAR, Tracey Emin Artist Residency
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May 6, 2026 — Comments are off for this post.

Are We Really Here? HBH Gallery Review – Sally Kindberg and the Sub-Real

Last updated: 5 May 2026

By Tristan · Arts, exhibitions and creative culture

This is an opinion piece. Views expressed are the author's own and do not constitute professional advice.

Cool Factor: 4/5

Are We Really Here is a group show that arrives at exactly the right moment. Staged by itinerant London gallery HBH at 67 Great Titchfield Street in Fitzrovia, the show runs from 30 April to 8 May 2026. It gathers 14 artists around a single urgent question: in a world of para-social noise and algorithmically flattened experience, what does it mean to actually be present? For our money, Are We Really Here is one of the sharpest group exhibitions London has seen this spring.

The standout, above all, is Stockholm-born London-based painter Sally Kindberg. She contributes three works: Umbrella Man Special (2026, oil on linen, 91 x 81cm), Muted Corner (2026, oil on linen, 70 x 55cm), and 40 Denier (2025, oil on linen). Together, they are among the most compelling things on show in London right now.

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Published by Tristan in Arts & Culture, Reviews
Tags: contemporary painting, Exhibition review, Fitzrovia, group show, HBH Gallery, London Art, Sally Kindberg
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December 6, 2025 — Comments are off for this post.

Howard Hodgkin at Pitzhanger Manor Review: A Detailed Look at the London Exhibition

The Howard Hodgkin Pitzhanger review has already attracted significant interest from London art audiences, and it is clear why. This exhibition, set within the refined Georgian architecture of Pitzhanger Manor, offers a particularly clear reading of Hodgkin’s distinctive approach to colour, memory and emotional temperature. Rather than functioning simply as a showcase of major works, the show uses the character of the building itself to shape a more intimate encounter with Hodgkin’s practice.

Where large retrospectives often expand outward, this exhibition tightens the focus. Viewers move through a sequence of carefully paced rooms, each one revealing a different aspect of Hodgkin’s language of abstraction. The result is an exhibition that feels steady, well considered and quietly resonant.

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Published by Stiv in Art Lovers, Artists, London, Reviews, Travel lover
Tags: abstraction, art review, contemporary painting, Howard Hodgkin, London art exhibitions, Pitzhanger Manor
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November 23, 2025 — Comments are off for this post.

David Hockney London Exhibition Review

The David Hockney London exhibition at Annely Juda Fine Art lands with a burst of colour, a new gallery space and a reminder that Hockney still paints with more curiosity than most artists half his age. Opening in early November 2025 at the gallery’s new Hanover Square home, the show brings together brand new acrylic paintings and the first full UK presentation of The Moon Room. It’s confident, witty and exactly the kind of exhibition that gets London buzzing.

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Published by Stiv in Art Lovers, LGBTQ+, London, Reviews
Tags: Annely Juda Fine Art, contemporary painting, David Hockney, Hockney exhibition, Hockney review, London art shows, London galleries, Moon Room, new Hockney paintings, UK art exhibitions

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