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April 10, 2026 — Comments are off for this post.

Chiharu Shiota & Yin Xiuzhen Hayward Gallery Review 2026 – Worth It?

Last updated: 10 April 2026

By Tristan · Arts, exhibitions and creative culture

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Our Chiharu Shiota Hayward review covers two concurrent exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery on London's Southbank: Threads of Life and Yin Xiuzhen's Heart to Heart. For £19 you get entry to both shows, and honestly, that felt like a steal. One of these exhibitions left us speechless. The other left us a little lukewarm. Together, they make for a genuinely memorable afternoon.

Cool Factor: Chiharu Shiota — 5/5 | Yin Xiuzhen — 3/5

Published by Tristan in Art Lovers, Artists, Arts & Culture, Reviews

Tags: art review, Chiharu Shiota, Contemporary art, Hayward Gallery, Heart to Heart, immersive art, London exhibitions, Southbank Centre, Threads of Life, Yin Xiuzhen

April 7, 2026 — Comments are off for this post.

Veronica Ryan Whitechapel Gallery Review 2026 – Multiple Conversations

Last updated: 11 April 2026

By Tristan · Arts, exhibitions and creative culture

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Cool Factor

★★☆☆☆

2 out of 5

Two weeks ago I walked out of Hurvin Anderson's show at Tate Britain buzzing. It was focused, beautifully paced, and one of the best things I have seen in London this year. Then I paid £16.50 to see Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations at Whitechapel Gallery. I walked out feeling flat. Ryan is a Turner Prize winner with four decades of serious, compelling work behind her. So what went wrong? In short, the Veronica Ryan Whitechapel survey tries to say everything at once and ends up saying very little clearly. Here is why.

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Tags: art reviews, London exhibitions, reviews, Turner Prize, Veronica Ryan, Whitechapel Gallery

March 31, 2026 — Comments are off for this post.

Tracey Emin: A Second Life at Tate Modern Review (2026)

Last updated: 31 March 2026

By Tristan · Arts, exhibitions and creative culture

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Cool Factor: 4/5

This Tracey Emin Tate review covers A Second Life, the largest ever survey of Dame Tracey Emin's work now showing at Tate Modern until 31 August 2026. Spanning over 100 works across 40 years, it is ambitious, deeply personal and, at times, genuinely difficult to look at. It is also one of the best exhibitions in London right now. The textile works alone justify the £20 ticket, and seeing My Bed in person still hits differently after all these years. However, the sheer pulling power of Emin's name means crowds can make the experience feel more like rush hour than a gallery visit.

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Tags: Art Exhibitions, arts and culture, Contemporary art, London exhibitions, reviews, Tate Modern, Tracey Emin, YBA

March 23, 2026 — Comments are off for this post.

Conceptual Art and Christine Kozlov at Raven Row Review

Last updated: 22 March 2026

By Tristan · Arts, exhibitions and creative culture

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Cool Factor: 3/5

The Christine Kozlov Raven Row exhibition is a sprawling deep dive into the work and world of one of conceptual art's most overlooked figures. Housed in the gorgeous 18th-century rooms of Raven Row gallery in Spitalfields, Conceptual Art and Christine Kozlov brings together an expansive collection of Kozlov's output alongside works by her peers, including On Kawara, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth, and Art & Language. It's free, it's ambitious, and it's open until 26 April 2026. But does it hold together as a show? Our honest verdict below.

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Tags: Art & Language, art review, Christine Kozlov, conceptual art, free London gallery, Lawrence Weiner, London exhibitions, On Kawara, Raven Row, Spitalfields

March 2, 2026 — Comments are off for this post.

Rose Wylie at the Royal Academy Review: A Look at the London Exhibition

By Tristan · Arts, exhibitions and creative culture

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The Rose Wylie Royal Academy exhibition places one of Britain’s most distinctive painters within the formal context of Burlington House. Rather than framing Wylie as an outsider voice, the exhibition situates her practice within a lineage of British painting that values scale, gesture and visual directness. The result is not a retrospective spectacle but a measured presentation that clarifies the structural intelligence beneath her deliberately awkward surface language.

As with other focused RA exhibitions, the strength of the show lies in pacing. The galleries unfold in a steady sequence, allowing Wylie’s visual vocabulary to accumulate gradually.

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Tags: Art editions, Burlington House, Contemporary art, Exhibition review, London exhibitions, Painting, RA London, RA shop, Rose Wylie, Royal Academy

October 14, 2025 — Comments are off for this post.

Frieze London & Masters 2025 Review: What Stood Out

🎯 Why this year mattered for UK collectors

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

If you’ve been eyeing the art-fair calendar, the Frieze London 2025 review is essential reading. This Frieze London 2025 review is about more than sales and champagne. Running from 15-19 October in Regent’s Park, this edition of Frieze London and its sibling Frieze Masters brought together over 280 galleries from 45 countries. For the UK collector building a contemporary art collection, there were clear signals: a shift toward materiality and newer galleries, plus opportunities for thoughtful buying rather than impulse purchases.

Published by Stiv in Art Lovers, Artists, London, Reviews

Tags: british art scene, collecting art, contemporary art UK, frieze 2025, frieze london, frieze masters, london art fair, London exhibitions

June 1, 2025 — Comments are off for this post.

Exhibitions London June 2025 – What’s On in the Capital

If you’re after the best exhibitions London June 2025 has to offer, you’re spoilt for choice. From bold retrospectives and open-call extravaganzas to immersive installations and new work from rising stars, the capital’s galleries are packed with reasons to get out and explore.

Here’s our guide to what’s actually on in June – not exhibitions that have closed or haven’t even opened yet. Everything below is either newly opened or currently running, so you won’t be disappointed.

Published by Stiv in Artists

Tags: art in London June 2025, free London galleries, London exhibitions, Serpentine Pavilion 2025, Tate Modern Yoko Ono, things to do in London, V&A Elton John photography