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Edward Burra – Ithell Colquhoun at Tate Britain: an immersive and intelligent double bill

Is this a safe space to share how much I loathe the blockbuster art exhibition? Overcrowded galleries full of gawpers taking photos of famous paintings, with no room to engage with an artist’s life’s ...
Observer

One Fine Show: “The 80s, Photographing Britain” in London

Anna Fox, Work Stations, Café, the City. Salesperson, 1988 (1988). © Anna Fox, The Hyman Collection / Courtesy the Centre for British Photography Welcome to One ...
Observer

At Tate Britain, Edward Burra and Ithell Colquhoun Are a Two-for-One Deal

Burra is a relatively unknown artist who certainly deserves an exhibition at a place as worthy as Tate Britain. Colquhoun is better known, has a cult following and—actually—the work on show here ...
The New York Times

In Ed Atkins’s World, the Uncanny Is Realer Than the Real

The British artist is being honored with a major retrospective. His eerie avatars aren’t quite lifelike, but they show what it means to be human. By Emily LaBarge Reviewing from London It’s awful ...