STEVE ANDREW enjoys an account of the many communities that flourished independently of and in resistance to the empires of old
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Whitechapel open to what's happening now
MICHAL BONCZA recommends an exhibition of dynamic art reflecting the mindset of artists in a global capital
[Larry Achiampong]
TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
The London Open 2018
Whitechapel Gallery, London
THIS free triennial exhibition, featuring 22 artists working across painting, sculpture, performance and video, addresses burning issues related to the changing urban context, the environment, technology, gender, race representation, political activism and post-colonial histories.
Renee So and Elisabeth Tomlinson
Their creative inquiries and agendas employ a variety of formal languages and what's on show is a kaleidoscope of challenging propositions, with excellent and powerful work by women artists to the fore.
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