GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Never the twain shall meet?
LYNNE WALSH faces the ‘brilliant or bonkers’ conundrum of a simultaneous exhibition of work by Jeff Koons and Cy Twombly
POLES APART: (L to R) Cy Twombly’s Five Greek Poets and a Philosopher: ‘Sappho’ and Jeff Koons’ Diamond (Red)
[Bastian Gallery]
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
Primal Gestures: Jeff Koons & Cy Twombly
Bastian Gallery
THE concept behind the juxtaposition of these two artists is either brilliant or bonkers.
The small but beautifully formed Bastian Gallery in London’s Mayfair is renowned for clever use of its space, and this show certainly supports that reputation.
Whether Jeff Koons, contrarian and devoted acolyte of capitalism, has anything in common with the work of the thoughtful and intuitive Cy Twombly is a moot point.
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