In this post, we summarise all the articles and speaking engagements by members of the Critics’ Circle on art and architecture, during August.
Sue Hubbard has revisited Tracey Emin’s most famous work, ‘My Bed’ for Artylst.
Tabish Khan has previewed the major exhibitions to see in London in September, for Londonist. He also now has his own Wikipedia page. As part of his newsletter Londonist Urban Palette, he has written about Mayfair’s hidden art and two diary entries covering early August and late August. He has written multiple top 5s covering museum exhibitions, Central London exhibitions, South London exhibitions, exhibitions outside London, and Early September exhibitions for FAD magazine. Sticking with FAD magazine, he has also reviewed the Anish Kapoor exhibition at Liverpool Cathedral. As part of his podcast The Good, The Bad and The Arty he has spoken to the team at Wakehurst Botanical Gardens and denim artist Ian Berry.
Martin Bailey reported on the letter from 1990 found during the renovations of The National Gallery and he also previewed its new Van Gogh exhibition, both for The Art Newspaper.
Corinna Lotz has reviewed Roger Mayne at The Courtauld and Take Only What You Can Carry by a Ukraine solidarity collective on 10 Greatorex Street, both for Real Democracy Movement.
Oliver Wainwright has written about Nek Chand’s 25-acre outsider art masterpiece in India, the drive to make cities swimmable, and how the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing is still a controversy magnet. All for The Guardian.
Estelle Lovatt has spoken about the Banky murals for Talk TV and on BBC Radio Kent. She has also spoken about Keir Starmer’s removal of the Thatcher portrait in Number 10 for Talk TV and Radio 2, the latter was also covered in The Express.
Maev Kennedy has written three pieces for The Art Newspaper, on how Hampton Court conservation grants visitors a closer look at Chapel Royal, Charles Dickens’ unpublished letters, and the protection of Wordsworth’s shipwreck.
Lead image: Van Gogh’s ‘The Bedroom’. © The Art Institute of Chicago