In this post, we highlight the articles and other media coverage by the Critics’ Circle members on art and architecture during August 2026.
Paul Carter Robinson has written that a Joel Shapiro sculpture is to be removed from the Kennedy Centre amid Trump’s Art Purge, Yayoi Kusama: Avant-Garde Japanese Pop Artist, Dies Aged 97, and that a Kehinde Wiley Painting has been removed from the US Embassy For Being ‘Very Woke’. All for Artlyst.
Tabish Khan has previewed September’s most anticipated exhibitions for Londonist. In his newsletter, Londonist Urban Palette, he offers his verdict on the new V&A East, speaks with Catherine Yass about how her work gives visibility to disabilities, and asks: Is a television show about art a Big Deal?. For FAD magazine, he has written about Wallace Chan’s major museum show in Shanghai, examined how the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich is trying to capture the meaning of life, and written his regular top 5 exhibitions every week.
Simon Tait has written a moving obituary for critics’ circle member Anthony Lester, “The Man Who Made a Life Discovering British Art,” for Eye on London.
Estelle Lovatt has spoken to AP about the death of Yayoi Kusama, has been quoted in a BBC article claiming that Banksy’s works cost the public almost £150,000, and has been similarly quoted on My Modern Met regarding the same story.
The lead image is of Yayoi Kusama and by P C Robinson © Artlyst 2026.