In this post, we summarise all the articles by the Critics’ Circle members on art and architecture during December 2025.
Claudia Barbieri has written about Made In Egypt at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, and Jane Bown, Photographer and Newspaper Woman at Newlands House Gallery, both for Artlyst.
Tabish Khan has previewed the top exhibitions to see in 2026 and those to see specifically in January 2026, both for Londonist. For his newsletter, Londonist Urban Palette, he has interviewed the director of Somerset House Studios, unveiled the secrets of the Secret Maps exhibition at The British Library, looked back on the top exhibitions of 2025, and asked if anyone would pay £1m for a pile of old rope. For FAD, he has his regular weekly top five exhibitions, rounded up his favourite art books, and reviewed Seeds of Hate and Hope at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich. As co-host of the podcast The Good, The Bad and The Arty, he interviewed Jenifer Gilbert, founder and director of Jenifer Lauren Gallery, about working with self-taught, disabled and neurodivergent artists, and Alexandra Steinacker-Clark about working in the art world, her podcast and her upcoming book.
Rachel Kubrick has made several contributions to Ocula Magazine, including news that Serpentine and FLAG Art Foundation have Launched U.K.’s Newest Art Prize.
Lead image photo by Masanobu Nishino and courtesy of the artist © DACS, London, 2025 and Chiharu Shiota.