Nottingham ContemporaryThe social upheaval of the Thatcher years saw an explosion of work by black and Asian artists. This compelling show recaptures a pivotal eraConfronted by a black man i…
Tate Britain, London SW1 Pablo Bronstein's trompe l'oeils with dancers invite wry smiles as much as contemplationThree young dancers are preening, twirling and gliding through the marble can…
Edinburgh art festival, various venuesBits of old car, plywood and a roomful of scrunched-up plastic dazzle in the work of John Chamberlain, Phyllida Barlow and Tara DonovanThe most beautifu…
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, EdinburghYes, there were pale imitations, but the greatest 19th-century American artists rivalled the trailblazing French Continue reading...
An embarrassment of riches at this year's Edinburgh art festival showcases big names and delightful lesser-knowns united by history, rigorous thinking and humour Continue reading...
Royal Academy, LondonThe Royal Academy's mesmerising Degas and the Ballet begins and ends with the artist himself: dark-eyed and wary at the door in a lifesize photograph, half-blind in a ta…
Tate Liverpool and Fact, LiverpoolTwo kooky figures with crooked smiles beam at you from across the gallery. They belong to a family of robots. Aunt is a sweet-faced lady, her hips made of b…