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4 out of 5 stars.

Carrie Mae Weems review – evil clowns, race riots and tense kitchen table dramas
4 out of 5 stars.

In this intriguing show, the photographer, film-maker and dancer explores the Black American experience from a wide range of angles

Published: 21 Jun 2023
The great face off: 16 of the most wonderful portraits ever painted

Published: 19 Jun 2023
5 out of 5 stars.

Chris Ofili: The Seven Deadly Sins review – sacred, seductive and sensational
5 out of 5 stars.

Published: 2 Jun 2023

3 out of 5 stars.

Hardcore review – a BDSM paradise that leaves you yearning to join in
3 out of 5 stars.

Published: 31 May 2023

The intriguing Turner prize shortlist is a sign of the times

Politics is intimately tied up with the ways the four artists on this year’s shortlist work, and in a divided world post-Brexit and Covid, this is reflected in their offerings

Published: 27 Apr 2023

Published: 27 Apr 2023
4 out of 5 stars.

Isaac Julien review – lithe bodies, a lynching and a televisual paean to lust
4 out of 5 stars.

Julien’s complex and ambitious work leaves you reeling with its richness as it touches on Aids adverts and stolen artefacts, migrant workers and 80s riots

Published: 27 Apr 2023
4 out of 5 stars.

Florence Peake review – riffing and writhing topless on the canvas
4 out of 5 stars.

Factual Actual: Ensemble is a performance about painting, and painting as performance, that feels like an open-ended ritual

Published: 19 Apr 2023
5 out of 5 stars.

Grenfell by Steve McQueen review – an unflinching film that makes the horror palpable
5 out of 5 stars.

The Oscar-winning director’s silent survey of the burnt tower makes this disaster of incompetence and corruption painful to witness – but impossible to ignore

Published: 5 Apr 2023

4 out of 5 stars.

Saddam Hussein mural painter creates a world of turmoil – Mohammed Sami review
4 out of 5 stars.

Sami, a refugee from Iraq, learned his trade painting his country’s then leader. His disquieting works, full of tortured surfaces, feel like distillations of death and chaos

Published: 27 Jan 2023

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