Art preview: five London shows to see Feb-April 2020

What a great title for a group exhibition, ‘Contagio’, ushering in with it the sense that ideas and influences are catching. And, that the good ones are only...

Llandudno Anj Smith Oriel Mostyn, until March 1 Anj Smith appears equally intrigued by the histories of art and fashion. A veritable modern master, her finel...

David Cheeseman Once Ever After, Thrice Removed, Domobaal until Dec 14 Drawn Breath, Tintype until Dec 7 The Twin, Coventry Biennial until Jan 26 This extrao...

Checking out the updated Cabinet website, Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s name sits atop the magazine’s contributors’ list with a 2011 article on the history of forens...

If you enter Tai Shani’s installation and don’t find immediate joy in the colourways and furnishings of her post-patriarchal playground, then you may not dri...

That knockout view over the sea from the second floor of the Turner Centre was familiar to me before I knew of JMW and his legacy

Preview of London art shows in Frieze week

UNDO THINGS DONE with its shouty sloganic caps proclaiming loudly from the exhibition literature, speaks simultaneously of artistic pursuits and commercial m...

I first encountered Larissa Sansour at the Braziers’ International workshop in Oxford where she was exercising her political performance muscles as the ‘Beth...

The artist duo responsible for Moving Backwards set their agenda in no uncertain terms with this title and consolidated such in their pavilion opening speech...

As I write this, it’s reported Huawei is to be blocked by Google from using its apps on the company’s phones. Like some predictable terror-movie plot line, t...

Jerwood Space, London, until June 2 In 2018, for the sixth year of this award, Richard Whitby and duo Caitlin and Andrew Webb-Ellis were chosen from 145 peop...

at Studio 1.1 London, until April 28 Full disclosure, I’ve known Gill Ord for many years and have seen enough of her studio back catalogue to know she is abl...

Domo Baal, London, until June 4 I’ve been on a fairly ad hoc London commute for the last couple of years, but how I’ve managed to miss Chris Hanlon’s paintin...

The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, until June 9 With a little light digging, I’ve discovered this exhibition was made possible by the University of Oxford (with e...

Five shows to see in London this month Dilston Grove (CGP London) in association with Matt’s Gallery Beth Collar – Daddy Issues (until 28/4) It’s a great tit...