London Art
2008: The London Art Scene in ReviewFor me, this is between Francis Bacon at Tate Britain and Life Before Death at the Wellcome Collection. But, as much as I like Bacon and as slick as the show was, I don't think anything could come close to Walter Schels and Beate Lakotta's intense and moving exhibition at the Wellcome Collection. Probably the best thing I've ever seen.
Read Tom's review of Francis Bacon at Tate Britain.
Read Tom's review of Life Before Death at the Wellcome Collection.
Read Tom's review of The Dark Show at FormContent.
Read Tom's interview with Sarah Maple.
Sarah Maple, 'Have You Wanked Over Me Yet?' Digital Print, edition 1 of 1, 2008
Oddest event
Read Tom's review of Extreme Curating at the ICA.
Biggest new arrival
Read Tom's review of The Revolution Continues, the inaugural exhibition at the new Saatchi Gallery.
Image courtesy of Jim Linwood
Read Susannah's review of 4900 Colours at the Serpentine.
Read Tom's review of Marc Quinn at White Cube.
Read Susannah's review of Robin Rhode at the Hayward.
Read Tom's ill-informed response to the economic strife.
Loss
Meanwhile, the death of Hirst's fellow YBA Angus Fairhurst in March was a shocking loss to the art world. On the day after his critically acclaimed solo show at Sadie Coles came to a close, his body was found in a remote Scottish woodland: he
had hanged himself. Fairhurst made his name with a series of witty
conceptual works in the early nineties, but his last exhibition was an
altogether starker and more sombre affair.
Read Tom's review of Angus Fairhurst at Sadie Coles.
Angus Fairhurst, 'Fata Morgana' 2008 © Sadie Coles
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