Tabish Khan

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You smell Richard Wilson’s artwork 20:50 long before you see it. You enter a room and at first it takes you a while to realise what’s happening as the ‘floor’ reflects the walls and ceiling. Then you realise the floor is actua
The relaxed and reposed figure has been a key part of art history, and here we see contemporary artists who use that motif in their practice. Whether it’s the well-defined physique of a young man by Nahem Shoa, the wispy outlines of Sara Rossbe
Pastel colours, theatrical sets - you know the drill when it comes to a Wes Anderson movie. Now it's a chance to see behind the scenes with a Design Museum exhibition that contains over 600 items from the films....

One of my #TopPicks for @Londonist
Have you heard of Anna Ancher before? Most people won’t have, though she’s a lot better known in her native Denmark. 

Read more about the latest exhibition of her work at Dulwich Picture Gallery - and more - in my latest Diary of a Londo
Touch and how we hold one another are reinterpreted in these paintings, where there’s both a clinical side with lots of open hands and a depth as we get to see the hands typically concealed beneath clothing. I liked the duality of the intimacy
 

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