Reviews

On June 2nd, 2023

Review: Brown Girls Do It Too: Mama Told Me Not To Come – ‘The dynamic duo Poppy and Rubina dive into the complex realities of being a British South Asian woman’ – Soho Theatre, until 10 June

The critically acclaimed podcast ‘Brown Girls Do It Too’ is live at the Soho Theatre. The dynamic duo, Poppy and Rubina, are here to dive into the complex realities of being a British South Asian ...

On May 18th, 2023

Review: The Eight Mountains (Le Otto Montagne) – ‘Friendship and shared love for the mountains’ – BFI, until 24 May

Le Otto Montagne presents the tale of two young boys, one a city boy and the other un montanaro (mountaineer), whose childhood friendship patiently observers the unfolding of their different life path...

On April 27th, 2023

Review: Souls Grown Deep like Rivers: Black Artists from the American South- “Giving space to art as experience.” – Royal Academy, until 18 June

The current exhibition at the RA is unique because it doesn’t centre any particular artistic movement or artist. Instead, the art it exhibits was produced by a selection of Black artists who are gro...

On April 20th, 2023

Review: Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism, Dulwich Picture Gallery, until 10 September

Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism, is a sensational display of dynamic brushwork, impasto surfaces, pastel colours, soft, sun-clad interiors, pensive expressions and intimate depictions of Morisot...

On April 18th, 2023

Review: Plants of the Qur’ān and All the Flowers Are for Me-2 ground-breaking new exhibitions at Kew Gardens, now on until 17 Sept

The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art is a gallery that has been open since 2008 at Kew Gardens and is the world’s first display dedicated to solely Botanical Art. The gallery is currently s...

On April 18th, 2023

Review: Christine Sun Kim: Edges of Sign Language- ‘Canvases as multifaceted explorations’- Somerset House, until 21 May

The current exhibition at Somerset House, ‘Christine Sun Kim: Edges of Sign Language’, displays how Christine’s contemporary practice interrogates the roles of space, sound, language and shape i...

On April 17th, 2023

Review: RESOLVE Collective: them’s the breaks-Barbican Curve Gallery, until 16 July

This Spring sees RESOLVE Collective take over Barbican Curve Gallery with their unconventional exhibition, them’s the breaks.  The exhibition is built on-site, with one side staging sculptures form...

On April 12th, 2023

Review: Akram Khan’s Jungle Book reimagined-Sadler’s Wells until 15 April

Disney’s Jungle Book of my childhood: jovial, comic and full of dancing bears eating prickly pears, remains unrecognisable in Akram Khan’s dark re-telling of Rudyard Kipling’s tale. The focus is...

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