British Art News
The latest news in Modern and Contemporary British Art.
by Alex Leith
A brave new world, revisited | Electric Dreams at Tate Modern
Tate Modern’s engaging new show Electric Dreams examines how groups of innovative artists used science and technology in their practice between the end of WW2 and the advent of the internet.
Ghosts in the walls | John Monks at Long & Ryle
Has Long and Ryle got bigger? No, the Pimlico gallery hasn’t had an extension: they are currently showing the latest exhibition of the painter John Monks, a modern master of perspective.
THIS IS TOMORROW
Michael Bird’s latest book – this is tomorrow - follows familiar terrain, taking the reader on an entertaining ride through the history of the British Modernist art movement, from its roots in the 1870s, to the turn of the millennium.