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Black Doldrums - ‘Echoes’
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Good Vibes Rollercoaster - ‘Sunset Tripping’
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Bleu Grave - ‘Balboa’
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Jon Jon - ‘step into my mind’
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Black Doldrums - Echoes (Official Video)
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November 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Savile Row is known for fine suits, but has a long history tied to the military. This exhibition is a powerful show with lots to unpack. In my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Rirkrit Tiravanija (situational awareness) is at Pilar Corrias until 14th Nov. Free: https://buff.ly/54v8aM8
November 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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The gallery has teamed up with curator Adora Mba to pull together an exhibition of contemporary African sculpture. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Indigenous Logics of the Fractured Self is on show at Bowman Sculpture until 14th November. Free to visit: https://buff.ly/54v8aM8
November 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Painted early in his career, these works by Baselitz would have been a powerful statement - and it resonates even today. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Georg Baselitz: The Heroes 1965–66 is on show at Thaddeus Ropac until 18th December. Free: buff.ly/jdI9wSL #LondonExhibtions
November 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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These paintings by Adam Leef, alongside Howard Hodgkin's, subtly shift as the lights cycle from warm to cool. In my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Adam Leef / Howard Hodgkin: An Ode to British Landscape Tradition is at ERCO Showroom until 7th Nov. Free: https://buff.ly/54v8aM8
November 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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I'm a fan of the National Gallery's one-room displays; this time it has paired Yinka Shonibare with 18th century master painter Thomas Gainsborough. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation is on until 7th February, free: https://buff.ly/RDbNwyV
November 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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When a new technology emerges, artists are among the first to embrace it & test its limits. This Tate Modern show includes 200+ rare prints by more than 80 artists. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography is open until 21st Feb, ticketed £20: buff.ly/RDbNwyV
October 31, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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These works sit between the cute and the creepy and are based on the artist’s own memories of creating likenesses in his mother’s garden. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Jonathan Baldock: For Your Keeping is on at Canopy Collections until 20th November. Free: buff.ly/jdI9wSL
October 30, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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What will the world look like in the future? Will nature have taken it all back? Michael Landy's drawings imagine such a future. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Michael Landy: Future Ruins is at Sir John Soane's Museum until 17th January. Free: buff.ly/RDbNwyV #LondonExhibitions
October 29, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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We're invited into Es Devlin's world-building workshop; she's moved her studio and her 30-year archive into the Design Museum. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Es Devlin: Other Worlds is at Design Museum until 4th April 2027, ticketed at £17: buff.ly/RDbNwyV #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
October 30, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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These ghostly figurative works capture tender memories of growing up... One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Joana Galego: Different Ways of Staying is on show at Soho Revue until 31st October. Free: buff.ly/jdI9wSL #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
October 28, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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A distant look, a dreamy glance... Morag Caister has captured them in her trademark loosely painted style. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Morag Caister: Watching the City is at Rhodes until 31st October. Free: buff.ly/jdI9wSL #LondonArtCritic #LondonExhibitions
October 27, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Working with the sounds and materials we find in nature, Abdollah Nafisi creates totemic wooden sculptures, using found objects to channel sound...
One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Abdollah Nafisi: I Can’t Meditate is on at Staffordshire St until 1st Nov. Free: buff.ly/54v8aM8
October 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Scattered papers, neon signs & a jump-inducing bird that starts flapping as I approach... Like the artist’s previous works, it’s deliciously disturbing. In my @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy #TopPicks - Jenkin van Zyl: Enclosure, at Somerset House Studios until 29th Nov. Free: https://buff.ly/pbtZ4y4
October 25, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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This exploration of queer identity, community & love offers us a chance to escape into Tim Walker's fairy tale world. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends is on at National Portrait Gallery until 7th February 2027, ticketed at £23-£25: https://buff.ly/7Ohu5hq
October 24, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Sean Harte Rigney - ‘Do You Feel It’
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Lauren Minear - ‘Autumn Leaves’
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The Black Roses - ‘4AM’
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Do You Feel It
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October 21, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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An excellent collection of works by René Magritte, plus works by contemporary artists who draw inspiration from him. In my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - This is still not a pipe: The afterlife of Magritte is at Gagosian until 12th Dec. Free: https://buff.ly/pbtZ4y4 #LondonArtCritic
October 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Debuting his latest stop-motion animation, this film brings together images of protest, destruction & more. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - William Kentridge: A Nicely Built City is on at Goodman Gallery until 7th Nov. Free: https://buff.ly/pbtZ4y4 #LondonArtCritic
October 20, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Gabrielle Goliath's work at this year's Venice Biennale was one of the most powerful, and now there's a chance to see/hear it in London. It makes for an extremely moving artwork. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Gabrielle Goliath: Elegy is on at Ibraaz until 17th January. Free: buff.ly/7Ohu5hq
October 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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These unnerving sculptures stretch up to the ceiling & snake across the gallery’s facade... we’re waiting for them to come alive. In my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Nicola Turner: I Tear Secrets from Your Yielding Flesh, at Annely Juda Fine Art until 7th Nov. Free: buff.ly/pbtZ4y4
October 17, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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That crooked red CPI line on the BLS website indicates the US president is either a juvenile chimpanzee or Donald J. Trump.
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October 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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This exhibition brings together works by 16 women artists, including powerhouses such as Judy Chicago and Cecilia Vicuña. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - The Soothsayer’s Chorus is on show at Britannia Row Studios until 23rd October. Free to visit: buff.ly/pbtZ4y4 #LondonArt
October 15, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Renoir is perhaps the most divisive of the Impressionists: some love his vivid colours; others consider his works too chocolate-boxy. Here's a chance to make your own mind up. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Renoir and Love is at The National Gallery until 31st January, ticketed: buff.ly/7Ohu5hq
October 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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This private collection is where to see work by Glenn Brown, but I always love the choice of artists whose works are paired in its annual exhibitions. One of my #TopPicks for @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy - Fail We May, Sail We Must is at The Brown Collection until 7th August. Free: buff.ly/latRafL
October 14, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Paul Cezanne and René Magritte star, as two collections combine to highlight some of the most radical artists of the first half of the 20th century. One of my #TopPicks for Londonist, Modern Painting from the Courtauld & Reuben Collections, ticketed: buff.ly/QbeQO62
October 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM