Cathy's Art Diary

Disjointed exhibition at the Gilbert and George Centre featuring 18 works by Gilbert and George made between 1984 and 1998. I say disjointed as I wasn't sure what was tying these pictures together to make an exhibition but that's not to say I didn't enjoy it. It consisted of work from three series The 1984 pictures from which the title work came, The New Democratic Pictures from 1991 and The Rudimentary Pictures from 1998. The works looked great in the space but that's not surprising as it was designed to show the artists' work. I particularly like the tall gallery on the ground floor and the way you can also view it from a balcony above. Closed 28 February 2026  

Striking exhibition at the Gilbert and George Centre of pictures from their 2011 series. Shown throughout the centre the show had 29 off the 292 pictures in the series and were very effective in the space. They consist of a series of panels with headings from newspaper posters stolen by Gilbert and George and arranged into subjects. These were then set against their usual self-portrait style images either kaleidoscopes or a large image with them peering through the headings. En masse the headlines were quite harrowing as you remembered the real events they recorded but among them were some which made you smile for their incongruity. This was my first visit to the centre so a big shout out to this new, interesting venue.   A perfect foil to Gilbert and George’s work. End of 2024 Review Telegraph