The Hard Sci-Fi of Cixin Liu’s Cosmic OperasJ.J. CharlesworthArtReview Asia13 January 2021Whether it’s the exact way a star collapses after having a black hole shot into it, or stemming an underground coal-seam fire with liquid cement, in ‘Hold Up the Sky’, Liu is dazzlingly plausible
Artists Explore the Social Presence of BlacknessJ.J. Charlesworthartreview.com07 January 2021London’s Harlesden High Street gallery staged an exhibition-as-discussion in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests
Looking for the ‘Mods’ in Modern ArtJ.J. CharlesworthArtReview09 December 2020Art historian Thomas Crow tells parallel tales of artistic emergence in his new book
‘It’s a Matter of Justice’: Bénédicte Savoy on the Argument for RestitutionJ.J. CharlesworthArtReview01 December 2020The art historian assesses the movement to return looted cultural heritage
How the ‘Suits’ Came to Rule the ArtworldJ.J. CharlesworthArtReview02 November 2020A new book offers insights into what goes on behind the closed doors of arts institutions’s boardrooms
‘SLOW DANS’ Review: Elizabeth Price’s Haunting Video TrilogyJ.J. CharlesworthArtReview08 October 2020The British artist’s vision of our postindustrial and technocratic world takes on a sharper edge
Philip Guston’s KKK Paintings Must Be Shown – But Not as Pawns in the Culture WarsJ.J. Charlesworthartreview.com02 October 2020Museums now cower from anything that (they imagine) will bring them more negative publicity
