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Sarah Birch

Simnikiwe Buhlungu: hygrosummons (iter.01), Chisenhale Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A meditation on water’

The South African artist’s first solo show ‘reminds us how little we control the natural world’

By Sarah Birch

/ 20 Sep 2024

Simnikiwe Buhlungu: hygrosummons (iter.01), Chisenhale Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A meditation on water’

Encounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years – review

‘The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it’

By Sarah Birch

/ 19 Aug 2024

James Baldwin

Goodbye Mr Coffee, Courtyard Theatre, Camden Fringe, stage review: ‘Delicately-written drama’

The first production from De Beauvoir’s Brian Voakes is ‘at once relective and humorous’

By Sarah Birch

/ 2 Aug 2024

Goodbye Mr Coffee, Courtyard Theatre, Camden Fringe, stage review: ‘Delicately-written drama’

Peter Kennard: Archive of Dissent, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Fury made sublime’

This retrospective of Kennard’s work is ‘bound to stir thoughts of your own role in the political’

By Sarah Birch

/ 2 Aug 2024

Peter Kennard: Archive of Dissent, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Fury made sublime’

A History of the East End, Chris Dorley Brown, book review: ‘Stands out from the crowd’

Dorley Brown’s photographs show East London in ‘all its beauty and grime’

By Sarah Birch

/ 3 Jul 2024

A History of the East End, Chris Dorley Brown, book review: ‘Stands out from the crowd’

Francis Alÿs: Ricochets, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Youthful inventiveness’

The artist’s exploration of children’s play ‘yields rich documentation of their resilience’

By Sarah Birch

/ 28 Jun 2024

Francis Alÿs: Ricochets, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Youthful inventiveness’

Cedric Christie: Oblivious to Your Own Career, Rocket Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Subtle reflections on form and colour’

Christie, a trained welder, ‘draws tremendous grace from everyday materials’

By Sarah Birch

/ 22 May 2024

Cedric Christie: Oblivious to Your Own Career, Rocket Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Subtle reflections on form and colour’

Jock McFadyen: Made in Hackney 2, The Grey Gallery, exhibition review: ‘The outside world as a sensory force’

The painter’s new show in London Fields offers paintings you can get lost in

By Sarah Birch

/ 14 May 2024

Jock McFadyen: Made in Hackney 2, The Grey Gallery, exhibition review: ‘The outside world as a sensory force’

‘We need more social housing’: Photographer Tom Hunter on Hackney’s evolution and the threat of ‘monoculture’

The artist, who lives and works locally, was speaking as his new exhibition went on display in London Fields

By Sarah Birch

/ 18 Apr 2024

‘We need more social housing’: Photographer Tom Hunter on Hackney’s evolution and the threat of ‘monoculture’

Artists Gilbert & George on life in East London, sensationalism, and the success of their gallery

The pair spoke to the Citizen after unveiling new artworks to celebrate the first anniversary of the Gilbert & George Centre

By Sarah Birch

/ 11 Apr 2024

Artists Gilbert & George on life in East London, sensationalism, and the success of their gallery

Andrew Pierre Hart, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Sensory landscape of the streets just outside the walls’

Andrew Pierre Hart’s Whitechapel show engages the local area in a way that’s both intimate and readily recognisable

By Sarah Birch

/ 9 Apr 2024

Andrew Pierre Hart, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Sensory landscape of the streets just outside the walls’

Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain, Eithne Nightingale, book review: ‘Unique perspectives on how we live’

Nightingale’s sensitive collection of people’s stories is ‘remarkable for its sheer diversity’

By Sarah Birch

/ 2 Apr 2024

Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain, Eithne Nightingale, book review: ‘Unique perspectives on how we live’