Andrew Graham-Dixon Art critic, journalist, TV presenter, author, lecturer and educationalist.
Andrew Graham-Dixon Art critic, journalist, TV presenter, author, lecturer and educationalist.
The Independent 1987 - 1999

It's always the thought that counts
Date: 30-06-1992
Owning Institution: Tate
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
A Marathon of Mediocrity
Date: 16-06-1992
Owning Institution: Kassel Art Exhibition
Publication:                   The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:                 Now    
Well Executed
Date: 09-06-1992
Owning Institution: Mayor Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   Now    
Channel Hopping
Date: 02-06-1992
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   19th Century      
Ceci n'est pas une critique: Rene Magritte played with perceptions while painting in style.
Date: 26-05-1992
Owning Institution:
Publication:   The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject: 20th Century    
Beyond Price
Date: 12-05-1992
Owning Institution: Karsten Schubert Ltd
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
Where great art is stock-in-trade
Date: 05-05-1992
Owning Institution: Waddington Galleries
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century          
Francis Bacon, painter driven by mortality.
Date: 29-04-1992
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Making an Honest Woman
Date: 28-04-1992
Owning Institution: National Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   Renaissance    
Postcards from the edge
Date: 21-04-1992
Owning Institution: Camden Arts Centre
Publication:           The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:         Now    
Corridors of power
Date: 07-04-1992
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   Now  Renaissance          
A Rough Magic
Date: 31-03-1992
Owning Institution: National Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   17th Century    
Strangely Moving
Date: 24-03-1992
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century        
Art of darkness
Date: 17-03-1992
Owning Institution: Tate
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Great White Hopes
Date: 10-03-1992
Owning Institution: Saatchi Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   Now      
Dismembered Vision
Date: 03-03-1992
Owning Institution: Hayward Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                
Subject:   Now              
Generation Gaps
Date: 11-02-1992
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
A Whiff of Gout Libre
Date: 04-02-1992
Owning Institution: National Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century      
No Bones About It
Date: 28-01-1992
Owning Institution: Victoria & Albert Museum
Publication:     The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:   16th Century    
Art of Stone
Date: 21-01-1992
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication:     The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:   Renaissance    
On a wing and a prayer
Date: 28-12-1991
Owning Institution:
Publication:                 The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:     Renaissance  Middle Ages & Earlier  19th Century  18th Century  17th Century  16th Century    
The rocking horse winner
Date: 17-12-1991
Owning Institution: Serpentine Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Hatching out a world
Date: 10-12-1991
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   18th Century  20th Century      
A Burn up for the Books
Date: 03-12-1991
Owning Institution: Museum of Modern Art
Publication:       The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:     20th Century    
Worlds Apart
Date: 12-11-1991
Owning Institution: Barbican Art Gallery
Publication:         The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:     20th Century  19th Century    
Piecing it together
Date: 29-10-1991
Owning Institution: Tate
Publication:     The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:         20th Century  
Regal Bearings
Date: 22-10-1991
Owning Institution: National Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   16th Century  17th Century        
Dismembered Vision
Date: 18-10-1991
Owning Institution: Grand Palais
Publication:     The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:   19th Century    
Under the Limelight
Date: 15-10-1991
Owning Institution: Hayward Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   19th Century    
Lines of Thought
Date: 01-10-1991
Owning Institution: South Bank
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                    
Subject:   17th Century  19th Century  20th Century  Now  Renaissance          
The calm before the form
Date: 24-09-1991
Owning Institution: Anthony D'Offay Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
A Bang! not a whimper
Date: 17-09-1991
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   20th Century            
And this is now
Date: 31-08-1991
Owning Institution: Serpentine Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
That was then
Date: 13-08-1991
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century          
A sense of purpose
Date: 06-08-1991
Owning Institution: Museum of Modern Art
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
Living Statues
Date: 30-07-1991
Owning Institution: Kenwood House
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   18th Century  19th Century        
Hatching a Scheme
Date: 16-07-1991
Owning Institution:
Publication:           The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:       Now  20th Century    
Paint and Saints Alive
Date: 09-07-1991
Owning Institution: National Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   Renaissance        
Walks on the wild side
Date: 02-07-1991
Owning Institution: Hayward Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
Beasts of Burden
Date: 25-06-1991
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Working the Land
Date: 18-06-1991
Owning Institution: Tate
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   18th Century    
Of an Uncertain Age
Date: 11-06-1991
Owning Institution: Waddington Galleries
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
The Territory of Myth
Date: 28-05-1991
Owning Institution: Manchester City Art Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   19th Century      
Beyond the Pale
Date: 21-05-1991
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century        
The official versions
Date: 14-05-1991
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   18th Century  19th Century  20th Century        
Striking Images
Date: 07-05-1991
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century          
Fear of Flying
Date: 30-04-1991
Owning Institution: Bernard Jacobson Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Back in the Year Dot
Date: 23-04-1991
Owning Institution: Grand Palais
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   19th Century    
On the G-Plan Diet
Date: 16-04-1991
Owning Institution: Tate Liverpool
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Washes Whiter
Date: 09-04-1991
Owning Institution: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
The Writing is on the Wall
Date: 25-03-1991
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
The Hair Apparent
Date: 19-03-1991
Owning Institution: National Gallery
Publication:       The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:     17th Century    
Wrapped Attention
Date: 12-03-1991
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century  Now    
Moving Furniture
Date: 26-02-1991
Owning Institution: British Library
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   18th Century      
The Max Factor
Date: 19-02-1991
Owning Institution: Tate
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Deeply Distressed
Date: 12-02-1991
Owning Institution: Whitechapel Gallery
Publication:       The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:   20th Century  19th Century    
Figuring the Landscape
Date: 05-02-1991
Owning Institution: Whitechapel Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
Mixed Blessings
Date: 29-01-1991
Owning Institution: Barbican
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Drawing on the Past
Date: 22-01-1991
Owning Institution: Royal College of Art
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
Darkness in a Frame
Date: 15-01-1991
Owning Institution: Accademia Italiana
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                      
Subject:   16th Century  17th Century  18th Century  19th Century  Renaissance            
Late Shifts and Unhappy Endings
Date: 08-01-1991
Owning Institution: Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
Shows Must Go On.
Date: 31-12-1990
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   16th Century  18th Century  20th Century  Renaissance      
By Numbers
Date: 11-12-1990
Owning Institution: Hayward
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
The Appliance of Science
Date: 04-12-1990
Owning Institution: National Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century  Now        
Telling a Naked Truth; Erotic or pornographic?
Date: 27-11-1990
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
A World of Difference
Date: 20-11-1990
Owning Institution: ICA / Serpentine Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                  
Subject:   20th Century  Now              
A Determined Misfit
Date: 13-11-1990
Owning Institution: Burrell Collection, Glasgow
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   19th Century    
The Unpleasant Taste of Success
Date: 10-11-1990
Owning Institution:
Publication:               The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:             20th Century    
Right from the Start
Date: 30-10-1990
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century  Now        
Exercise of the Object
Date: 23-10-1990
Owning Institution: Goldsmiths' School of Art
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century          
Leaving a Mark
Date: 09-10-1990
Owning Institution: Waddington Galleries
Publication:     The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject: Now  20th Century        
Letters from the Landscape
Date: 02-10-1990
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century      
Acts of Public Decency
Date: 25-09-1990
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century          
Lighter than Air
Date: 18-09-1990
Owning Institution: Tate Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
Every Colour Under the Sun
Date: 08-09-1990
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century    
Strictly Members Only
Date: 04-09-1990
Owning Institution: The Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
The World of Interiors
Date: 28-08-1990
Owning Institution: Whitechapel Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                
Subject:   20th Century              
A Land of Opportunity
Date: 21-08-1990
Owning Institution: National Gallery of Scotland
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   16th Century  17th Century  19th Century    
In The Dog House
Date: 24-07-1990
Owning Institution: ICA
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
Thought that Counts
Date: 17-07-1990
Owning Institution: Tramway
Publication:     The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:   20th Century    
The Midas Touch?
Date: 13-07-1990
Owning Institution: Goldsmiths' School of Art
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
Hanging in the Balance
Date: 10-07-1990
Owning Institution: The national gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century        
Saatchi Sneezes and the art World Shivers
Date: 14-10-1989
Owning Institution: Saatchi Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
The Naming of Parts
Date: 03-10-1989
Owning Institution: Knoedler / Annely Juda
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century        
Opening the Shutters
Date: 29-09-1989
Owning Institution: The Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century        
The Painter of Fragments
Date: 26-09-1989
Owning Institution: Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Exchanging Peasantries
Date: 19-09-1989
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   19th Century    
Art of Mass Reproduction
Date: 12-09-1989
Owning Institution: Hayward Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Acquiring New Tastes
Date: 07-09-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                    
Subject:   18th Century  19th Century  20th Century  Now            
Solemn History into Art
Date: 29-08-1989
Owning Institution: ICA
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Monkey business
Date: 22-08-1989
Owning Institution: National Gallery of Scotland
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   16th Century  Renaissance        
Traces in the Sand
Date: 01-08-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century            
Movements in Modern Art
Date: 25-07-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                        
Subject:   17th Century  18th Century  19th Century  20th Century  Now              
Dependency Culture
Date: 18-07-1989
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
Body Language
Date: 06-07-1989
Owning Institution: Victoria and Albert
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                  
Subject:   17th Century  18th Century  19th Century  20th Century          
Booked Up and Sold Out
Date: 27-06-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
The Pea-Shooter
Date: 20-06-1989
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   18th Century    
Boys will be Beuys
Date: 13-06-1989
Owning Institution: Liverpool Tate Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
From Aztec to High-tec
Date: 30-05-1989
Owning Institution: Hayward Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century      
The Feat of Klee
Date: 23-05-1989
Owning Institution: Tate Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century      
La Revolution Glorieuse
Date: 16-05-1989
Owning Institution: British Museum
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   18th Century  19th Century      
Between the Lines
Date: 13-05-1989
Owning Institution: Whitechapel Art Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century      
The Small Change of Art
Date: 25-04-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   20th Century            
A Bad Head for Figures
Date: 18-04-1989
Owning Institution: Clore Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   18th Century  19th Century    
The Last Romantic?
Date: 11-04-1989
Owning Institution: Whitworth Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   19th Century      
Life Set Upon a Cast
Date: 09-04-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century        
Glazed Expression
Date: 04-04-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century  Now        
The Elephant Man
Date: 28-03-1989
Owning Institution: Tate Gallery, Liverpool
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century    
Bricks and Mortals
Date: 21-03-1989
Owning Institution: Anthony D'Offay Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century        
Arts and Grafts
Date: 14-03-1989
Owning Institution: Ikon Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Positive Views
Date: 07-03-1989
Owning Institution: Victoria and Albert
Publication:   The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject: 20th Century        
Comrades in Art
Date: 28-02-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication:         The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:       20th Century    
Timber Merchants
Date: 21-02-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century        
The Philosophy of Wallpaper
Date: 14-02-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   18th Century  19th Century    
Catalan Graffiti
Date: 07-02-1989
Owning Institution: Whitechapel Art Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
Drawing Analogies
Date: 31-01-1989
Owning Institution: Hayward Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   Renaissance    
Pacific Overtures
Date: 24-01-1989
Owning Institution: Grand Palais, Paris
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   19th Century    
The Italian Job
Date: 19-01-1989
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject:   20th Century    
In Need of a Sugar-Daddy
Date: 10-01-1989
Owning Institution: Tate Liverpool
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century        
Winning Strokes
Date: 04-10-1988
Owning Institution:
Publication:     The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:   20th Century    
Bacon in Moscow
Date: 01-10-1988
Owning Institution: Central House of the Artists, Moscow
Publication:   The Independent 1987 - 1999      
Subject: 20th Century        
A Shelter from the Storm
Date: 20-09-1988
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century        

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"Andrew Graham-Dixon is the leading British art critic..."
Robert Hughes

"Andrew Graham-Dixon is the dean of art critics."
A.A. Gill, the Sunday Times

"There is always something that cheers and invigorates - something that makes the reader feel more intelligent and alive."
Anthony Quinn, in the Observer.

"The pleasure is in the ideas. They fairly steam long... Graham-Dixon gets them over skilfully and succinctly without ever getting bogged down or self-conscious."
Matthew Collings, in the Independent on Sunday

"Andrew Graham-Dixon's range is unusually wide, his prose style so supple and his analysis of artists and their work so absorbing that the reader begins by being enthralled and ends by being enriched. How is this achieved? Generally, each piece begins with a description of a particular work of art in which the chief characteristics of the artist are revealed and then held up for re-examination in a wider context, invariably leading to fresh insights or reinterpretations... As a critic he is remarkably self-effacing,reserving the space for opinions on art and artists as opposed to displays of irascibility or bouts of petulance...  Then there is his irreverent sense of humour. For example, Boucher and Fragonard are described as 'painters of airborne brothels' and Giacometti's fuigures are introduced as 'graduates of one of the most punishing physical regimes of modern times: the Alberto Giacometti Total Fitness Programme'. Yet such asides are soon abandoned for passages of sustained prose that often have the plangency of a meditation, only to be brought to a sudden halt by a startling epigram. Many of these last are brilliant apercus that are both memorable and instructive..."
Christopher Lloyd, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, in The Daily Express

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