Andrew Graham-Dixon Art critic, journalist, TV presenter, author, lecturer and educationalist.
Andrew Graham-Dixon Art critic, journalist, TV presenter, author, lecturer and educationalist.
American Modern

Turner Monet Twombly
Date: 08-07-2012
Owning Institution: Tate Liverpool
Publication: Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013                
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century  Now          
Man of the match
Date: 01-01-2012
Owning Institution: Leeds Art Gallery
Publication:         The Independent 1987 - 1999    
Subject:     Now  20th Century      
A Layer Cake of Pastiche
Date: 06-11-2011
Owning Institution: Hayward Gallery
Publication: Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
George Bellow
Date: 13-05-2011
Owning Institution: National Gallery
Publication:         Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013  
Subject:     20th Century  19th Century    
Jenny Holzer at Baltic
Date: 10-03-2010
Owning Institution: Baltic
Publication:           Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013  
Subject:       Now  20th Century    
Arshile Gorky
Date: 03-02-2010
Owning Institution: Tate
Publication:       Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013  
Subject:     20th Century    
War and Medicine at the Wellcome Collection
Date: 21-12-2008
Owning Institution: The Wellcome Collection
Publication:             Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013  
Subject:         20th Century  19th Century    
Rothko: The Seagram Murals at Tate Modern
Date: 28-09-2008
Owning Institution: Tate
Publication: Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013          
Subject:   20th Century        
“The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock” at The British Museum
Date: 27-04-2008
Owning Institution: The British Museum
Publication:       Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013    
Subject:     20th Century      
“Coming of Age” at The Dulwich Picture Gallery
Date: 16-03-2008
Owning Institution: Dulwich Picture Gallery
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013        
Subject: 19th Century    20th Century      
David Lynch at the Fondation Cartier
Date: 11-03-2007
Owning Institution: Fondation Cartier
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013          
Subject: 20th Century    Now        
David Smith at Tate Modern
Date: 05-11-2006
Publication:       Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013  
Subject:     20th Century    
A light in Life
Date: 24-08-2006
Owning Institution: louise blouin foundation
Publication: Catalogue Essays          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
Ellsworth Kelly at The Serpentine Gallery 2006
Date: 02-04-2006
Publication:     Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013          
Subject: Now  20th Century            
Winslow Homer: Poet of the Sea at The Dulwich Picture Gallery 2006
Date: 26-02-2006
Owning Institution: The Dulwich Picture Gallery
Publication:     Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013      
Subject: 20th Century  19th Century        
Andy Warhol at the NPG and Hauser and Wirth; Ugo Rondinone at the Whitechapel 2006
Date: 12-02-2006
Publication: Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013          
Subject:   20th Century        
Dan Flavin at The Hayward Gallery
Date: 22-01-2006
Publication:         Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013  
Subject:       20th Century    
Diane Arbus at the V&A 2005
Date: 16-10-2005
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013        
Subject: 20th Century          
ITP 243: Giuditta Pasta, by Joseph Cornell
Date: 26-12-2004
Owning Institution:
Publication:         Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”  
Subject:       20th Century    
ITP 219: River Rouge Plant by Charles Sheeler
Date: 04-07-2004
Publication:       Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”  
Subject:     20th Century    
Edward Hopper at Tate Modern 2004
Date: 30-05-2004
Owning Institution: Tate Modern
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013    
Subject: 20th Century      
Cy Twombly: Works on Paper, at the Serpentine Gallery 2004
Date: 25-04-2004
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013      
Subject: 20th Century        
Roy Lichtenstein at the Hayward Gallery 2004
Date: 29-02-2004
Owning Institution: Hayward Gallery
Publication:       Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013  
Subject:     20th Century    
Philip Guston at the Royal Academy 2004
Date: 25-01-2004
Owning Institution: The Estate of Philip Guston
Publication:       Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013  
Subject:     20th Century    
ITP 182: Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950 by Jackson Pollock
Date: 12-10-2003
Owning Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”        
Subject: 20th Century          
ITP 177: Blackboard by Winslow Homer
Date: 07-09-2003
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”      
Subject: 19th Century        
ITP 124: I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold by Charles Demuth
Date: 01-09-2002
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”      
Subject: 20th Century        
ITP 101: Bathsheba Reverie – Yellow by Jules Olitski
Date: 24-03-2002
Owning Institution: Bernard Jacobson Gallery
Publication:           Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”  
Subject:         Now    
ITP 96: Big Electric Chair, by Andy Warhol
Date: 17-02-2002
Owning Institution: Froehlich Collection, Stuttgart
Publication:     Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”      
Subject:   20th Century        
ITP 87: Wrapped Trees by Christo
Date: 16-12-2001
Owning Institution: Courtesy of Christo
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”      
Subject: 20th Century        
ITP 47: Number 11/ Number 20 (Untitled), by Mark Rothko
Date: 11-03-2001
Owning Institution: Private Collection
Publication:         Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”  
Subject:       20th Century    
ITP 39: Retroactive I, by Robert Rauschenberg
Date: 14-01-2001
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”      
Subject: 20th Century        
ITP 31 American Gothic, by Grant Wood
Date: 19-11-2000
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”      
Subject: 20th Century        
ITP 15: Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol.
Date: 30-07-2000
Owning Institution: Tate Modern, London
Publication:         Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”  
Subject:       20th Century    
ITP 11: Flag by Jasper Johns
Date: 02-07-2000
Owning Institution: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Publication:       Sunday Telegraph “In The Picture”  
Subject:     20th Century    
Tamara de Lempicka: Art Deco Diva at the Royal Academy 2004
Date: 30-11-1999
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication:     Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013      
Subject:   20th Century        
Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns Since 1983, at the SNGMA, Edinburgh, 2004
Date: 30-11-1999
Publication:   Sunday Telegraph Reviews 2004-2013      
Subject: 20th Century        
Alphabet; TEN YEARS IN THE ARTS
Date: 11-10-1996
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                              
Subject:   18th Century  19th Century  20th Century  Now  Renaissance                    
Great, on the face of it
Date: 28-03-1995
Owning Institution: National Portrait Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century  Now        
In search of the edible woman
Date: 21-02-1995
Owning Institution: Tate Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century  Now        
The master builder
Date: 12-07-1994
Owning Institution: Whitechapel Art Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
The Kitaj myth
Date: 28-06-1994
Owning Institution: Tate
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
The Fluxshoe detective
Date: 19-04-1994
Owning Institution: Tate
Publication:           The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:         20th Century    
Sort of, almost, in a way, nearly
Date: 15-04-1994
Owning Institution: Hayward Gallery
Publication:               The Independent 1987 - 1999    
Subject:           Now  20th Century      
A word or two in your eye
Date: 25-01-1994
Owning Institution: Serpentine Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
A lot of bottle
Date: 28-10-1993
Owning Institution:
Publication:         The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:       20th Century    
Falling wide of the target
Date: 21-09-1993
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication:         The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:     Now  20th Century    
Mr Orange and the seven wise men
Date: 16-09-1993
Owning Institution: Royal Academy
Publication:         The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:     Now  20th Century    
Making nothing out of something
Date: 07-09-1993
Owning Institution: Serpentine
Publication:           
Subject: 20th Century  Now        
Sunk under the weight of culture
Date: 15-06-1993
Owning Institution: Venice Biennale
Publication:                       The Independent 1987 - 1999    
Subject:                   Now  20th Century      
Flirting with hippie chic
Date: 20-04-1993
Owning Institution: Anthony D'Offay Gallery
Publication:               The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:           Now  20th Century    
Insulated from the shock of reason
Date: 23-03-1993
Owning Institution: Serpentine Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
Still alive, but only just
Date: 09-03-1993
Owning Institution: Whitney Museum of American Art
Publication:         The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:     Now  20th Century    
Art after the deluge
Date: 29-12-1992
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   20th Century  Now          
In a pig's eye
Date: 10-11-1992
Owning Institution: Anthony D'Offay Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century  Now        
Accentuate the negative
Date: 06-10-1992
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   20th Century  Now          
Condensed controversy
Date: 15-09-1992
Owning Institution: Anthony D'Offay Gallery
Publication:         The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:     Now  20th Century    
A Marathon of Mediocrity
Date: 16-06-1992
Owning Institution: Kassel Art Exhibition
Publication:                   The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:                 Now    
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      
Striking Images
Date: 07-05-1991
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century          
By Numbers
Date: 11-12-1990
Owning Institution: Hayward
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
A World of Difference
Date: 20-11-1990
Owning Institution: ICA / Serpentine Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                  
Subject:   20th Century  Now              
The Unpleasant Taste of Success
Date: 10-11-1990
Owning Institution:
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              
In The Dog House
Date: 24-07-1990
Owning Institution: ICA
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
Chaos on the canals
Date: 29-05-1990
Owning Institution: Venice Biennale
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                  
Subject:   20th Century  Now              
Just dismember this
Date: 15-05-1990
Owning Institution: Riverside
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century  Now        
Vision and revision
Date: 06-02-1990
Owning Institution: Whitechapel Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
Artists under the influence
Date: 10-10-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                      
Subject:   19th Century  20th Century  Now  Renaissance              
The Small Change of Art
Date: 25-04-1989
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   20th Century            
Bricks and Mortals
Date: 21-03-1989
Owning Institution: Anthony D'Offay Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century        
Beyond child's play
Date: 26-07-1988
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999        
Subject:   20th Century      
Venice's far pavilions
Date: 28-06-1988
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999                  
Subject:   20th Century  Now              
Friendly fixtures
Date: 07-06-1988
Owning Institution: Waddington Galleries
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   20th Century  Now          
Spot the difference
Date: 31-05-1988
Owning Institution: Modern art Oxford
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   20th Century  Now          
On the edge
Date: 05-04-1988
Owning Institution:
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   20th Century  Now          
Alienation and all that
Date: 15-03-1988
Owning Institution: Serpentine
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   20th Century  Now          
Glut reaction
Date: 11-12-1987
Owning Institution: Waddington
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
The blackboard jungle
Date: 29-09-1987
Owning Institution: Whitechapel
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
The Scottish at play
Date: 21-08-1987
Owning Institution: Edinburgh Festival
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999            
Subject:   20th Century          
Taking the Mickey
Date: 04-07-1987
Owning Institution: ICA
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century  Now      
The catastrophe culture
Date: 03-02-1987
Owning Institution:
Publication:           The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:         20th Century    
Signs of the times in flashing neon
Date: 20-01-1987
Owning Institution: Whitechapel Gallery
Publication:       The Independent 1987 - 1999  
Subject:     20th Century    
The blue-collar workers of art
Date: 26-11-1986
Owning Institution: Whitechapel Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999          
Subject:   20th Century        
Piece with no title
Date: 12-11-1986
Owning Institution: Lisson Gallery
Publication: The Independent 1987 - 1999              
Subject:   20th Century  Now          

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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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