Innovative art
Exhibition
Exhibition
Works made from exploded paint cans, skulls and whatever material could be found are displayed in an exhibition celebrating Black artists from the Southern US. It's hugely important to showcase these artists but it's in the Royal Academy's smaller galleries, and a bigger space would have done them more justice — plus, the works feel alienated among white walls that don't suit the raw materials from which they were created.
What does British history sound like? By assembling vessels dating from the last 2,000 years, they can resonate with their sounds when visitors walk past them. It's a small installation that pairs neatly with the Roman artefacts that are permanently part of the London Mithraeum experience, and asks us to reflect on Britain's history, especially at a time when it seems to be in flux.