Matthew Sperling

Matthew Sperling reviews Milton Avery at Victoria Miro, London, on view through July 29, 2017. Sperling writes: "In Excursion on the Thames (1953), one of several pictures in the exhibition deriving from Avery’s only trip to Europe in 1952, the perfect balance is struck between loving observation of the everyday and visionary form-making: the pleasure

Matthew Sperling writes about David Hockney's pool paintings. A retrospective of works by David Hockney will be on view at Tate Britain from February 9 - May 29, 2017. Sperling writes: "... on arrival in California ... one particular feature of the architecture, previously only seen in black and white photographs, struck Hockney with fresh