We don’t need an editorial here do we? Another week, another Five Art Things thing and on with all this endless art coverage? Years of it. Should it all just knocked on the head, just get back to the dog eat dog world of being an artist? Is there really much point in all this art coverage and this clapping with one hand? Answers on a postcard to somewhere ot other….
Five art things then, five more art things happening somewhere around right now (or any moment now). Five art shows to check out in the coming days as we repeat ourselves. We do aim to make this an (almost) weekly round up of recommended art events, five shows, exhibitions or things we rather think might be worth checking out. Mostly London things for that is where we currently operate and explore, and like we said last time, these five recommendations come with no claims that they are “the best five” or the “Top Five”, we’re not one of those annoying art websites that ignore most things whilst claiming to be covering everything and proclaiming this or that to be the “top seven things” or the “best things this weekend”. This Five Things thing is simply a regular list of five or so recommended art things happening now or coming up very soon that we think you might find as interesting as we think we will…
And we should add, that entry to these recommended exhibitions and events, unless otherwise stated, is free…
1: Tricia Gillman, re-view at Benjamin Rhodes Arts – 12th March until 25th April – A show at the intimate East London gallery that fits alongside the last days of Tricia Gillman’s expansive ‘Paintings from the 1980s’ show at Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf …… This new show at Benjamin Rhodes features paintings from 2001 to Now..
“…..The impulse for this show is the confrontation with a series of six stunning paintings from the 1980s by Tricia Gillman, currently on display at Clifford Chance in London’s Canary Wharf.[1] Gillman is looking back at these works after decades of painting prolifically, contemplating them from a new horizon. How can she, does she, invite her earlier work back into relation with her current production? This is particularly interesting when you consider Gillman’s diverse oeuvre. For me, rather than simply observing the differences between then and now, this retrospection is better served by thinking through how her painting stages an appeal to time. I suggest that how Gillman’s paintings position us temporally may determine the ways she can re-encounter them. …. /………And now Gillman, with no small bravery, is testing her hypotheses again and from some years distance. My hunch is that what this experiment in retrospection will reveal is that Gillman’s ability to temporally situate the viewer is a crucial part of who she is as a painter and that it releases her to converse with the past as if it is the present.” Rebecca Fortnum, February, 2026
Benjamin Rhodes Arts is at 62 Old Nichol Street, London E2 7HP. The show runs from 12th March until 25th April. The gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday Midday until 6pm. There’s an opening night 6pm until 8.30pm on Thursday 12th March
Meanwhile Tricia Gillman: Painting from the 80s is at Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, 10 Upper Bank Street, London E14 4JJ, until 31st March, 2026, here’s an Organ piece from the opening night – Tricia Gillman’s big Paintings From the Eighties at Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London. Paintings from a rather different London. There a dynamic, not a noise, Tricia Gillman never seems to need to make a big noise. They are formal but not too formal, actually they’re just right, and there they are, right there, big paintings on a big wall in a big line…
Previously on these pages
2: Thamir – Where Styles Meet at POSK Gallery – 15th until 20th March 2026 – This looks like it should be rewarding, we’ll forgive the gallery’s use of the V word: “Dive into vibrant art world where Arabic and English lettering create visual harmony through figuration, abstraction and modernistic elements by artist, Thamir”.
POSK Gallery is found at 238 – 246 King Street, Hammersmith, London, W6 0RF. The Gallery is open Tuesday to Friday and then again on Sunday, 10am until 9pm. There’s an opening on Sunday 15th march, 6pm until 9pm
3: Joe Rush, Unnatural at The Bomb Factory, Marylebone – Here’s one from the early days of Organ and free festivals and that piece that stood outside the Robey and that time under the Westway and such (that’s Joe at the top of the page) – “Known for his distinctive scrap-metal aesthetic, Joe Rush is a London-born sculptor and founder of Mutoid Waste Company, a renowned British underground collective. Commonly referred to as “The Mutoids”, this group emerged from London in the 1980’s, and became notorious for their large scale sculptures and performance installations using recycled materials such as scrap metal, abandoned vehicles, and industrial waste. The group became closely associated with the early rave and free-festival scenes in the UK, where they designed stages and installations for large gatherings. After police raids in London, many members relocated across Europe, including a notable period working in Berlin, where they continued producing monumental scrap-metal artworks. Their work and collective ethos has inspired film, fashion and live events worldwide, with Joe’s sculptures becoming a defining presence at Glastonbury festival, animating the landscape beside the iconic Pyramid Stage”.
The Bomb Factory is found, in this case (they do have a number of spaces), at 206 Marylebone Road, NW1 6LY. The exhibition runs from 13th – 29th March. The space is open Wednesday to Sunday, 1pm – 7pm. There’s an opening on Thurs 12th March, 6 – 8pm.
4: Alyina Zaidi, Rewilding at Pilar Corrias, Conduit Street – 13th March until 23rd May 2026 – There’s been some good shows at Pilar Corrias already this year (yes I should write about them, there’s never enough time), this one looks full of colourful promise as well; “Pilar Corrias is pleased to present Rewilding, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Alyina Zaidi”
“The exhibition continues the artist’s practice of world-making, envisioning surreal, imagined topographies shaped by memory and myth. Resembling intricate, embroidered textiles, Zaidi’s paintings echo the literary traditions of post-independence India, where folkloric fables carry layered histories. Her enchanted landscapes are rich in colour and meticulous in detail. They draw on Persian and South Asian miniature painting, Byzantine and Sienese traditions, as well as memories of her childhood gardens in Kashmir and Delhi”.
Pilar Corrias is at 51 Conduit Street, London W1S 2YT. The show is on from 13th March until 23rd May 2026. The gallery is open Tuesday–Friday: 10am–6pm and Saturday: 11am–6pm. With an opening on Thursday 12th March, 6pm until 10pm.
5: Alexis Ralaivao, Flirter avec l’abstrait at Pilar Corrias, Conduit Street – 13th March until 23rd May 2026 – Also at Pilar Corrias; “Pilar Corrias is pleased to present the first UK solo exhibition by Alexis Ralaivao”
“Titled Flirter avec l’abstrait, the exhibition brings together a new suite of paintings that push figuration to its limits, flirting with but never fully embracing abstraction. Ralaivao draws on Old Master techniques, particularly those associated with 17th-century Dutch painting and its meticulous treatment of fabric and surface. For the first time in his practice, he works in vivid, saturated colour. The paintings depict tightly cropped images, sections of midriff or draperies that, through their isolation from the wider image, approach geometric abstraction. In these works, composition, texture and colour take precedence over narrative. The result is a series of bright, sensual studies that resist spectacle and instead invite sustained looking and a sense of emotional proximity”.
Once again Pilar Corrias is at 51 Conduit Street, London W1S 2YT. The show is on from 13th March until 23rd May 2026. The gallery is open Tuesday–Friday: 10am–6pm and Saturday: 11am–6pm. With an opening on Thursday 12th March, 6pm until 10pm.
And while we’re here, opening next Tuesday 17th March and once again hosted on these pages. Explore Cultivate’s Spring 2026 program of on-line shows here
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