Rough Version

Best in Show 2019

Every year I pick my top ten exhibitions (2018, 2017, 2016 etc). Here is this year’s picks (not necessarily in order):

1 Mark Leckey at Tate Britain

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2 Jannis Kounellis at Fondazione Prada, Venice

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3 Image Bank at KW Berlin

4 Sanyu Morandi Cezanne at Gagosian Hong Kong

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5 Graham Little at Alison Jacques

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6 Mike Nelson at Tate Britain

7 Cady Noland at MMK Frankfurt (even though started in 2018)

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8 Franz West (installed by Sarah Lucas) at Tate Modern

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9 Ron Nagle at Vienna Secession

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10 Dora Budor and/or Geumhyung Jeong, Kunsthalle Basel

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Shows I didn’t see that should be in here: David Hammons at Hauser and Wirth Los Angeles, Andrei Tarkovsky at Eye Museum, Derek Jarman at IMMA!

Also special mention: Liz Johnson Artur at South London Gallery, Jeremy Deller x Aires x David Sims at 180 The Strand, Seana Gavin at Galerie PCP (and yes I’m biased), Vertigo at Mumok, Superflex at Cisterne