A Handy Format for Writing Brief Art Exhibition Reviews

I made this guide for writing art reviews when I first started contributing to LS Media’s Arts section. It’s pretty useful especially if you’re only given a limited word count and you have a ton of deadlines to meet in a short space of time. This article format isn't limited to art reviews and can easily be adapted to help with the writing of product reviews, etc. This format helps to keep things concise and is most useful for anyone writing in an article format where the reader can leave at any given point and still have a general idea about the article's content.

Article Outline:

  1)          Artist’s Name

  2)          Title of Piece /exhibition (year)

  3)          Where is it on display and until when?

  4)          Is it part of an over-arching exhibition?

  5)          Brief description of the piece

  6)          Context

  7)          Aims/Symbolism/Metaphor

  8)          Quotes from artist/ artist’s intensions

  9)          Relation of piece to the rest of the exhibition

10)          Final statement.