Category: Visual Art
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PREVIEW: Spain and the Hispanic World: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, Royal Academy of Arts
The exhibition will go on display from the 21st January 2023. The Royal Academy of Arts is to display an exhibition which will celebrate the collection of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library in New York as well as being a visual narrative of the history of Spanish culture. Spain and the Hispanic World will […]
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Review Round Up: The Ey Exhibition: Cézanne, Tate Modern
We take a closer look at what critics have had to say about the Tate Modern’s Cézanne exhibition. The Guardian: ***** “The beautiful, touching thing about this artist is how he takes apart reality without ever ceasing to care about it. This makes looking at his art one of the most heightened and extraordinary experiences […]
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Review Round Up: Hallyu! The Korean Wave, Victoria and Albert Museum
We take a closer look at what critics have had to say about the V&A’s exhibition exploring the culture of South Korea … The Guardian: ***** “The reason this blockbuster show from the V&A translates so well is that it portrays its own desires and concerns as universal: it doesn’t recognise frontiers. In a century […]
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Review Round Up: William Kentridge, Royal Academy of Arts
We take a look at what critics have had to say about the Royal Academy’s latest exhibition exploring the work of the South African artist. The Guardian: **** “The RA show is also necessarily fragmentary and incomplete, filled with stops and starts. Tracing the development of his art from the 1980s to the present, in […]
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REVIEW: Milton Avery: American Colourist, Royal Academy of Arts
As the title suggests, this is an exhibition that is filled with vibrant colour that dazzles – but more attention could have been paid to the way in which he worked. Milton Avery is not an artist that I was particularly familiar with before entering this delightfully colourful exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts […]
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REVIEW: Africa Fashion, Victoria and Albert Museum
This vibrant and celebratory exhibition highlights how much there is to be appreciated about how fashion has evolved in Africa and actually leaves the visitor wanting more. ‘Fashion allows us to show the continent in the way we know it’ – words spoken by Awa Meité in 2020 and placed on a wall as part […]
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Review Round Up: Winslow Homer: Force of Nature, National Gallery
We take a closer look at what critics have been saying about this latest exhibition at the National Gallery. The Guardian: ***** “Homer can be a clumsy artist. Yet, for all the clunking moments, there is an intensity and passion that carries him through to his masterpiece. Some artists are born great; others have to […]
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PREVIEW: Making Modernism, Royal Academy of Arts
This new exhibition will go on display to the public from the 12th November. In November, the Royal Academy of Arts will present Making Modernism, a major new exhibition devoted to women artists working in Germany in the early 20th century. The exhibition is set to feature 67 paintings and works on paper primarily by Paula […]
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NEWS: Museum of London to Celebrate 45 Years at London Wall
The news comes as the museum prepares to close its doors at its London Wall site on Sunday 4th December. The Museum of London has announced it will celebrate its 45th anniversary at London Wall with a programme of events, activities and displays, that will welcome visitors to the site one last time before its doors […]
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Review Round Up: Milton Avery: American Colourist, Royal Academy of Arts
We take a look at what critics thought of the Royal Academy’s exhibition devoted to the American artist. The Observer: ***** “The Royal Academy’s show (with around 70 works, the most comprehensive ever held in Europe) is rich in every period and resonantly uplifting.” The Arts Desk: *** “While his paintings always refer to things […]