Category: Visual Art
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REVIEW: Re:Imagining Musicals, Victoria and Albert Museum
This free exhibition is a musical theatre lovers delight. Every time I pay a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum I always love paying a visit to its special Theatre and Performance section as they have plenty of incredible objects and insights into the world of theatre and beyond. My only issue with it […]
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Review Round Up: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Tate Modern
We round up the reviews for Tate Modern’s retrospective of the Polish artist. The Guardian: **** “her work has a presence that’s all her own, which is why the current exhibition has such a jolt and is so affecting.” Time Out: ***** “The only complaint is that there’s just not enough. Abakanowicz had a long, […]
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PREVIEW: Blood & Battle: Dissecting the Life of William Beatty, Old Royal Naval College
This new exhibition continues to be on display until the 25th March 2023. The Old Royal Naval College explores the life and work of renowned 19th-century naval surgeon and physician, Sir William Beatty in fascinating – and sometimes grisly detail. Having opened this month, this exhibition marks the 200th anniversary since Beatty took up the […]
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NEWS: Ann and John Bloomfield Donate Complete Collection of Original Designs to BFI National Archive
The news coincides with the exhibition celebrating the pair’s partnership in costume design at the BFI Southbank. The BFI have announced that Ann and John Bloomfield, one of Britain’s most successful costume design partnerships, have generously gifted their collection of original designs in its entirety to the BFI National Archive. Celebrating this news and in […]
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REVIEW: Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt, British Museum
A fascinating and insightful examination of how hieroglyphics were finally decoded. As a child, I was fascinated by Ancient Egypt and the world that the Egyptians lived in – but just as equally with the way in which they would write and use hieroglyphics and the way in which it came across as this mysterious […]
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Review Round Up: Making Modernism, Royal Academy of Arts
The London gallery has opened its new exhibition – but what have critics had to say about it? The Guardian: *** “This exhibition misunderstands how women artists have been excluded from the canon. The art patriarchy never said women can’t be artists, but that they can’t be great artists. This show accidentally perpetuates that by […]
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NEWS: National Gallery Announces 2023 Exhibition Programme
The London gallery has unveiled details of its upcoming exhibition programme. The National Gallery has announced full details of its upcoming 2023 programme – including exhibitions devoted to the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi, Dame Paula Rego and Céline Condorelli. With exhibitions such as Winslow Homer: Force of Nature and The Credit […]
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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 […]