Tag: British Museum
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Love London Love Culture’s Art Exhibition Picks 2022
Emma Clarendon selects some of the exhibitions she is most looking forward to catching this year. Raphael, National Gallery: having originally been scheduled for 2020, this eagerly anticipated exhibition will explore the artist’s entire career and is set to concentrate on his paintings and drawings as well as his work in architecture, poetry, and design […]
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Review Round Up: Peru: A Journey in Time, British Museum
We take a look at what the critics have had to say about the British Museum’s latest exhibition. The Guardian: ***** “This exhibition takes you outside yourself, if you let it, into a world of predatory gods and magic music. The most amazing object is a giant clay drum, from the Nasca civilisation, painted with […]
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REVIEW: Nero: The Man Behind the Myth, British Museum
This fascinating and detailed exhibition asks visitors to rethink what they thought they new about the Emperor. When you think of the Roman Emperor Nero, you are most likely to think about him as a tyrant and madman who just sat back as Rome was destroyed in a fire, who persecuted his people and of […]
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Review Round Up: Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint, British Museum
The British Museum highlights the murder that shook the Middle Ages in this exhibition that explores the life and legacy of Thomas Becket. The Guardian: ***** “The British Museum’s mind-expanding exhibitions have taken us to many cultural wonderlands, but this trip to medieval Kent is truly far-flung.” Evening Standard: ***** “The show brings home both Becket’s […]
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Review Round Up: Nero: The Man Behind the Myth, British Museum
We round up the reviews for the British Museum’s major new exhibition exploring the life of the infamous ruler. Evening Standard: **** “As ever, the exhibition avoids sensationalism – even when the facts really are sensational.” The Observer: **** “But what makes this show so unusual is precisely its offer of different truths. Nothing in […]
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Exhibitions Looking Forward to Seeing in London: April 2021
Here’s a guide to some of the upcoming exhibitions that we can’t wait to visit when museums and galleries reopen their doors….. Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, Victoria and Albert Museum: dive into the world of Lewis Carroll’s beloved Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with this exhibition that examines how it has been interpreted through film, performance, […]
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REVIEW: Arctic: Culture and Climate, British Museum (Online Curator’s Tour)
The British Museum delves in to the history of the cultures of the Indigenous people who continue to live in the Arctic – but also their future in the light of climate change. It is incredible to think that there are people who have managed to survive the extreme conditions of living in the Arctic […]
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Exhibitions Available to Visit…Online
Missing being able to pay a visit to a museum or art gallery? We have rounded up some of the exhibitions that you can discover from the comfort of your own home… An online guided tour of the National Gallery’s Artemisia exhibition: the National Gallery has made available its acclaimed exhibition looking at the work […]
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Opinion: Favourite Cultural Pieces of the Year
Editor and Founder Emma Clarendon selects some of her favourite pieces that she has written for Love London Love Culture this year…. Review of Kylie’s latest album Disco: this has been the first album in ages that I have had constantly playing! It has so many danceable tunes that it is impossible not to like. […]
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Love London Love Culture’s 2021 Exhibition Picks
We select some of the best exhibitions that are opening in London next year… Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, Victoria and Albert Museum: on display from the 27th March 2021, this exhibition will examine the influence of Lewis Carroll’s beloved story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland through its origins and many adaptations over the years. Featuring 300 […]