Old age is no respecter of genius. True, there have been some artists — Goya, for example, or Monet —…
Art & Architecture
The future King George VII carried out his first official engagement at a playgroup in Wellington, New Zealand, early in…
Those who remember the V&A’s 2007 exhibition “The Golden Age of Couture” will find this latest kicks off in the…
“Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art” is an engaging exhibition of 68 pieces of excellent, small-scale Impressionist and…
For several weeks now, the National Gallery has been a hive of activity as preparations were made for this new…
Since the 1930’s, many artists have used the simple act of sharing food and drink to advance aesthetic goals and…
History, they say, is written by the winners, but most of what we know about the Vikings was recorded by…
What is it that we so enjoy in the gloomy comfort of a good ruin? The number of picturesque follies…
This year sees the centenary of the outbreak of World War I, and museums and galleries across Britain are gearing…
The artist Richard Hamilton, who died in 2011, is mostly remembered today for the collage that he made for the…
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) has a unique place in American art, not simply because she was an early female artist, or…
The National Portrait Gallery’s blockbuster spring exhibition is a landmark show focusing on the work of British photographer David…
In a leafy, affluent enclave of southeast London is Dulwich Picture Gallery. Designed by regency architect Sir John Soane (who…
Tate Britain’s new spring exhibition focuses on British sculptor and Turner Prize winner Richard Deacon (born 1949) and is the…