This elegant exhibition bears witness to the enduring appeal of the Victorian artist, designer, poet and reformer.
Frances WilsonLondon,
The wide-ranging influence of Victorian designer, artist, furniture-maker, poet and social reformer William Morris is explored in a new exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Far more than a straightforward display of portraits, the exhibition includes drawings, paintings, objects, textiles ...
Almost 200 works in an astonishing array of media prove that Polke is hard to pigeonhole.
Nicholas MarloweLondon,
Typical. You wait ages for an exhibition to do with a major post-1945 German artist, then two arrive at once. Hot on the heels of the new Anselm Kiefer show at the Royal Academy (previously reviewed on this site) comes ...
'David Bowie Is' exhibit reveals a cultural icon, beyond the pop.
Nancy S. BishopChicago,
"David Bowie Is" Chicago Exhibit Reveals a Cultural Icon, Beyond the Pop
David Bowie was born September 16, 1965. Actually, that’s the day that 18-year-old David Jones legally assumed the name that became famous. This is one piece of ...
A look at 40-plus years of the artist's work, this sweeping exhibit explores his ongoing preoccupation with matters earthly and metaphysical.
Frances WilsonLondon,
Anselm Kiefer was born in Germany in 1945. A war baby (just) he grew up among the ruins of a country devastated by war and divided by ideology. It is hardly surprisingly, then, that on first sight many of his ...
Essential viewing for anyone with an interest in landscape painting, this exhibit explores the creative process behind the artist's work.
Nicholas MarloweLondon,
My favorite anecdote about the painter John Constable (1776-1837) concerns the hare that can be seen running across the foreground of his large watercolor "Stonehenge" (1835), one of the highlights of this new show at the Victoria and Albert Museum. ...
The exhibition includes some of the most audacious later works by the British painter who paved the way for the Impressionists and Abstract-Expressionists.
Frances WilsonLondon,
Come the end of this year, London will have hosted three major exhibitions focusing on the late works of three highly significant artists — Rembrandt, Matisse and Turner — offering audiences and critics the opportunity to appreciate and reflect on ...
Ed Paschke’s Art Finds a New Home in His Old Neighborhood
Nancy S. BishopChicago,
The work of a Chicago artist who won national and international fame is settled in at a small museum on the far northwest side of Chicago, the neighborhood where he grew up.
Ed Paschke, whose vividly colored and brilliantly ...
The newly refurbished museum's First World War Galleries invite visitors to explore and ponder the "war to end all wars."
Frances WilsonLondon,
London’s Imperial War Museum (IWM London) has reopened after a £40 million ($68 million) refurbishment, its first since the 1980s. The result is a sleek, lofty interior designed by Foster & Partners housing a spacious and attractive museum that invites ...
This interesting (if scientific) exhibit offers a workmanlike description of how colors are achieved in many art forms – with little exploration of the creative process that informs the use of color in those fields.
Nicholas MarloweLondon,
Ultramarine is a blue pigment derived from a semi-precious stone, lapis lazuli. During the Renaissance period, lapis lazuli was more highly prized than gold, and with good reason: its only source was in the remote province of Badhakhshan in northeast ...
Nicholas MarloweLondon,
There's something deeply reassuring about a show that has been held every year, without interruption, since 1769. Wars and revolutions may come and go — indeed, entire civilizations may rise and fall — but the annual Royal Academy of Arts ...
