Nicholas MarloweArt & ArchitectureLondon,
This year sees the centenary of the outbreak of World War I, and museums and galleries across Britain are gearing up to commemorate the great event. The doors of the Imperial War Museum are closed until July 2014, and when ...
Nicholas MarloweArt & ArchitectureLondon,
The artist Richard Hamilton, who died in 2011, is mostly remembered today for the collage that he made for the exhibition "This is Tomorrow" at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956. "Just What is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, ...
Frances WilsonArt & ArchitectureLondon,
The National Portrait Gallery’s blockbuster spring exhibition is a landmark show focusing on the work of British photographer David Bailey. Featuring over 300 images, personally selected, printed and curated by Bailey himself, the exhibition offers a sumptuous survey ...
This insightful and entertaining exhibit celebrates the 60th anniversary of David Hockney's first print.
Frances WilsonArt & ArchitectureLondon,
In a leafy, affluent enclave of southeast London is Dulwich Picture Gallery. Designed by regency architect Sir John Soane (who also designed the Bank of England), this was the country’s first public art gallery. Founded in 1811, it is home ...
One of Britain's leading sculptors gets his due in a chronological survey of his energetic forms.
Frances WilsonArt & ArchitectureLondon,
Tate Britain’s new spring exhibition focuses on British sculptor and Turner Prize winner Richard Deacon (born 1949) and is the largest chronological survey of Deacon’s work for 25 years. The exhibition also marks the unveiling of "Fold 2012," a gigantic ...
Seven architects reimagine the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts.
Nicholas MarloweArt & ArchitectureLondon,
Here is a great idea for a show. The Royal Academy of Arts has invited seven international architects to transform its main galleries with site-specific installations. The goal, in the words of Kate Goodwin, the RA's Drue Heinz ...
The Russian pianist delivered a concert of the highest order, without flashy gimmicks or unnecessary gestures.
Frances WilsonMusicLondon,
In a welcome return to London after several years’ absence, acclaimed Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky opened the 2014 International Piano Series at the Southbank Centre with an impressive and absorbing recital of music by two of the finest ...
Frances WilsonArt & ArchitectureLondon,
Given Britain's fine maritime heritage, and the painter John Mallard William Turner's unerring ability to capture the mercurial nature of the sea, it is perhaps surprising that there has never been a full-scale exhibition of his marine paintings before now, ...
TheaterLondon,
‘Betty Blue Eyes’
Produced by Cameron MackintoshDirected by Richard EyreBook by Ron Cowen and Daniel LipmanMusic by George StilesLyrics by Anthony DreweNovello Theatre, London, from March 2011
"Betty Blue Eyes" is the type of show the British might ...
Michael Wade SimpsonTheaterLondon,
Inherit the Wind by Jerome E. Lawrence and Robert E. LeeOld Vic Theatre, LondonOctober, 2009http://www.oldvictheatre.com/Lawrence and Lee’s 1955 Broadway drama has been revived as part of the Charles Darwin anniversary celebrations. It is 200 years since Darwin’s birth and ...