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Mick Jagger by David Bailey, 1964 © David Bailey

Bailey’s Stardust

National Portrait Gallery, London

Frances Wilson Art & Architecture February 11, 2014 London,

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 ...

‘Hockney, Printmaker,’ London

This insightful and entertaining exhibit celebrates the 60th anniversary of David Hockney's first print.

Frances Wilson Art & Architecture February 5, 2014 London,

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 ...

Richard Deacon at Tate Britain

One of Britain's leading sculptors gets his due in a chronological survey of his energetic forms.

Frances Wilson Art & Architecture February 3, 2014 London,

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 ...

Photo by James Harris. ©Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2014

Sensing Spaces, London

Seven architects reimagine the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Nicholas Marlowe Art & Architecture January 25, 2014 London,

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 ...

Boris Berezovsky, London

The Russian pianist delivered a concert of the highest order, without flashy gimmicks or unnecessary gestures.

Frances Wilson Music January 19, 2014 London,

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 ...

Turner and the Sea

National Maritime Museum, London

Frances Wilson Art & Architecture January 7, 2014 London,

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, ...

Betty Blue Eyes, London

Theater August 12, 2011 London,

‘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 ...

Inherit the Wind, London

Michael Wade Simpson Theater October 31, 2009 London,

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 ...

A Doll’s House, London

Michael Wade Simpson Theater July 25, 2009 London,

A Doll’s HouseBy Henrik Ibsen In a new version by Zinnie Harris Director: Kfir Yefet Donmar Warehouse, London May 14, July 18, 2009 http://www.donmarwarehouse.com/This is a compelling new production of Ibsen’s seminal 1879 drama about the inequality of women in marriage. Gillian Anderson, leading ...