Books of Hours, Books of Hope. Review by Barbara Lewis. If, like me, you need a reminder of the definition, a book of hours is a devotional manual designed for personal prayer.
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Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur. Review by Barbara Lewis. One of the joys of Grayson Perry’s exhibition is that it is he who provides the explanatory notes. A standout peg is: “An artist’s job is to bite the hand that feeds him, but not too hard”
Impressionist Paris. Review by Barbara Lewis. Impressionist Paris, A Panoramic View of Paris in French Impressionism. Published by Hannibal Books to coincide with the exhibition New Paris: From Monet to Morisot at the Kunstmuseum in the Hague until June 9
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour. Review by Jenny Vuglar. To be a woman artist in the mid twentieth century was not uncommon but to be one that was taken seriously was. The question for women artists was: how did you step out of the strait jacket of ‘lady artist’ into the world of serious collectors, galleries; out of the here and now into eternity?
Poetry review – VISITING HOURS: Wendy French examines an unusual mix of poems and pictures by Michel & Gillie Robic, arising from an anxious time spent in hospital
Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300?1350. Review by Graham Buchan. This, quite simply, is a stunning exhibition. It asserts that the first half of the fourteenth century is when painting came into its own. It was now that painting, as an art form, first became something to be commissioned and acquired.
Films. Review by Barbara Lewis. Antwerp-based drawer, ceramicist, installationist, and now film maker Rinus Van de Velde defines his work as “fictional autobiography”. To the core a studio artist, four white walls are, for him, liberating rather than constraining.
Miro. Review by Barbara Lewis. For Barcelona-born Catalan artist Joan Miro, Mallorca was the land of his maternal grandmother, of his wife, and from 1956, his adoptive home. It was also a refuge and his connection with it was fundamental to his work.
Medieval Women. Review by Barbara Lewis. Between 1100 and 1600, Europe had 20 reigning queens. It produced numerous women who turned to religion to escape female servitude and gain influence and others who offered practical common sense to relieve the often fatal trauma of childbirth.
Open Wound. Review by Graham Buchan. Open Wound is Lee’s response to the annual commission to make an artwork to fill Tate Modern’s massive Turbine Hall.
Claude Cahun Exhibition. Review by Julia Pascal. This Hayward Touring exhibition is in collaboration with Jersey Heritage and was first presented at the Women of the World Festival 2015, Southbank Centre.
Nocturnal Journey. Review by Barbara Lewis. Detachment from time and space are the hallmarks of Hans Op de Beeck’s meticulously crafted art, which arguably make it fitting that he has never had a complete exhibition of his work in his native Belgium – until now.
By Barbara Lewis • art, exhibitions, sculpture, year 2025 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, exhibitions, sculpture