Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk. Victoria and Albert Museum. Review by Carla Scarano. The complex evolution and rich cultural significance of the kimono are thoroughly explored in the exhibition at the V&A.
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by Barbara Lewis • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, photography, sculpture, year 2020 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, drawing, exhibitions, painting •
Towner, Eastbourne. Alan Davie and David Hockney: Early Works – plus other exhibitions. Review by Barbara Lewis.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • art, books, painting, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: Alwyn Marriage, art, books, painting, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – VERITAS: Alwyn Marriage is impressed by Jacqueline Saphra’s skilfully crafted poetic responses to the paintings of Artemisia Gentileschi
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • art, books, painting, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: art, books, painting, poetry, William Bedford • 0 Comments
WHEN WE LIVED IN HEAVEN: William Bedford considers Two Girls and a Beehive – a new collection of poetry by Rosie Jackson & Graham Burchell
by Carla Scarano • architecture, art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, year 2020 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, drawing, exhibitions, painting •
Raphael: The exhibition was organised in collaboration with the Uffizi Galleries and acts as a flash-back to Raphael’s life and career. It starts from his sudden death in Rome five hundred years ago.
by Barbara Lewis • art, exhibitions, painting, year 2020 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, exhibitions, painting •
Léon Spilliaert was an insomniac. He walked a great deal in the dead of night and developed an appreciation of all the shades of darkness that establish the still, silent, brooding atmosphere of his work displayed in a long overdue first British monograph exhibition at the Royal Academy.
by Barbara Lewis • art, design, exhibitions, fashion, history, installations, tapestry, textiles, year 2020 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, design, exhibitions, fashion, history, installations, tapestry, textiles •
The risk for any exhibition at Two Temple Place – a glorious late Victorian mansion at Temple, central London – is that the wood carving and stained-glass beauty of the building will steal the show.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • exhibitions, poetry, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: exhibitions, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry • 0 Comments
In Translation: an exhibition of poetry by Katherine Venn at the Westbourne Grove Church ArtSpace
by Carla Scarano • art, exhibitions, painting, year 2020 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, exhibitions, painting •
The fascinating venue of Chiostro del Bramante at Arco della Pace near piazza Navona in the centre of Rome again hosts an exhibition in collaboration with Tate Britain. This time, the artworks of two major British painters, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, are together on display.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • art, literature, politics, society, year 2019 • Tags: art, literature, Michael Crowley, politics, society • 0 Comments
Social Solidarity and the Arts in Woke Times: Michael Crowley advocates against an ever-increasing subdivision of the arts into racial, age-related or gender groups for a similar audience
by Barbara Lewis • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, drawing, exhibitions, painting •
William Blake
Venue: Tate Britain, London, until February 2
Curated by Martin Myrone and Amy Concannon
by Barbara Lewis • art, design, drawing, exhibitions, painting, year 2020 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, design, drawing, exhibitions, painting •
Pallant House Gallery. Barnett Freedman: Designs for Modern Britain. Review by Barbara Lewis. Painter and teacher Paul Nash referred to the group of artists he taught in the early 1920s as “an outbreak of talent”.