Night and Day: 1930s Fashion & Photographs. Review by Barbara Lewis.
In 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. In the world of fashion, shoulders broadened and the iconic 1930s shape became established.
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Mantegna and Bellini, National Gallery. Review by Barbara Lewis.
Andrea Mantegna was a self-made man from Padua. In 1453, he married into the greatest artistic family of nearby Venice and became the brother-in-law of Giovanni Bellini.
Duilio Cambellotti, Myth, Dream and reality. Review by Carla Scarano.
The beautiful park and the edifices of Villa Torlonia in via Nomentana in Rome is an unmissable place in the tour of the capital.
Fideles Oculi, Jennie Jewitt-Harris Exhibition. Review by WIlliam Marshall
This is a remarkable exhibition: Jennie Jewitt-Harris’s intricate collages, built in many cases on a foundation of pencil and charcoal drawings of driftwood, are a delight to the eye.
Honfleur: Musee Eugene Boudin and Maisons Satie. Barbara Lewis.
Born in the Normandy port of Honfleur in 1824, son of a mariner and whose dying wish was to return to the coast, Eugene Boudin had an instinctive understanding of the play of light on water and in the sky.
Fascinating visions: Hiroshige and Turner in Rome. Review by Carla Scarano.
Views of different countries combining practical observations and ideal visions are the focus of two major exhibitions occurring in Rome: Turner: work from Tate and Hiroshige: visions from Japan.
Rodin and the art of ancient Greece. Review by Julia Pascal.
It is surprising that Rodin never visited Greece and that his addiction to Greek architecture was partly satisfied by what he saw in the British Museum. Here Rodin rediscovered classical art and was provoked to make new works seeded by these antiquity.
Paris in the Cinema. Review by Julia Pascal.
These editors remind us that ‘Paris remains one of the most iconic, filmed cities in the world’ but they challenge the location as being merely a visual backdrop of glamour and romance.
AOP50: Images that Defined the Age. Review by Jane McChrystal.
The AOP was set up in 1968 to publicise the work and protect the copyright of photographers active in the worlds of fashion and advertising.
In search of an Italian identity
Carla Scarano visits two exhibitions in Florence: The return to Italy of Salvatore Ferragamo in 1927 and the Dawn of a Nation after WW II
SP-Arte, Sao Paulo. Review by Barbara Lewis.
It’s testimony to the vibrant creativity and style of Sao Paulo that its international art festival – SP-Arte – can transform an object as potentially mundane and outdated as the tea trolley into a pinnacle of design.
Yayoi Kusama: The moving moment when I went to the universe. Review by Carla Scarano.
A daring exhibition of Yayoi Kusama’s work at Victoria Miro Art Gallery.