WHEN WE LIVED IN HEAVEN: William Bedford considers Two Girls and a Beehive – a new collection of poetry by Rosie Jackson & Graham Burchell
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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 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 Carla Scarano • art, exhibitions, installations, sculpture, year 2019 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, exhibitions, installations, sculpture •
In the astonishing setting of Kew Gardens, the organic shapes and luminous colours of Chihuly’s glass sculptures stand out and merge with the landscape.Â
by Barbara Lewis • art, exhibitions, tapestry, year 2019 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, exhibitions, tapestry •
For painter Victoria Crowe, who was born in England but made her home in Scotland, tapestry produces richer, warmer versions of the colours paintings reflect. For Grayson Perry, tapestry is the medium to explore his fascination with class, craft and community.
by Carla Scarano • art, books, drawing, exhibitions, fiction, year 2019 • Tags: art, books, Carla Scarano, drawing, exhibitions •
Starting from Alice in Wonderland, re-told as Alice St Claire by Hoshino Yukinobu, the Citi Exhibition Manga at the British Museum invites the visitors to enter the rabbit hole of the fabulous manga imaginary world.
by Barbara Lewis • art, drawing, ecology, economics, exhibitions, installations, society, year 2018 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, drawing, ecology, exhibitions, installations, society •
One million plastic bottles are bought every minute and most of them are not recycled. It’s a stark reality Claire Davenport and Grioghair McCord were moved to explore after a trip to a Shetland beach littered with plastic bottles.
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