The Inaugural PLATFORM at The Design Museum
In 2009, the British designer Bethan Laura Wood took part in the Design Residency programme…
Browsing: The Culturist
‘Siena: The Rise of Painting’ at The National Gallery
Transferring directly from the Metropolitan Museum in New York, where it has been ‘the hottest…
Making the Weather: Six Politicians Who Changed Modern Britain
As the Labour government seeks to establish its credentials, it is still far too early…
Zero Day and the De Niro Conundrum
Netflix’s new political thriller covers the aftermath of a catastrophic one-minute cyber-attack on the US…
In Conversation: Karen Harvey MBE
The Arb’s art writer Rosalind Ormiston meets photographer and philanthropist Karen Harvey, founder of the…
I Am Martin Parr
On general release in the UK this week, I Am Martin Parr documents the successful…
The Arb’s Oscar Predictions 2025
Our man for all things ‘on screen’, Paul Joyce, takes a look at this year’s…
My Russia, War or Peace?
Given how much has been written about Putin’s Russia and the background to the invasion…
Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism at the Royal Academy
In November 1944, an exhibition of 80 paintings and 86 works on paper by artists…
What Art Can Tell Us About Love
This is an intriguing question. What can art tell us about love? It’s a question…
Summer 1954 at Oxford Playhouse
The great Terence Rattigan – the playwright laureate of longing and repression – has been…
Goya to Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection
At the Courtauld Gallery in London there is a rare opportunity to compare the collections…