Swagger and Scandal: Whistler at Tate Britain
Litigious, self-mythologising and never knowingly underdressed, James Abbott McNeill Whistler cuts a singular figure among…
Browsing: Art
Richard Dadd: A Much-Respected Murderer
Feted as a Royal Academy prodigy, then locked away for stabbing his own father to…
M.C.Escher: The Exhibition
At Somerset House in London, a landmark show traces how a shy Dutch graphic artist,…
Anish Kapoor at the Hayward Gallery
Rosalind Ormiston finds a jaw-dropping spectacular at the Hayward Gallery, as Anish Kapoor returns home in…
Zurbarán: The Art of Divine Light
Rosalind Ormiston visits Zurbarán at the National Gallery: a near-fifty-painting retrospective that reveals the full…
Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait
Few people have remained almost as famous in death as they were in life, but…
An Arty Afternoon at Rosewood London
When I heard that there was a new Artist Residency at Rosewood London, a hotel…
BRUSK in Bruges
Rosalind Ormiston visits Bruges’ ambitious new fine arts museum — a landmark building that arrives…
Winston Churchill: The Painter
As a longtime admirer and researcher of Winston Churchill, I was thrilled to attend the…
Henry Moore at Kew: Monumental Nature
In Kew Gardens’ vast new Henry Moore exhibition, bronze sculptures, ancient trees and open space…
Michaelina Wautier at the RA
At the Royal Academy of Arts currently, a revelatory exhibition restores the often overlooked 17th c…
In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World
At the Ashmolean Museum, Rosalind Ormiston explores ‘In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World’, a…