Drawn in Colour: Degas from the Burrell
What does one of the founding fathers of Impressionism and a nineteenth century Scottish shipping…
Browsing: Art
The American Dream at the British Museum
Ever since Andy Warhol first swept ink through a fine silk mesh and revealed a…
Revolution at the Royal Academy
Art relies on change, on flux. As old methods become tarnished with use, artists seek…
Beyond Caravaggio
“After a fortnight’s work he will swagger about for a month or two with a…
David Hockney RA: 82 Portraits and 1 Still Life
I normally give myself two hours to see an exhibition. Not because this constitutes any…
Venus Reborn
I’m at the V&A museum, in London’s Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, to sample…
The Wallace Collection
Early Autumn in London and I find myself, having strayed off the beaten track, in…
Mad about the Girl: Botticelli Reimagined
“It’s not bad, but it’s better on a postcard.” That’s what Surrealist painter René Magritte…
Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art
“Oh! Young artist, you want a subject. Everything is a subject; the subject is yourself.”…
Painting the Modern Garden
From grey skies and stone in wintery London to the lush sunlit gardens of Giverny,…
Vogue 100: A Century of Style
Anticipated to be one of the most exciting events to take place at the National…
Winston Churchill in Photographs
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill, the National Portrait Gallery…