Richard Dadd: A Much-Respected Murderer
Feted as a Royal Academy prodigy, then locked away for stabbing his own father to…
Browsing: The Culturist
Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne
Richard Strauss’ ‘opera within an opera’ Ariadne auf Naxos, has at its heart an audacious reconciliation…
M.C.Escher: The Exhibition
At Somerset House in London, a landmark show traces how a shy Dutch graphic artist,…
Georgia State Ballet’s Swan Lake
For a traditional, lavishly staged version of the best-loved of classical ballets, look no further…
Eugene Onegin at The Grange Festival
As The Grange Festival’s summer season draws to a close, Anna Selby catches a soaring,…
Anish Kapoor at the Hayward Gallery
Rosalind Ormiston finds a jaw-dropping spectacular at the Hayward Gallery, as Anish Kapoor returns home in…
Glyndebourne Up Close: In Conversation with Samantha Hankey
As Glyndebourne’s sun-scorched lawns brace for a new production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos,…
Springwood
It’s become customary that a trip to the theatre these days should involve something grandiose…
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…
The Marquise at Theatre Royal Bath
Despite The Marquise (1927) approaching one-hundred years since it was first performed at London’s Criterion…
An Arty Afternoon at Rosewood London
When I heard that there was a new Artist Residency at Rosewood London, a hotel…