I liked this play. I felt that at times it was slightly like a soap opera, but in a good way: lots of action, interesting characters and a bit of conflict. There were a few critics who didn’t seem to enjoy it, or at least didn’t think it was Tom Stoppard’s best work, but to […]
We are familiar with Greek art. In fact, as a rule, the audience will also be familiar with a number of the sculptures on display in this exhibition at the British Museum. Even the fact that Greek sculptures were originally decorated in what could be described as garish colours will not be new to many. […]
Antigone I wanted to like this production, I really did. I generally like the innovation of the theatre the Barbican put on, as well as the fact that they stage foreign language productions, challenging plays, and other bold choices. I’ve seen Juliette Binoche before, and she always seems reasonably good. This version of Antigone, […]
Having incorporated it into my Masters thesis, the topic of war-looted art and its subsequent treatment and consideration for restitution is one of perennial interest to me. I was very interested, therefore, to learn more about a large-scale piece of collection research which has been going on in the Netherlands since my time there, and […]
There is something quite enchanting about Paris’s smaller museums, and I recently spent a very nice afternoon between two of them in the 9th arrondissement, both housed in what was once an artist’s residence. The different histories of the buildings and their gifting as public spaces, as well as the profiles of the artists and […]
