Review of the exhibition Forgotten Masters at the Wallace Collection. A fascinating reclaiming of the artists behind some of the first detailed depictions for a Western audience of India’s flora and fauna, and a period of great creativity and artistic achievement in its own right. Forgotten Masters at the Wallace Collection The Wallace Collection was […]
A review of the Florence Nightingale Museum and its temporary exhibition. In which I began to realise that maybe I don’t need to rush out to every museum that reopens. But I still learned some things I didn’t know before and was glad to see a museum that has fought off closure for now. Can […]
A review of Gauguin and the Impressionists at the Royal Academy. Wonderful exhibition, wonderfully quiet galleries to take your time and explore. Covid Diaries No More! Well, Sort Of… This is my first blog post in a long (and I mean long) time which isn’t a Covid Diaries entry. Mainly because I already wrote about […]
A visit to the Guildhall Art Gallery including a review of the exhibition The Enchanted Interior. In which I learn that all those orientalising Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite paintings may sometimes have more to them than meets the eye! Welcome to the Guildhall Art Gallery and The Enchanted Interior The Guildhall Art Gallery unfortunately only opened […]
A review of London’s Charles Dickens Museum. In which I should probably have got the audioguide, but I didn’t because they’re not my favourite… Welcome to the Charles Dickens Museum The Charles Dickens Museum is just a stone’s throw away from the Foundling Museum. In fact, Dickens was a supporter and fundraiser for the Foundling […]
A review of the sound installation Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse. In which I was thrilled to be back in a theatre, and so impressed by what the Donmar has produced. Back in a Theatre! Oh how I have missed live theatre! And this isn’t quite live theatre, but it’s very close. In some respects […]
A review of London’s Foundling Museum. In which I learn a lot about London’s social history, see some interesting paintings and ponder the depiction of pregnancy in British art. Visiting London’s Smaller Museums as Lockdown Eases I have never before visited the Foundling Museum, but took the opportunity of lessening lockdown to go and see […]
A review of Petworth House in West Sussex. In which I get a little bit sunburned in the name of enjoying a splendid stately home and deer park. Petworth House, the ‘English Versailles’ Petworth House has variously been a medieval great house, Tudor manor house, and the ‘English Versailles’ (bit of a stretch). It’s also […]
Review of the exhibition Aubrey Beardsley at Tate Britain. In which I struggled once more with social distancing, but at least there were more mask-wearers here than at Tate Modern. Aubrey Beardsley at Tate Britain I’m sure you remember my review of Andy Warhol at Tate Modern: exhibition fine, organisation shambolic. Well, a few days […]
Review of the exhibition Masculinities at the Barbican, and a visit to the Conservatory. In which I am impressed by the Barbican’s Covid provisions, have my horizons expanded, and finish with a relaxing walk among the plants. Back at the Barbican! The Barbican were among the first major London cultural institutions to put tickets on […]
