A review of Van Gogh. Self Portraits, the exhibition which reopens London’s Courtauld Gallery after a well-timed refurbishment. With a brief note on how that refurbishment is looking as well! Van Gogh. Self Portraits On the surface, this is a very simple exhibition which does what it says on the tin. Self portraits. By Vincent […]
A review of Canaletto’s Venice Revisited, opening 1 April at the National Maritime Museum. This impressive exhibition is a wonderful chance to see Canaletto’s largest commission up close. But with strong messages about climate change and mass tourism, you may wonder if you should visit La Serenissima for yourself. Canaletto’s Venice Revisited This review follows […]
A description of a visit to All Hallows By The Tower, a London church with a long history and a small museum to boot. All Hallows By The Tower I was very pleased recently to be able to stop by All Hallows by the Tower and visit its interior and crypt museum. Most of the […]
A review of Jock McFadyen: Tourist Without A Guidebook at the Royal Academy in London. A mostly unpeopled London illuminates, like lockdown, the beauty and banality of our urban spaces. Jock McFadyen, RA Jock McFadyen was born in Scotland in 1950, moving to England aged 15 in 1966. He has a plethora of shows behind […]
A review of the Freud Museum, the house where Sigmund Freud spent his last days and Anna Freud preserved his memory over several decades. A real insight into their family life, as well as a wonderfully atmospheric shrine to the original psychoanalyst. The Freud Family In London I recently had the opportunity to visit the […]
A review of Hamlet, on now at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at the Globe Theatre. Without a big name/crowd pleaser in the lead role, this production is able to mine much darker scenes in the text. Hamlet The day I was due to go and see Hamlet at the Globe (more specifically at the indoor […]
A review of virtual reality experience Virtual Veronese at the National Gallery. A high-tech way to recontextualise what is otherwise one of many fine paintings in the Gallery’s collection. Art Experienced Virtually In the last couple of years I have noticed an upswing in the number of virtual reality experiences on offer. Perhaps it’s just […]
A review of The Collaboration at the Young Vic. A play which conjures up a key moment in the 1980s New York art scene and ponders questions about art and its commodification. The Collaboration Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of my favourite artists. I love the urgency of his works, the way the art leaked out […]
A review of TRUTH THAT, work by Paul Wallach at the London branch of BASTIAN Gallery. The exhibition’s small scale gives space to wonder: where does painting end and sculpture begin? Paul Wallach: TRUTH THAT This week I had the opportunity to visit the latest exhibition at Bastian Gallery, TRUTH THAT. Small in scale, the […]
A description of a visit to Burgh House in Hampstead, which also includes the Hampstead Museum. A nice survival which has become something of a neighbourhood cultural hub. Burgh House And Hampstead Museum Burgh House is a delighfully historic house in the delightfully upmarket London suburb of Hampstead. It dates to 1704, which means it […]
