Visiting MICAS in Malta, I found myself unexpectedly reunited with Milton Avery’s paintings, in a space where history, architecture and contemporary art unite. Revisiting Milton Avery The last time (and possibly the first time) I spent real time with Milton Avery’s work was at Milton Avery: American Colourist at the Royal Academy in 2022. That […]
Wayne Mc Gregor emerges as a key collaborator and experimenter in the age of AI in Infinite Bodies at Somerset House. Wayne McGregor at Somerset House It’s that time of year when I start trying to rush around the exhibitions of the London winter season. Expect a flurry of ‘LAST CHANCE TO SEE’ posts in […]
The Colección del Museo Ruso is a fascinating case study in what to do when geopolitics get in the way of your museum’s purpose. Oh, and the exhibitions are pretty good, too. Introducing the Colección del Museo Ruso In my last post, we did a walking tour of the working class Málaga neighbourhood of Huelin. […]
The Museo Carmen Thyssen presents a private collection of mostly Andalusian, 19th century art. A great way to learn more about this region and its representation in art, just get ready for a lot of genre paintings! A Foray into Málaga’s Museums Today we continue our exploration of Málaga, which we started in my last […]
A meditative exhibition in a storied museum space, Janetka Platun’s On the Art of Teeth is a thought-provoking intersection between medicine, art and technology. On the Art of Teeth Unfortunately for me, every time I think I should stop scrolling so much on social media, I come across something I wouldn’t otherwise have known about […]
The V&A’s latest blockbuster exhibition Marie Antoinette Style focuses on the queen’s lasting impact on fashion, design and art. Are there no more pressing lessons to learn from this stylish queen? Marie Antoinette Style It was a tale of two very different exhibitions when I was last at the V&A. Design and Disability took steps […]
Aimed at those with a deep interest in the mysteries of the world or the macabre, Dark Secrets can be fun as long as you take it for what it is. Dark Secrets It’s funny sometimes going back to a place you’ve known in a previous iteration. I felt that way when I saw this […]
The V&A’s Design and Disability is an ambitious and necessary exhibition that places disabled creativity and design at the centre of museum culture, exploring how accessibility, innovation and identity intersect Design and Disability I recently had the opportunity to visit the V&A’s Design and Disability exhibition. It is an interesting one, marking a shift in […]
Kerry James Marshall’s The Histories examines Black experience, identity, and art history through striking, richly pigmented paintings. Kerry James Marshall 2025 has been a year of discovering new (to me) contemporary artists in favourite galleries. I really enjoyed Noah Davis at the Barbican earlier in the year. There was Jenny Saville at the National Portrait […]
Showing inspirations and connections beyond Pierre Soulages’ work alone, the Musée Fabre shows new sides to “the painter of black”. Pierre Soulages. La Rencontre Any serious discussion of the Musée Fabre should account for its relationship with Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), a painter whose career not only reshaped postwar abstraction in France but who also cultivated […]
