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 […]
If there is one thing I could say about this exhibition, it had a very good build from historic context to artistic beginnings to master works. If there’s a second thing I could say, it had a terrible queuing system. Queuing once to get a ticket and then separately to get in? Don’t get me […]
I like Tintin. I also fairly unashamedly like things that are designed for children. So it was maybe no surprise that one of the exhibitions that was on my list while I was in Paris was at the Musée en Herbe, a small museum for children celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with an exhibition […]
This is the first exhibition at Buckingham Palace that I’ve been to in five years in London. I think part of that reason may be that they don’t tend to get as much press as other exhibition spaces. This in turn is linked to the fact that the nature of the gallery lends itself to […]
For a start, the space is superb. Not just the building itself, where the exhibitions are in the Roman baths above which is a medieval hôtel for the abbots of Cluny (not a bad town house). The way that the space is used is key to what I felt was the success of this exhibition: […]
Mid-century German artists. Do they get more exhibitions in London than you can shake a stick at, or is that just me? Between Richter, Kiefer, Polke, Baselitz and another couple of heavyweights, they could certainly keep the turnstiles of a willing museum pretty busy. Having said that, this was the first major Polke retrospective I’ve […]
Mad but brilliant. Beats you over the head with a theme but does it in style. Uses technology to satirise our addiction to technology. References German literature, Jewish folklore, Expressionist cinema of the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari vein and The Daily Mail. 1927: my new favourite theatre company. I go to a lot of theatre, […]
