Another double bill of small National Gallery exhibitions, this time featuring Gainsborough’s serene Blue Boy against Ali Cherri’s exploration of artworks which have been defaced while on display here. Another National Gallery Double Bill I really enjoy doing posts about small exhibitions at the National Gallery. Firstly, they do a lot of one-room exhibitions, which […]
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 Dürer’s Journeys: Travels Of A Renaissance Artist at the National Gallery in London. A charming exhibition which underscores how artists have always learned from travel and the resulting exchange of ideas. Travels Of A Renaissance Artist Like Poussin And The Dance, which I saw recently at the National Gallery, Dürer’s Journeys: Travels […]
A small exhibition of works by Kehinde Wiley at the National Gallery encourages contemplation of the meaning behind his recentering of Black men and women in Western art history. Food for thought. Kehinde Wiley At The National Gallery I wrote recently about how exhibitions at the National Gallery are often very academic, and best treated […]
A review of Poussin and the Dance at the National Gallery. This academic exhibition about an academic French painter is pleasant and informative. Best treated as a little break from the outside world. Poussin And The Dance I am a big-time art and museum nerd, so I rather enjoyed the sound of this exhibition. I […]
A review of a free exhibition on now at the National Gallery. Bellotto: The Königstein Views Reunited is a good opportunity to see how this celebrated Venetian artist approached an unusual German commission. Bellotto’s Königstein Views I am really getting into these one-room exhibitions at the National Gallery in London. Last year I saw Sin, […]
Reviews of two small, free, and interesting exhibitions at the National Gallery – Jan Gossaert’s Adoration vs. Jan Matejko’s Copernicus. Both take a very different approach to getting to know a single painting in-depth. Hyper-Focused Exhibitions – Secret Weapons Against Museum Fatigue I have been to the National Gallery a handful of times between lockdowns. […]
Review of the exhibition Sin at the National Gallery. So much more relaxing to visit the permanent gallery spaces than the paid exhibitions! A Successful Trip to the National Gallery! Finally, I’ve managed a post-lockdown/semi-lockdown outing to the National Gallery without finding it overwhelming. The difference is that this time, unlike when I saw Titian […]
Review of Artemisia at the National Gallery. Oh my goodness, blockbuster show of the season it might be, but not a good visitor experience! The National Gallery’s Blockbuster of 2020 The National Gallery billed Artemisia as the long overdue blockbuster of the year long before Covid. I was therefore very excited that they were able […]
Review of National Gallery exhibitions on Titian and Maes. In which the exhibitions are ok, and the National Gallery expects you to know their layout as well as they do Back at the National Gallery By this time, I had been to the Wallace Collection and the Royal Academy. I felt like I was getting […]
