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 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 […]
Review of the Wallace Collection. In which I am able to consume classic culture first-hand for the first time in many months, and am very happy as a result. Getting Back Into London Culture, Starting with the Wallace Collection Confession: I hadn’t been to the Wallace Collection for over 10 years before my recent trip […]
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 […]
Far away from ‘Museum Mile’, nestled in a Beaux Arts complex on Audubon Terrace near the top of Manhattan, the Hispanic Society of America is from a bygone era, which is exactly what drew me to it. Between its museum and library it has the finest collection of works from the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking […]
Wow. Having been to see the Crucible last weekend at the Old Vic, I can safely say that time sometimes flies when you’re being emotionally wrung out. The intensity and power of this staging of Arthur Miller’s play are incredible, and are a credit to the actors, director and production team. The running time of […]
