Sigmar Polke. Affinities Revealed
Despite being separated in time by nearly 200 years, Sigmar Polke felt a deep admiration for Francisco de Goya. The show at Museo del Prado, Sigmar Polke. Affinities Revealed, explores how the Spanish master influenced the work of the German painter, after he saw for the first time Goya’s Time and the Old Women in […]
Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami
It has been six years since we last had the chance to admire Murakami’s work in London. Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami presents an exceptional opportunity to explore the artist’s interpretation of Japanese historical paintings. Murakami’s work plays with blending commercial imagery, manga and of traditional art. In fact, he himself has several […]
Mars At The Old Royal Naval College
This extended festive season, make it your mission to visit the Old Royal Naval College to see Luke Jerram’s astronomical installation, Mars. The latest planet on display follows on from the success of the artist’s other works Gaia and Museum of the Moon and will complete the trilogy of installations at Greenwich. Mars, our nearest […]
Versailles: Science and Splendour
A thirst for scientific knowledge is probably not the first thing that comes to anyone’s mind when they think of Versailles, but the exhibition Versailles: Science and Splendour at the Science Museum in London proves how interested the French monarchy of the 17th and 18th centuries was in this topic. The French kings realised that […]
The Living End: Painting and other Technologies, 1970–2020
The past 50 years have seen the incorporation of new disciplines, new technologies and new platforms of expression by artists from all fields. The Living End exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago focuses on painting, examining the questions presented by these innovations, countering the recycled discourse that “painting is dead”. Cutting across geographies, […]
Goodwood Art Foundation
The Duke of Richmond and Gordon has announced a new creative endeavour to the rich palette of the Goodwood Estate: The Goodwood Art Foundation, which will open in May 2025. Covering 11,000 acres of ravishing West Sussex countryside, the Goodwood Estate is already world-famous for hosting some of the biggest and most prestigious events in the […]
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504 explores the rivalry between the Renaissance titans Michelangelo and Leonardo and their influence on the young Raphael. In 1504, the three masters briefly coincided in Florence, seeking the attention of the city’s most influential patrons. In this must-see exhibition, the Royal Academy presents more than 40 works, including Michelangelo’s […]
The Tao of Wes
It has been a long journey for Wes Lang to this nirvana-esque state as an artist. As I sit with him in a quiet corner of a hotel bar, he reflects on how he arrived at this time and place in his life. Explaining how his latest works, The Black Paintings, came to be, he […]
Mapping the Tube
The exhibition Mapping the Tube: 1863-2023 at The Map House in London shows the evolution of one of Britain’s top 10 design icons: the London Tube map. Today it is the template for other subterranean railway systems worldwide and is famous as an archetypal example of information abstraction where what the traveller needs to know […]
Tanween 2024 Design, Saudi Arabia
Tanween 2024, Saudi Arabia’s most important design conference, comes back to Ithra this month. Running between 31st October and 6th November 2024, Tanween celebrates the very best in global design and innovation. Shahad Alwazani, programme lead for the conference, explains why Tanween is such a significant event in the world of design. “Its success is […]
