Anselm Kiefer: Early Works
The philosopher George Santayana famously wrote that that, “Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it”. Anselm Kiefer: Early Works is a new landmark exhibition of the work of the German painter and sculptor, which sketches a portrait of an artist determined not to forget the past. Marking his 80th birthday, the exhibition, Anselm Kiefer: Early Works, at […]
The Oskar Reinhart Collection
The Courtauld Gallery, located in the historic Somerset House, houses one of the UK’s greatest art collections. It is particularly known for its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, as well as being at the forefront of the study of art and will now showcase a rich array of highlights from the Oskar Reinhart Collection for the […]
American Photography
The art world’s focus this February will be trained on the Rijksmuseum, which is mounting the first ever major exhibition of American photography in Europe. Incorporating more than 200 works across three centuries, American Photography zooms in on the fascinating history of photography in the US. The show at the Rijksmuseum recounts the story of the medium […]
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
The artistry will be glittering at the second edition of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, which runs in London from 12th March to 8th April at the Royal Ballet and Opera, Sadler’s Wells, South Bank Centre and Tate Modern. Following on from the hugely successful inaugural event in 2022, this iteration […]
Hélène de Beauvoir: The Woman Destroyed
After three years in the making, the Amar Gallery is bringing to London Hélène de Beauvoir: The Woman Destroyed, a unique exhibition featuring paintings and works on paper from the 1950s to 1980s by this French artist, crucial to the feminist movement. Often overshadowed in the past by her older sister, Simone – the groundbreaking […]
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, […]
