Reviews

Muse Reviews

Announcing the Prix Pictet shortlist; Adam Buck at the Ashmolean museum; Impressionism comes to Philadelphia

19 Jul 2015

Is it time to scrap the BP Portrait Award?

The prize has come up for criticism this year, as it always does. But there’s still merit in it

17 Jul 2015

Same pictures, different story: Impressionism arrives in Philadelphia

This is the best version yet of an impressive exhibition

16 Jul 2015

Muse Reviews

The many faces of Audrey Hepburn; Agnes Martin’s journey into white; Duane Hanson’s extraordinarily lifelike sculptures; and wonderful watercolours from the Fitzwilliam Museum

11 Jul 2015

Fitzwilliam Museum shows off its wonderful watercolours

This show proves that the medium is far more versatile than people think

10 Jul 2015

The Many Faces of Audrey Hepburn

The National Portrait Gallery celebrates the woman who Cecil Beaton called ‘a new icon of femininity’

9 Jul 2015

Agnes Martin’s journey towards white

Martin’s progress towards white paintings reflects Rothko’s meditative march towards black

8 Jul 2015

London Art Week Highlights

From Old Master portraits to 20th-century abstraction: there’s plenty on offer in the capital this week

7 Jul 2015

Art Imitating Life: Duane Hanson at the Serpentine

Hanson’s lifelike works are perfectly suited to a public gallery space in London’s main park

6 Jul 2015

London Diary

Alexander McQueen’s exquisite tailoring; the Serpentine’s slightly shabby pavilion; Andy Warhol’s money-worship; and Kallos gallery’s exceptional ancient art

5 Jul 2015

Muse Reviews

Exhibition reviews and previews: Bill Viola at Auckland Castle; Pablo Bronstein at Nottingham Contemporary; Joseph Cornell at the Royal Academy

4 Jul 2015

Auckland Castle’s plan to revive religious art

Having Bill Viola open proceedings this summer is a real coup

Muse Reviews

The fashion for copies at the Prada Foundation; Ravilious at the Dulwich Picture Gallery; and interview with Shirin Neshat, and more

28 Jun 2015

London Diary

Tate’s ‘Fighting History’ is a failure: if you want proper history, see Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Revolutionary work at Victoria Miro

21 Jun 2015

Muse Reviews

How did artists respond to Waterloo? Does Finland have too many artists? How does performance fit into a museum collection?

20 Jun 2015

Muse Reviews

Frida Kahlo in the garden; highlights from Art Basel; sculpture in Oslo; and Dan Holdsworth’s dizzying photographs

13 Jun 2015

Public art, private funds: can Oslo learn from Christian Ringnes’ sculpture park?

Changing Norwegian attitudes to privately-funded art

9 Jun 2015

A case of mistaken identity at the Whitechapel Gallery

Corin Sworn has filled the space with costumes and props inspired by the Italian Commedia dell’Arte

8 Jun 2015

Thomas Struth in Israel and Palestine: a land shaped and scarred by religion

Everything in Struth’s shots seems to have taken on a level of aggression

8 Jun 2015

London Diary

Michael Craig-Martin has brightened up the RA Summer Exhibition a bit, but Agnes Martin is truly unmissable at the Tate

7 Jun 2015