Reviews
Review: ‘Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture’ at the Design Museum
Kahn’s designs have a sense of grandeur unmatched by most modernist buildings
Review: ‘Giulio Paolini: To Be or Not to Be’ at the Whitechapel Gallery
Paolini’s work isn’t well known in the UK, but it remains as relevant as ever
Review: ‘Gerardo Dottori: The Futurist View’ at the Estorick Collection
Even in his aeropainting phase Dottori was committed to the pastoral
Shells, rocks and follies: the Serpentine Pavilion 2014 responds well to its location
Smiljan Radić’s design sits beautifully within Hyde Park
Muse Reviews: 13 July
Gobelins tapestries; Franz West’s strange monsters; Lygia Clark’s body nostalgia; and the 1966 World Cup final…
Deconstructing ‘Jerusalem’: Paul Pfeiffer revisits the 1966 World Cup final
With the World Cup final fast approaching, it’s a good time to reconsider this particular collective myth
Review: ‘The Abandonment of Art’, Lygia Clark at MoMA New York
MoMA has mounted a welcome retrospective of Clark’s challenging and changing art
Review: Franz West: Where is my Eight?
Curator Eva Badura-Triska has managed to preserve the spirit of freedom in the late artist’s work
Review: Sumptuous 18th-century tapestries at the Galerie des Gobelins
This display reveals how the Gobelins tapestry manufactory in France flourished through the 18th century
Muse Reviews: 6 July
Scotland’s contemporary GENERATION, London Art Week, and Dan Cruickshank on the BBC: a round-up of reviews and interviews
Impressed: Courtauld students explore contemporary prints
Courtauld students have put together a thoughtful exhibition alongside the gallery’s summer show
Majesty and Mortar: Palaces on the BBC
The final episode of Dan Cruickshank’s enthusiastic and engaging tour of ‘Britain’s Great Palaces’ airs on BBC4 tonight
Review: ‘Mario Schifano 1960−67’ at Luxembourg & Dayan
Focusing on seven key years in Schifano’s incessant artistic metamorphosis
Cultural Confidence: Scotland’s GENERATION
This huge series of contemporary art displays is a timely reminder of Scotland’s cultural diversity in an eventful year
Muse Reviews: 29 June
From Alexander Pope to 3D printing pens… a round-up of this week’s exhibition reviews and interviews
A Good Start: START Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery
The inaugural edition of START Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery looks set to become a positive new addition to the art fair calendar
Reopening the jewel box: the Mauritshuis opens its doors
The Mauritshuis masterpieces are back in place in The Hague, and the newly-restored and extended building has opened its doors
A ‘Koonsian Adventure’: Jeff Koons at the Whitney
The Whitney says goodbye to its old building with balloons, by the world’s most expensive living artist…
Review: ‘Fame and Friendship’ at Waddesdon Manor
A jewel box of an exhibition that opens up important questions about celebrity, patronage and sculpture
Muse Reviews: 22 June
From folk art to minimalism… a round-up of recent reviews from the Muse Room
Dazzle ships and drawings in Liverpool
Do Nasreen Mohamedi’s drawings at Tate Liverpool better reflect modernist camouflage experiments that Carlos Cruz-Diez’s dazzle ship?
Exhibiting Architecture: Highlights from Venice
How do you exhibit architecture? These pavilions from Venice’s Architecture Biennale pass the test
Fundamentals: Venice Architecture Biennale
The 14th International Architecture Exhibition is open in Venice. Rem Koolhaas has made some alterations to the usual plan…
The Quiet Biennale: the Eighth Berlin Biennale is deliberately introspective
Some exhibitions disappoint by design…