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Affected Taste: William Kent at the V&A
How do you like your Georgians? William Kent’s designs come with a liberal coating of gilt
Muse Reviews: 23 March
A round-up of the week’s reviews: murals, ruins, maps and charts, and contemporary responses to historic art…
Highlights from ‘The Treasure of Naples’
Beautiful jewels, gold and silver statues, and devotional objects from the city of Naples
Muse Reviews: 16 March
A round-up of the week’s reviews: Beautiful bronzes, Cézanne and the Modern, abstract drawings, Bill Viola, and Asian art
Introducing TEFAF’s new Chairman
We spoke with Willem van Roijen about his new role, and his hopes for the fair
A Hard Line: Sculptor Richard Deacon curates ‘Abstract Drawing’
Deacon stretches the concept of drawing well beyond the flat page
Gallery: ‘Cézanne and the Modern’
Masterpieces from the collection of Henry and Rose Pearlman
Keywords and Constellations at Tate Liverpool
‘Keywords’ is a great idea for an exhibition, but it’s easy to lose some of the threads in the display
Cézanne and the Modern
Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection Henry and Rose Pearlman’s early modern holdings include Renoir, Van Gogh, Manet…
Keywords: Art, Culture and Society in 1980s Britain
A selection of works on show in ‘Keywords: Art, Culture and Society in 1980s Britain’, which opens today at Tate Liverpool
Highlights: Stained Glass
Apollo picks some of the best examples of stained glass windows from around the world
Art and Optimism in 1950s Britain
A selection of works on show in ‘Art and Optimism in 1950s Britain’, which opens today at MIMA
Weather-beaten: storms in art
After last week’s bad weather, Apollo picks a selection of stormy landscapes
Discoveries: Exhibition Review
‘Discoveries’ contains several lovely moments, but never really comes together to contribute more than the sum of its parts
Ringing with Commendations: Joseph Wright
The Holburne has brought together a superb show that exceeds any limitations of scale or scope
The Week’s Muse: 8 February
A selection of this week’s musings: fakes, the Fourth Plinth and some famous faces
A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography
A selection of photographs from the Getty Center’s latest exhibition
Curiosity Shots
Curiouser and curiouser… unusual items from the University of Cambridge Museums
Nur: Light in Art and Science
This major travelling exhibition looks at the significance of light in Islamic art and science. The display spans more than…
Julie Mehretu: A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory
The first exhibition in Australia dedicated to the abstract artist shows work from the 1990s to now
Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art
The Dutch artist populated her floral still lifes with beetles, butterflies, classical sculptures and other unexpected details
Art that’s good enough to eat
The $6m acquisition at auction of a Maurizio Cattelan banana has been widely mocked, but perhaps the buyer’s intention to eat his purchase is a noble one
Seeing London through Frank Auerbach’s eyes
The late painter’s untamed depictions of the city are some of the most exciting works of art produced in Britain in the 20th century
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Rob and Nick Carter at The Fine Art Society: TEFAF 2014
Rob and Nick Carter’s harnessing of digital media encourages us to look at art more closely