Exhibitions

‘Gas’, 1940, by Edward Hopper

American psyche

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

The latest exhibition at the Royal Academy is entitled America after the Fall. It deals with painting in the United…

‘Gas’, 1940, by Edward Hopper

American psyche

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

The latest exhibition at the Royal Academy is entitled America after the Fall. It deals with painting in the United…

‘Allegro Moderato Fireman’s Parade’ (from the Calcium of Light portfolio), 1974–76, by Eduardo Paolozzi

On the make

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Rudolfo Paolozzi was a great maker. In the summer, he worked almost without stopping in the family’s ice-cream shop, making…

‘Peasants’, c.1930, by Kazimir Malevich

The good, the bad and the ugly

18 February 2017 9:00 am

Vladimir Putin notoriously declared the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 to be one of the greatest disasters of…

‘Peasants’, c.1930, by Kazimir Malevich

The good, the bad and the ugly

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

Vladimir Putin notoriously declared the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 to be one of the greatest disasters of…

Sunny delight

11 February 2017 9:00 am

No Californian could have painted Hockney’s pools. No La-La Land artist, raised on sun and orange juice, would have done…

‘Ossie Wearing a Fairisle Sweater’, 1970, by David Hockney

Sunny delight

9 February 2017 3:00 pm

No Californian could have painted Hockney’s pools. No La-La Land artist, raised on sun and orange juice, would have done…

Seeing everything in black and white

4 February 2017 9:00 am

Two divergent approaches to printmaking are on view in an exhibition of graphic work by Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud…

‘Eli’, 2002, by Lucian Freud

Seeing everything in black and white

2 February 2017 3:00 pm

Two divergent approaches to printmaking are on view in an exhibition of graphic work by Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud…

Great leaps forward

21 January 2017 9:00 am

In the 1940s Lucian Freud took another young painter, Sandra Blow, up to the top of a bombed church in…

‘Breakwater’, 1994, by Sandra Blow

Great leaps forward

19 January 2017 3:00 pm

In the 1940s Lucian Freud took another young painter, Sandra Blow, up to the top of a bombed church in…

Shape shifter

14 January 2017 9:00 am

Victor Pasmore once told me how he greeted Pablo Picasso at Victoria station. The great man had come to Britain…

‘Spiral Motif in Green, Violet, Blue and Gold: The Coast of the Inland Sea’, 1950, by Victor Pasmore

Shape shifter

12 January 2017 3:00 pm

Victor Pasmore once told me how he greeted Pablo Picasso at Victoria station. The great man had come to Britain…

Ways of seeing

7 January 2017 9:00 am

‘Radical’ is like ‘creative’, a word that has been enfeebled to the point of meaninglessness. Everybody seems to want to…

‘Salvador Dalí, New York’, 1947, by Irving Penn

Ways of seeing

5 January 2017 3:00 pm

‘Radical’ is like ‘creative’, a word that has been enfeebled to the point of meaninglessness. Everybody seems to want to…

Trivial pursuits

3 December 2016 9:00 am

Robert Rauschenberg, like Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, was a ‘snapper-up of unconsidered trifles’. Unlike Shakespeare’s character, however, he made…

‘Bed’, 1955, by Robert Rauschenberg

Trivial pursuits

1 December 2016 3:00 pm

Robert Rauschenberg, like Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, was a ‘snapper-up of unconsidered trifles’. Unlike Shakespeare’s character, however, he made…

The beast in man

26 November 2016 9:00 am

Ernest Hemingway loved going to the zoo, but not on Sundays. The reason, he explained, was that, ‘I don’t like…

‘Scenes of the Private and Public Life of the Animals’, 1842, by J.J. Grandville

The beast in man

24 November 2016 3:00 pm

Ernest Hemingway loved going to the zoo, but not on Sundays. The reason, he explained, was that, ‘I don’t like…

Serious concerns

19 November 2016 9:00 am

It’s funny, isn’t it, how a dust jacket on a book can draw you to it from the other end…

‘Shelter Scenes, Tilbury’ by Edward Ardizzone

Serious concerns

17 November 2016 3:00 pm

It’s funny, isn’t it, how a dust jacket on a book can draw you to it from the other end…

Order, order

12 November 2016 9:00 am

The catalogue to Pallant House Gallery’s latest exhibition features a favourite anecdote. It is 1924 and a competition is being…

‘The Judgement of Paris’, 1933, by William Roberts

Order, order

10 November 2016 3:00 pm

The catalogue to Pallant House Gallery’s latest exhibition features a favourite anecdote. It is 1924 and a competition is being…

Enigma variations

5 November 2016 9:00 am

On 2 August 1933 one of the more improbable meetings of the 20th century took place when Albert Einstein had…

Enigma variations

3 November 2016 3:00 pm

On 2 August 1933 one of the more improbable meetings of the 20th century took place when Albert Einstein had…