Exhibitions
Samuel Courtauld’s great collection
In 1929, Samuel Courtauld owned the most important collection of works by Paul Gauguin in England: five paintings, ten woodcuts…
Compare and contrast Rodin and Moore
One generation is usually so busy reacting against its predecessors that it can take years for a balanced appreciation of…
Modernist Marxists skew the Lowry exhibition
There has been much positive comment about the rehang of the Tate’s permanent collection, which sees a welcome return to…
A Crisis of Brilliance makes the trek to Dulwich worthwhile
This exhibition was dreamt up by David Boyd Haycock, a freelance writer and curator, following the success of a book…
Exhibitions: Why can’t the critical fraternity make up its mind?
As more time elapses since the regrettable fracas over Kitaj’s 1994 Tate exhibition and his tragic suicide in 2007, he…
Exhibition: What really goes on in a royal bedchamber
What exactly are the ‘secrets of the royal bedchamber’? That the actual bed was seldom if ever slept in let…
Eduardo Chillida — the great modern sculptor, whom we shamefully ignore
Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002) is one of the greatest of modern sculptors yet curiously little known in this country. The last…
