An odd combination: ‘Bill Viola/Michelangelo: Life, Death, Rebirth’ reviewed
February 7, 2019
Most of the archers in Michelangelo’s Archers Shooting at a Herm (c 1530) have forgotten their bows. They stretch as if to draw their...
Daisy Dunn
How friendly rivalry gave rise to beauty
October 11, 2018
Mantegna and Bellini offer an exquisite game of spot the difference, says Daisy Dunn Mary clings to her tightly swaddled son in Mantegna’s Presentation...
Fine art: Marvellous paintings in a confused show
January 4, 2018
Impressionists in London Tate Britain, London, until May 7 My morning commute takes me across the Thames via Charing Cross Bridge and through Trafalgar...
Fine art: What if a snail could paint watercolours?
September 14, 2017
When you look at his watercolours you tend to picture John Singer Sargent lying on his front. Whether he was painting the prow of...
Fine Art: It’s no longer shocking, but it’s still great art
September 29, 2016
Abstract Expressionism Royal Academy of Art, until January 2, 2017 Last time there was an exhibition in this country dedicated to Abstract Expressionism the...
Fine art: The most uplifting show you will see this year
February 4, 2016
Painting the Modern Garden – Monet to Matisse Royal Academy, London, until April 20 How exhilarating it is to come in from the February...
What Goya really thought of the Church
October 22, 2015
The Spanish artist, subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery, both celebrated and satirised Catholicism. Was he the most hypocritical artist who...
Art review: Naïve artist who knows how to break the rules
June 18, 2015
It can be hard to see what the fuss about Eileen Cooper is all about
Art review: The unsettling visions of a New York ad man
May 7, 2015
A retrospective of Mac Conner's illustrations showcases his visionary talent
Art Review: The man who dared to believe in Impressionism
March 19, 2015
The National Gallery's new show presents the Impressionists as bold heirs of Delacroix and Courbet
Art review: Damned counts, dancers and caricature clerics
February 12, 2015
The first exhibition at a new drawings gallery in London is full of curious treats
An odd combination: ‘Bill Viola/Michelangelo: Life, Death, Rebirth’ reviewed
February 7, 2019
Most of the archers in Michelangelo’s Archers Shooting at a Herm (c 1530) have forgotten their bows. They stretch as if to draw their...
How friendly rivalry gave rise to beauty
October 11, 2018
Mantegna and Bellini offer an exquisite game of spot the difference, says Daisy Dunn Mary clings to her tightly swaddled son in Mantegna’s Presentation...
Fine art: Marvellous paintings in a confused show
January 4, 2018
Impressionists in London Tate Britain, London, until May 7 My morning commute takes me across the Thames via Charing Cross Bridge and through Trafalgar...
Fine art: What if a snail could paint watercolours?
September 14, 2017
When you look at his watercolours you tend to picture John Singer Sargent lying on his front. Whether he was painting the prow of...
Fine Art: It’s no longer shocking, but it’s still great art
September 29, 2016
Abstract Expressionism Royal Academy of Art, until January 2, 2017 Last time there was an exhibition in this country dedicated to Abstract Expressionism the...
Fine art: The most uplifting show you will see this year
February 4, 2016
Painting the Modern Garden – Monet to Matisse Royal Academy, London, until April 20 How exhilarating it is to come in from the February...
What Goya really thought of the Church
October 22, 2015
The Spanish artist, subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery, both celebrated and satirised Catholicism. Was he the most hypocritical artist who...
Art review: Naïve artist who knows how to break the rules
June 18, 2015
It can be hard to see what the fuss about Eileen Cooper is all about
Art review: The unsettling visions of a New York ad man
May 7, 2015
A retrospective of Mac Conner's illustrations showcases his visionary talent
Art Review: The man who dared to believe in Impressionism
March 19, 2015
The National Gallery's new show presents the Impressionists as bold heirs of Delacroix and Courbet
Art review: Damned counts, dancers and caricature clerics
February 12, 2015
The first exhibition at a new drawings gallery in London is full of curious treats
