The Art of Elegance: Bil Donovan at The Royal Crescent Hotel
The Royal Crescent Hotel in my home city of Bath is an appealing afternoon tea…
Browsing: Art
Among the Trees at the Hayward Gallery
In this turbulent year, nature has provided both a place of respite and a lifeline…
Gauguin and the Impressionists at The Royal Academy
Picasso is quoted as saying that art washes away from the soul the dust of…
Me, Myself and I: How an Artist Survives Lockdown
There is one simple difference between a comfortable domestic environment and a jail cell and…
Gordon Parks: Part One at Alison Jacques Gallery
Gordon Parks’s photographs are large and colourful, capturing the pastel-hued dresses, the bright red cars…
Creating Your Own Masterpeace
Many have been tapping into their creative side as a form of escapism and easing…
Aubrey Beardsley at the Tate
With all Tate galleries currently closed, Alex Larman caught the new exhibition on Art Nouveau’s most…
Troy: Myth and Reality
Ever since I was a boy, I’ve had a fascination with the story of Troy.…
Van Gogh and Britain at the Tate
It’s an impressive feat to bring together 50 of Van Gogh’s works from private and…
Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet
‘The very singular Vallotton’, as his editor called him, is surprisingly unknown in the UK,…
Jon Nicholson: Pausing for Breath
Photojournalist and Sports Photographer Jon Nicholson has as many stories to tell as he has…
Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory at Tate Modern
With Tate Modern’s universally-acclaimed retrospective on Bonnard entering its closing weeks, Alice Payne tells the story of the…