Having attended the Monet exhibition at the Grand Palais on a regular morning like any other paying ...
The most celebrated of Mies van der Rohe’s aphorisms was Less is More and just how this principle ...
Professor Richard Gregory, 1923
Professor Richard Gregory, who died on 17 May, was without doubt the foremost scientist of his gener...
Impressionist Gardens. National Gallery Complex, Edinburgh, 2010
We review this outstanding exhibition, which moves on to Madrid imminently, able to report that visi...
Eadweard Muybridge: Shaping and Shifting Our Point of View
Eadweard Muybridge’s photographic practice is so familiar to us; it is easy to forget he began his...
Barbara Kruger Site Specific Installation
Caught in the back and forth flow of the gaze. “… the AGO has commissioned renowned American art...
How the Master Became the Master
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917 is the kind of show the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) does bes...
In this exhibition of monochrome images Canadian Photographer Nance Ackerman turns the clich...
Darren Almond: The Principle of Moments
Darren Almond, in his exhibition at the White Cube Gallery, shares a fascination with the geography ...
Rose Wylie (b1934), was this year’s UK finalist in Women to Watch, 2010, a biennial exhibition fea...
After 17 years of statehood Israel at last boasts a national museum. When one compares nearby countr...
Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photo...
Leon Levinstein (1910–1988) is renowned for the casual, black and white shots of his adopted city,...
Understanding the Expansion of Universe. An interview with Ernesto Neto
Internationally acclaimed for creating immersive installations with his ambient sculptures, the Braz...
In 1984 Robert Mapplethorpe photographed Alice Neel, then in her 85th year. With her eyes closed and...
Djalkiri: We are Standing on their names: Blue Mud Bay, (2009–2010)
Yilpara on Blue Mud Bay is a special place. Djalkiri is a special word. It has several meanings, one...
12th Venice Architecture Biennale
“People meet in Architecture” was the nebulous banner theme for this 12th Venice Biennale of Arc...
Clay or soil is all around us but we hardly take notice. But in the hands of this Indian artist, suc...
Reality Check. Two Performances by Anindita Dutta at Fukuoka Asian Art Mus...
Clay or soil is all around us but we hardly take notice. But in the hands of this Indian artist, suc...
A Letter from Sydney: July 2010
Australians have long been aware of what Geoffrey Blainey called, The Tyranny of Distance. Overseas ...
Though the curators are keen to stress that this is merely a selection, rather than the definitive c...
Frank’s Cafe and Campari Bar, run by Frank Boxer and his “fantastic chef partner Michael Davies...
Another World: Dalí, Magritte, Miró and the Surrealists
In Edinburgh this summer, coinciding with the Fringe Festival at first, and then extending into next...
Don’t Art, Fashion, Music – Chicks on Speed
In Edinburgh this summer, coinciding with the Fringe Festival at first, and then extending into next...
Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries
A great deal turns upon the evaluation of the authenticity and provenance of an art work. In today...
Picasso: the Mediterranean Years (1945-62)
The enormous success of this late Picasso show, critical and popular, was made all the more poignant...
The Often Serendipitous Nature of Museum Collecting
Founded in 1903 to link fashion with fine and decorative arts, the Brooklyn Museum's costume collect...
“Is Small Beautiful?” 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces
The idea of the small habitable space has long fascinated architects. As long ago as 1972 Joseph Ryk...
Rude Britannia: British comic art
It is a striking paradox that whereas comedy occupies a central and revered position in our literary...