Search Results - "London Review of Books"

Lawless v. Ireland by Johansen, Tormod Otter

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At Tate Modern : Giacometti by Harding, Jeremy

“…Reviews the exhibition "Giacometti," which was held at Tate Modern in London through 10 September 2017. The show is serenely sure of itself. The gallery has…”
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Book review : who knows? by Crist, Meehan

“…Reviews "The Voynich manuscript," by Raymond Clemens (Yale University Press, 2016). The Voynich manuscript looks unremarkable: a yellowing bundle of cheap…”
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Book review : invented antiquities by Grafton, Anthony

“…Reviews "Baroque antiquity : archaeological imagination in early modern Europe," by Victor Plahte Tschudi (Cambridge University Press, 2016). In 1661…”
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At the Ashmolean : Raphael's drawings by Hope, Charles

“…Reviews the exhibition "Raphael : the drawings," which was held at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford through 3 September 2017. Drawings were always central to…”
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At the Palace Museum : Chinese painting by Stonard, John-Paul

“…Visitors arrive in throngs at the National Palace Museum in Taipei from mainland China, queuing up to see the extraordinary collection of Chinese art: bronze,…”
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Exhibition review : at Dulwich by Spawls, Alice

“…It seems to be a foregone conclusion that Vanessa Bell isn't much good. There are those devoted types, of course, for whom the sensibility of her paintings, as…”
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Exhibition review : at Tate Britain by Clark, T. J

“…Reviews a self-titled exhibition dedicated to the 20th-century British painter Paul Nash, which was held at London's Tate Britain from 26 October 2016-5 March…”
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Exhibition review : at Pallant House by Hill, Rosemary

“…Reviews the exhibition "Victor Pasmore : towards a new reality," which was on display at Pallant House in Chichester, England, through 11 June 2017. According…”
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Exhibition review : at the Queen's Gallery by Thomas, Inigo

“…Reviews the exhibition "Portrait of the artist," which was held at the Queen's Gallery in London through 17 April 2017. All the paintings, the prints, and the…”
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Exhibition review : at the Met by Hofmann, Michael

“…Reviews the exhibition "Max Beckmann in New York," which was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 19 October 2016-20 February 2017. I…”
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Book review : a smile at my own temerity by Barrell, John

“…Reviews "William Hogarth : a complete catalogue of paintings," by Elizabeth Einberg (Yale University Press, 2016). The word "Hogarthian" first appeared in…”
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Exhibition review : at the V & A by Chadwick, Esther

“…Reviews the exhibition "Opus anglicanum : masterpieces of English medieval embroidery," which was on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London…”
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Exhibition review : at the Fondation Louis by Barnes, Julian

“…Reviews the exhibition "The Shchukin collection : icons of modern art," which was on view at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris through 20 February 2017. The…”
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Exhibition review : at the National Gallery by Bell, Julian

“…A burnished pauldron--the cupped steel armour protecting a soldiers shoulder--gleams at the center of Caravaggios "The taking of Christ," which in turn forms…”
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Exhibition review : at the Royal Academy by De Bolla, Peter

“…Among the many fascinating questions raised by "Abstract Expressionism," on show at the Royal Academy until 2 January 2017, is this: if I renounce depiction,…”
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Exhibition review : at the Royal Academy by Clark, T. J

“…Reviews the exhibition "Intrigue : James Ensor by Luc Tuymans," which was held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 29 October 2016-29 January 2017. The…”
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Exhibition review : at the Courtauld by Wagner, Anne

“…A century ago Roger Fry tried to sum up Rodin's approach to the human figure. What mattered most to Rodin, Fry decided, was the "unit," not unity: "His…”
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Flowers in his trousers by Benfey, Christopher

“…The book "Frederick Law Olmsted : writings on landscape, culture and society," edited by Charles E. Beveridge is reviewed (Library of America, 2015). It…”
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At the train station by Darley, Gillian

“…The Birmingham Station, or Curzon Street Station, in England is a neoclassical building designed by Philip Hardwick. It opened in 1838, and over the following…”
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