Art & Religion
Posted 18th December 2020 in Blog
This is a guest post written by an anonymous contributor “Art and religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and religion are means to similar states of mind.” — Clive Bell The purpose of great art is to…
Read MoreLeonardo: Experience a Masterpiece
Posted 20th January 2020 in Reviews > Exhibitions
National Gallery, London Until 26th January 2020 When it comes to art exhibitions, I consider myself something of a traditionalist. Words such as ‘digital’, ‘immersive’ and ‘interactive’ used in conjunction with ‘exhibition’ usually make me wince. However, in the Curator’s Talk for Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece at The National Gallery (https://youtu.be/7Yh5Lu6a1YU), Dr Caroline Campbell…
Read MoreFrida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up
Posted 17th September 2018 in Reviews > Exhibitions
Until 4th November Victoria & Albert Museum Like many others, I have a soft spot for Frida Kahlo. I admired her work as a teenager and became fascinated with her brutally honest, dream-like paintings. As a result of her deeply personal work and the physical and mental turmoil she lived through, we get a…
Read MoreRodin and the Art of Ancient Greece
Posted 22nd July 2018 in Reviews > Exhibitions
Until 29th July 2018 British Museum Auguste Rodin (1840 – 1917) may have been a ‘modern’ man but it is clear from looking at his sculptures that he was intensely inspired by the past. He said ‘Antiquity is my youth’, betraying a deeply rooted respect and admiration for the ideas and aesthetics of Ancient civilisations….
Read MoreA Pre-Raphaelite Collection Unveiled: The Cecil French Bequest
Posted 2nd May 2018 in Reviews > Exhibitions
Until 3rd June 2018 Watts Gallery, Compton After originally coming to London as an aspiring artist Cecil French (1879-1953) found his niche as a writer, poet and, perhaps most significantly, as a collector. With a taste for Romantic art the collection French amassed focussed on the Pre-Raphaelite painters, the majority of which are by his favourite artist Edward…
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