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Twombly and Poussin: Every picture tells a story
Tuesday 05 July 2011
There are narratives in abstract art just as in figurative painting – and a show on Twombly and Poussin aims to prove it.
A home fit for a genius: Sir John Soane's Museum
Monday 14 February 2011
The restoration of Sir John Soane's Museum offers an enticing new view of one of the world's most sumptuous architectural treats, says Jay Merrick
Norman Rockwell's America, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Sunday 02 January 2011
An artist so lacking in message he makes apple pie and picket fences look loaded
Chart the New Year with a Masterpiece a month
Friday 31 December 2010
Stuck for interesting ways to welcome in the New Year? Well, to celebrate its bicentenary Dulwich Picture Gallery will unveil a borrowed masterpiece every month until the end of 2011.
Norman Rockwell: An artisan, not an artist
Monday 27 December 2010
A new exhibition of Rockwell's illustrations shows he was a skilled oil painter, but his relentless optimism soon starts to grate, says Adrian Hamilton
The Diary: Fidos; Johnny Flynn; Dulwich Picture Gallery; Gorillaz; The X Factor
Friday 17 December 2010
Salvator Rosa: Bandits, wilderness and magic
Monday 16 August 2010
The first major exhibition of work by Italian Baroque painter and controversial political satirist Salvator Rosa (1615- 1673) in over 35-years is due to open next month at the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
The Wyeth Family, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Sunday 13 June 2010
Only one winner in this generation game
Paul Nash: The Elements, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Sunday 14 February 2010
Paul Nash, the celebrated war artist, could see conflict in everyday objects, even on the Sussex Downs
Paul Nash: Haunted by the past
Monday 08 February 2010
Paul Nash depicted both the horror of war and the beauty of the English landscape. Tom Lubbock is left entranced
Rice's Architectural Primer, By Matthew Rice
Friday 31 July 2009
Can you tell a flying buttress from a vast iron member? Do you know the difference between an oeil de boeuf window and a fanlight? Do you think crocketing and tracery are something to do with needlework? And would you place a poodle at an Aedicule opening?
Don't look back: Walter Sickert's Venice
Monday 09 March 2009
Walter Sickert painted Venice's much-loved landmarks time and again. But his later, darker portraits of the city's underbelly steal the show for Michael Glover
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