William Blake’s London Home Moves Closer To Be Saved For The Nation
Saving William Blake’s London House for the nation moved closer to reality when the London Assembly passed a motion…
21 February 2025
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William Blake: Historic Cottage Faces Urgent Restoration Effort
Blake’s cottage, nestled in the coastal village of Felpham, West Sussex, once home to the visionary poet and artist William Blake
22 August 2024
William Blake: Personal Realms Of Fantasy – Edward Lucie-Smith
William Blake is one of the heroes of British art. In some ways, however, his work fits uncomfortably into the current establishment set up.
14 September 2019
William Blake
With over 300 original works, including his watercolours, paintings and prints, this is the largest show of Blake’s work for almost 20 years.
Monday-Sunday 10am-6pm
William Blake Grave Marked With New £30k Crowdfunded Tombstone
The Blake Society has commissioned a new gravestone from the leading letter-cutter in England, the Cardozo Kindersley Workshop, to commemorate the newly discovered grave of the Artist poet.
13 August 2018
Tracey Emin and William Blake Not Such Strange Bedfellows Tate Liverpool
On entering the exhibition, it is slightly dark and there is a warm familiar and welcoming atmosphere if not slightly nostalgic…. Read More
20 September 2016
William Blake: Apprentice And Master – Ashmolean Museum – Innovation Over Vision
The Ashmolean Museum presents ‘William Blake: Apprentice and Master’ – a major exhibition focusing on the extraordinary life and work… Read More
17 December 2014
William Blake’s Lambeth Studio Recreated At New Ashmolean Exhibition
13 Hercules Buildings, in Lambeth, south London, was demolished in 1918; it was the house which contained the studio of… Read More
7 December 2014
William Blake’s Lambeth Studio To Be Rebuilt For New Ashmolean Exhibition
The house which contained the studio of William Blake; the impressively named 13 Hercules Buildings, in Lambeth, south London, was… Read More
8 November 2014
Peter Blake Portraits: First London Exhibition To Explore This Discipline
Peter Blake: Portraits and People, will be the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s portraiture opens in London later… Read More
19 November 2015
Peter Blake Portraits Exhibition Announced For Waddington In November
A new exhibition titled, Peter Blake: Portraits and People, the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s portraiture has been announced for Waddington… Read More
17 August 2015
Peter Blake Launches Art Everywhere The World’s Largest Public Art Exhibition
The iconic British ‘Pop’ artist Sir Peter Blake, creator of the Beatles’ famous Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album… Read More
8 August 2013
The Art Diary January 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
In the January 2024 Art Diary, Revd Jonathan Evens looks at the work of Emrys Williams and Richard Kenton Webb and his links to Milton, William Blake, Markéta Luskačová and Oksana Kondratyeva.
2 January 2024
Mark Leckey: The Power of Bleakness – Tate Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
Having just opened an exhibition devoted to the work of William Blake, who is, for all his eccentricities, a representation of art as we used to know it, Tate Britain has now
24 September 2019
The Radical Print: Politics Through Printmaking – Book Review – Dr Clare Finn
If world politics today is changing worlds it was no less so in late 18th century Britain; there was the… Read More
23 April 2025
David Hockney Takes Over Fondation Louis Vuitton For Career Retrospective
Few living artists command the cultural reverence of David Hockney, whose seven-decade career has ceaselessly redefined the boundaries of painting, drawing, and digital art….
9 April 2025
The Art Diary April 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
Easter regularly brings exhibitions exploring themes drawn from Christianity; this year is no exception.
31 March 2025
Jame St Findlay Wins £30k Claridge’s Royal Academy Schools Art Prize
Jame St Findlay, a recent graduate of the Royal Academy Schools, has been named the prestigious Claridge’s Royal Academy Schools… Read More
27 September 2024
The Art Diary September 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
In September’s Art Diary, I highlight a range of international exhibitions before returning to the UK for exhibitions at Hastings Contemporary, The Sainsbury Centre, The Fitzwilliam Museum and Elizabeth Xi Bauer.
2 September 2024
The Art Diary June 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens
The June diary includes exhibitions by Judy Chicago, Belinda De Bruyckere, Isa Genzken, Nan Goldin, Dora Maar, Susie Hamilton, Samuel Walsh, Richard Kenton Webb, Caspar David Friedrich, Michael Takeo Magruder, as well as exhibitions exploring the influences of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, An Túr Gloine, art and faith, art and nature, art and space.
3 June 2024
Daria Blum Wins First Claridges Royal Academy School Prize
Daria Blum is the winner of the first Claridge’s Royal Academy Schools Art Prize. The award was announced at a… Read More
26 September 2023
The Art Diary September 2023 – Rev Jonathan Evens
The September Art Diary includes The Sainsbury Centre, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Cross Lane Projects, Strawberry Hill House & Garden, Chelmsford Museum and England & Co.
12 September 2023
Modern Painting: A Concise History (World of Art) Paperback – Simon Morley
A new concise history of modern painting, offering an indispensable reference to the complexities and characteristics of this medium.
27 July 2023
Chris Ofili Exploring Sin At Victoria Miro – Rev Jonathan Evens
Chris Ofili shows a series of etchings entitled Pink Daydreams of a Faun alongside his paintings about The Seven Deadly Sins.
13 June 2023
Tate Britain Rehangs Worlds Greatest British Art Collection
Tate Britain opens a complete rehang of the world’s greatest collection of British art, the first time in ten years that the gallery’s free displays have been presented anew.
23 May 2023
Royal Academy Schools Partner With Claridges Creating New £30k Art Prize
The Royal Academy of Arts and Claridge’s have announced a partnership to create The Claridge’s/Royal Academy Schools Art Prize.
26 April 2023
Why Critics Have A Problem With The Pre-Raphaelites? – Revd Jonathan Evens
Critics have a problem with the Pre-Raphaelites. Reviews to date, of The Rossettis exhibition at Tate Britain, until 24 September
16 April 2023
Frank Bowling Mirror 1964-66-Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
It’s been hard to choose a single painting by Frank Bowling for this series, to select one that is more significant in his long and illustrious career than any of the others. Each time his style has changed seems to have been a significant moment.
23 March 2023
Surveying New Exhibitions With A Spiritual Twist January 2023 Art Diary – Revd Jonathan Evens
Surveying current and upcoming exhibitions at the turn of the year provides evidence of the breadth and depth of the past and present engagement between art and spirituality.
4 January 2023
Ghosts of Empires II An Exhibition Articulating Black And Asian Diasporic Experiences – Ben Brown Fine Arts
After reading Kwasi Kwarteng’s book ‘Ghosts of Empire’, I was struck by the spectre of colonialism and imperialism
21 July 2022
Francis Bacon: Birth Copulation And Death – Royal Academy – Sue Hubbard
If there is one image that Bacon made his own above any other, it is the mouth contorted in a scream or grimace.
27 January 2022
Ai-Da A Robot’s Divine And Comedic Vision Ashmolean Museum – Nico Kos
Ai-Da Robot Ashmolean Museum Oxford: Dante Alighieri was 56 when he gave up the ghost in 1321, just one year… Read More
20 December 2021