Reviews

Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) was an avant-garde artist associated with the early twentieth-century Bloomsbury Group. She was often overshadowed by her...

Francis Bacon is something of a Marmite painter. There are those who love him – his searing honesty and the existential search to extract the...

At first sight, Towner Eastbourne's latest show makes for grim viewing. Drawing the Unspeakable, running to April 27, brings together about 300...

Frank Auerbach: Portraits of London - Offer Waterman and Francis Outred (Top Photo) One of the highlights of Frieze week is the exceptional -...

The four artists shortlisted for the 40th edition of the Turner Prize 2024, Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur and Delaine le Bas, are a...

In the multi-tiered hierarchy of academic painting, Still Life has traditionally ranked on the bottom rung, its everyday meat-and-veg celebrations...

Lit against minimalist greys, the unpainted bronzes tarnished by the process of age gather in the upper rooms of the National Museum dedicated to...

Monet's views of London from his hotel balcony overlooking the Thames towards the Houses of Parliament were realised over three extended trips to...

Anne Rothenstein's paintings and collages have a dreamlike quality, an impenetrable otherness. Her figures, landscapes and intimate interiors are...

National Gallery London: If there is one exhibition you should see in London this autumn, it has to be Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National...

The Victorian Radicals featured in this exhibition were attempting to go back to the future, although, at points, they got lost in the past. The...

It’s been more than a hundred years since Mabel Pryde Nicholson’s last show, an injustice belatedly put to right by a fascinating exhibition in the...