Peter Crack is a freelance writer based in London
For many of us, frames are something of an afterthought, but it wasn’t always so
By mid September, the same show will have toured three cities, in three countries, and will have picked up three different titles along the way
It won’t pull in the crowds, but this niche exhibition rewards those who do visit
Judah’s sculptures remember all those affected by war throughout the last century
The chiaroscuro woodcut prints in this exhibition are technically brilliant and visually beautiful. The only thing they lack here is context
We tend to forget how good art and design can be at communicating big ideas, and, it turns out, big data
Creed asserts himself over the Hayward Gallery’s spaces and his presence is never entirely benign
You may come to the Museum of the Order of St John for its ‘Caravaggio’, but you’ll stay for the rich stories
One set of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers was popular enough – it’s worth braving the crowds at the National Gallery to see two side by side
Castiglione’s works at the Queen’s Gallery skilfully emulate, but never quite live up to, those of his more famous contemporaries
‘Antoniazzo Romano: Pictor Urbis’ at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome attempts to shed new light on this enigmatic artist’s career
Wherever tradition clashes with the public interest, there lies the satirist’s pen. Little wonder that cartoonists periodically target museums
Stanley Spencer’s paintings from the Sandham Memorial Chapel – currently touring the UK – are among the most important artistic responses to the First World War
The queen’s portraits in ‘Elizabeth I & Her People’ are among the least interesting in the NPG’s revealing exhibition of Tudor art
TEDxAlbertopolis promised to dispel the myth that science and art are divided. They clearly aren’t and arguably never have been
It may be a publicity stunt, but the V&A’s controversial acquisition of the ‘Liberator’ 3D printed gun says a lot about our ambivalent relationship to new technologies
Peter Crack on why a picture is worth a thousand words…
The story behind Samuel Courtauld’s collection of Gauguin paintings is more compelling than the works themselves
When will Italian museums do something to improve their websites?
Moore and Rodin make unlikely bedfellows but their pairing at Perry Green results in some fruitful juxtapositions
This summer Michael Landy brings giant robots to the National Gallery in London
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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Paul Durand-Ruel: Gambler, Discoverer or Inventor?
By mid September, the same show will have toured three cities, in three countries, and will have picked up three different titles along the way