Reviews
Muse Reviews: 22 March
George Vasey recommends Raoul de Keyser’s work in Edinburgh; Vanessa Remington introduces the art of the garden at the Queen’s Gallery; and ‘Classicicity’ explores ancient and modern art in tandem
Raoul De Keyser at Inverleith House
De Keyser’s great talent is to keep oppositional ideas in the balance
A K Dolven explores Norwegian landscapes in Birmingham
Peder Balke’s sublime paintings of Norway off-set the contemporary artist’s own exploratory work
What not to miss during Asia Week New York
This may be hard to believe, but not all the best art is in Maastricht this week.
Muse Reviews: 15 March
American cantaloupes at the Louvre; Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in Detroit; Feminism and Niki de Saint Phalle
The BBC’s Big Painting Challenge is not the publicity British art needs
Is it better to throw in your lot with dozens of other Sunday painters than go to art school?
American painting in Paris: the Louvre’s focus on US still-lifes
The genre took a while to catch on in America, but when artists did take up still-life painting they made it their own
Feminine Critique: Niki de Saint Phalle at the Guggenheim Bilbao
From shooting pictures to colourful ‘Nanas’, Saint Phalle’s work tackles feminist issues head on
Muse Reviews: 8 March
John Gerrard’s bleak vision of technological evolution; photography and human rights; and the forgotten master of still life, Henri de Fromantiou
The View from Earth: John Gerrard at Thomas Dane
As a study in hyperreality, John Gerrard’s digital reconstruction of a Google data farm is utterly unnerving
Muse Reviews: 1 March
On Kawara at the Guggenheim New York; Mariana Castillo Deball at the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Leon Underwood at Pallant House; Mackintosh at RIBA
Review: ‘Human Rights Human Wrongs’ at The Photographers’ Gallery
Can photography influence social and political events, or just record them?
Creativity and Constraints: Mackintosh’s architectural drawings at RIBA
RIBA’s Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibition is very much an architect’s show, consisting almost entirely of architectural drawings and watercolours. Only two…
Mariana Castillo Deball explores the rich history of Berlin
First and foremost Mariana Castillo Deball is a biographer of objects
Review: Isabelle Cornaro at Spike Island
Objects become images, images become objects, in the artist’s latest show
Time, Place, Date: On Kawara’s work at the Guggenheim NYC
On Kawara is famous for his date paintings, but he had other ways of marking and thinking about time
Muse Reviews: 22 February
Recent exhibition reviews and previews; from sultans, to Sturtevant, to salted paper prints…
Now you see her, now you don’t: Sturtevant at MoMA
Last chance to visit New York’s exhibition of conceptual copycat art
The Whitworth reopens
Great art, thoughtful curation and a snazzy café: Manchester’s £15 million redevelopment project is a great success
Review: ‘John Golding: Finding the Absolute’ at Piano Nobile
Golding’s rediscovered abstract paintings are the perfect choice to inaugurate Piano Nobile’s new space
‘Magnificent Obsessions’, magnificent show
From teaware to taxidermy: the Barbican’s exhibition is a fascinating insight into artists’ collecting habits
Muse Reviews: 15 February
Jacob Epstein’s babies, revolutionary calendars, Madame Cézanne, and a suitcase full of pictures
‘Lore Krüger: A Suitcase Full of Pictures’ at C/O Berlin
Lore Krüger’s work is a fantastic discovery for the history of photography
TEFAF Treasures
Personal favourites from Maastricht, including an ancient Egyptian fragment and an unfinished old master painting