Reviews
Review: ‘Fame and Friendship’ at Waddesdon Manor
A jewel box of an exhibition that opens up important questions about celebrity, patronage and sculpture
Muse Reviews: 22 June
From folk art to minimalism… a round-up of recent reviews from the Muse Room
Exhibiting Architecture: Highlights from Venice
How do you exhibit architecture? These pavilions from Venice’s Architecture Biennale pass the test
Fundamentals: Venice Architecture Biennale
The 14th International Architecture Exhibition is open in Venice. Rem Koolhaas has made some alterations to the usual plan…
Rise and Fall: ‘Progress’ at The Foundling Museum
David Hockney, Yinka Shonibare, Grayson Perry and Jessie Brennan update Hogarth’s ‘A Rake’s Progress’
The model architect: touring Sir John Soane’s Museum
A number of the architect’s prized models are back on prominent display in Sir John Soane’s Museum
Review: ‘British Folk Art’ at Tate Britain
The charm and whimsy of ‘British Folk Art’ at Tate Britain isn’t at the expense of rigorous analysis
Review: ‘Other Primary Structures: Others 2’ at the Jewish Museum New York
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose… the Jewish Museum revisits its seminal 1966 exhibition of minimalist sculpture, again
Extraordinary structures: The Wind Tunnel Project in Farnborough
The reopening of Farnborough’s flight testing centre is one of the most unusual and remarkable art projects in recent years
Review: Adriana Varejão, ‘Carnivorous’ at Victoria Miro
Taken on their own, Varejão’s drawings lack the sinister, seductive appeal of her other work
Review: Kenneth Clark at Tate Britain
It won’t pull in the crowds, but this niche exhibition rewards those who do visit
Review: The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy at the Metropolitan Museum
The Metropolitan Museum celebrates what is arguably England’s most lyrical and seductive contribution to the fine arts in this focused show
Review: Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow at the New Art Centre
Bill Woodrow and Richard Deacon’s collaborative glass sculptures are interestingly out of place in the Wiltshire countryside
Review: Tate’s ‘Matisse Live’
It was an interesting broadcast, but Tate’s tour around its Matisse show gained little from being ‘live’
Review: Baccio Bandinelli at the Bargello
Baccio Bandinelli is arguably the least loved major artist of the Renaissance. This is the ideal opportunity to reconsider his achievement
Review: Richard Long at Lisson Gallery
Richard Long continues to tread his own well-worn path, with a few ill-advised Romantic detours, in his latest London show
Review: ‘Phyllida Barlow: Fifty Years of Drawings’ at Hauser & Wirth
Phyllida Barlow’s drawings are every bit as good as her sculptures
Review: ‘Mondrian and Colour’ at Turner Contemporary
Piet Mondrian’s path to abstraction was a colourful one
Review: ‘Symphony of a Missing Room’ at the Royal Academy
Immersive performance art and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition? Surprisingly, it works…
Rothko colours in the US east coast
Rothko’s works have popped up at auction, in Pace gallery and, later this year, at the Harvard Art Museums
Dazzle ships and drawings in Liverpool
Do Nasreen Mohamedi’s drawings at Tate Liverpool better reflect modernist camouflage experiments that Carlos Cruz-Diez’s dazzle ship?