Monique Kent 10:21am
The National Gallery celebrated Leonardo da Vinci late last year with the most complete survey of his surviving paintings. Tomorrow sees the most extensive exhibition of Leonardo’s anatomical studies open at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. ‘Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist’ (4 May–7 October), which takes place almost 500 years after the artist’s death, recognises Leonardo as a pioneer in the understanding of the human anatomy. The exhibition, curated by Martin Clayton, features 87 pages from Leonardo’s notebooks, including 24 sides of previously unseen studies. Leonardo had intended to publish these works and his discoveries in a groundbreaking treatise on anatomy,...
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12:22pm
Provence, South of France, offers a stunning backdrop of snowy peaked mountains contrasted with the French Riviera coastline. Added to that a warm climate and reliable sunlight, there’s no surprise it’s been one of the most popular destinations for artists to work, collaborate and retire, including many of the 20th-century greats, from Picasso to Leger, Matisse and Chagall. Today, the region boasts several public museums and private collections housing master-works made in situ, making it a perfect holiday retreat for art admirers. By far the most beautiful and well curated is the purpose-built Maeght Fondation in St-Paul. The museum...
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Wednesday, 14th March 2012
Nicola McCartney 4:29pm
Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller celebrates his first major survey show at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre (until 13 May 2012). Like any artist, Deller’s work is a reflection of his own interests and concerns. Unlike many other artists, it is his subject matter, often social and political, that dictates his medium and material. This is why Deller’s work is inherently collaborative, performative and he has been described as a ‘cultural archivist’.
The show includes documentation of his epic project Battle of Orgreave (An Injury to One is an Injury to All), 2001. Deller re-staged the 1984 violent conflict between...
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Wednesday, 8th February 2012
4:56pm
Tomorrow, the National Portrait Gallery, London, opens a major survey exhibition of Lucian Freud’s portraits including Portrait of the Hound 2011. This is Freud’s last, unfinished painting of his assistant David Dawson and his dog Eli that he was working on shortly before his death on 20 July 2011. It serves as an eerie reminder of Freud’s unrelenting dedication to his work. ‘Lucian Freud Portraits’ is the first major exhibition dedicated to the artist’s work in ten years and provides a rare opportunity to see works loaned from museums and private collections throughout the world. It is the result...
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Wednesday, 1st February 2012
Nicola McCartney 4:21pm
A few weeks ago I attended an interesting talk about the overlooked artist Edward Burra (1905-76) at London Art Fair. Apollo’s Editor, Oscar Humphries, chaired the discussion around Burra’s biography, his paintings’ market value and position within modern British art. The panel included art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon and Simon Martin, the curator of Burra’s retrospective currently held at Pallant House (until 19 February 2012). What I learned, is that Burra’s bright and primitive watercolours were both inhibited and aided by his life-long suffering with anemia and rheumatic fever – the disability meant that he was better apt at dealing with...
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Wood carving flourished in Southern Germany in the late 15th century onwards, resulting in exquisitely crafted devotional sculptures. Today, these figures and reliefs may be found for as little as £5,000, though the best examples command high prices.
