Rosalind McKever is the Harry M. Weinrebe Curatorial Fellow at the National Gallery, London

When was the avant-garde?

The term ‘avant-garde’ has shifted meaning from its military roots to the byword for artistic innovation. How should we apply it to art history?

10 Mar 2015

Review: Agostino Bonalumi at Mazzoleni Art, London

Bonalumi was a pivotal figure in post-war Italian abstraction; finally he’s getting the attention he deserves

9 Feb 2015

Save Carrà’s ‘Leaving the Theatre’: Roberta Cremoncini on the Estorick Collection’s campaign

In December an audience spilling out of a theatre into a cold night is a familiar sight. Carlo Carrà’s Leaving…

28 Dec 2014

London’s Italian art invasion

An extraordinary quantity of post-war Italian art has been exhibited, sold and written about this year. What’s behind the rich pickings?

5 Dec 2014

‘AZIMUT/H’ at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection

In 1959 a flash of activity illuminated Milan’s already vibrant artistic scene

11 Nov 2014

Can artificial intelligence really identify artistic influence?

Scientists have developed an algorithm that identifies visual affinities between paintings. Are we all out of a job?

19 Sep 2014

Review: ‘Jasper Johns: Regrets’ at the Courtauld Gallery

Lucian Freud in Francis Bacon’s studio through Jasper Johns’s eyes: a small but powerful show

12 Sep 2014

The Tate Affair: then and now

The Tate has been in the firing line in recent years; is recent criticism comparable to the infamous ‘Tate Affair’ of 1952–54?

5 Aug 2014

Looking Good: National Gallery exhibitions promote close looking

‘Making Colour’ and ‘Building the Picture’ point out details in paintings that are easily overlooked

28 Jul 2014

Review: ‘Giulio Paolini: To Be or Not to Be’ at the Whitechapel Gallery

Paolini’s work isn’t well known in the UK, but it remains as relevant as ever

15 Jul 2014

Review: ‘Mario Schifano 1960−67’ at Luxembourg & Dayan

Focusing on seven key years in Schifano’s incessant artistic metamorphosis

1 Jul 2014

Civilisation 2.0: who could replace Kenneth Clark?

The BBC intends to remake Kenneth Clark’s seminal TV programme ‘Civilisation’. Who should present it?

13 May 2014

Review: Made in Italy, ‘The Glamour of Italian Fashion’ at the V&A

What’s behind the rise and rise of Italian fashion?

16 Apr 2014

Review: Pablo Echaurren at the Estorick Collection

‘…to be iconoclast is also a gesture of respect, of devotion.’

11 Apr 2014

‘La Bella Figura’ at Max Wigram Gallery

This exhibition of Italian post-war art and design is refreshingly alert to the country’s complex political tensions

17 Feb 2014

Wire Man

Fausto Melotti, the quiet man of modern Italian sculpture, is given a first UK retrospective at the Waddington Custot Galleries

13 Dec 2013