Reviews
Muse Reviews: 13 July
Gobelins tapestries; Franz West’s strange monsters; Lygia Clark’s body nostalgia; and the 1966 World Cup final…
Deconstructing ‘Jerusalem’: Paul Pfeiffer revisits the 1966 World Cup final
With the World Cup final fast approaching, it’s a good time to reconsider this particular collective myth
Review: ‘The Abandonment of Art’, Lygia Clark at MoMA New York
MoMA has mounted a welcome retrospective of Clark’s challenging and changing art
Review: Franz West: Where is my Eight?
Curator Eva Badura-Triska has managed to preserve the spirit of freedom in the late artist’s work
Review: Sumptuous 18th-century tapestries at the Galerie des Gobelins
This display reveals how the Gobelins tapestry manufactory in France flourished through the 18th century
Muse Reviews: 6 July
Scotland’s contemporary GENERATION, London Art Week, and Dan Cruickshank on the BBC: a round-up of reviews and interviews
Impressed: Courtauld students explore contemporary prints
Courtauld students have put together a thoughtful exhibition alongside the gallery’s summer show
Majesty and Mortar: Palaces on the BBC
The final episode of Dan Cruickshank’s enthusiastic and engaging tour of ‘Britain’s Great Palaces’ airs on BBC4 tonight
Review: ‘Mario Schifano 1960−67’ at Luxembourg & Dayan
Focusing on seven key years in Schifano’s incessant artistic metamorphosis
Cultural Confidence: Scotland’s GENERATION
This huge series of contemporary art displays is a timely reminder of Scotland’s cultural diversity in an eventful year
Muse Reviews: 29 June
From Alexander Pope to 3D printing pens… a round-up of this week’s exhibition reviews and interviews
A Good Start: START Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery
The inaugural edition of START Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery looks set to become a positive new addition to the art fair calendar
Reopening the jewel box: the Mauritshuis opens its doors
The Mauritshuis masterpieces are back in place in The Hague, and the newly-restored and extended building has opened its doors
A ‘Koonsian Adventure’: Jeff Koons at the Whitney
The Whitney says goodbye to its old building with balloons, by the world’s most expensive living artist…
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
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?
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
The Quiet Biennale: the Eighth Berlin Biennale is deliberately introspective
Some exhibitions disappoint by design…