Reviews
Review: ‘Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol’ at the Fashion and Textile Museum
Some of the world’s most significant modern artists experimented with textile design
Review: Pablo Echaurren at the Estorick Collection
‘…to be iconoclast is also a gesture of respect, of devotion.’
Review: ‘The Craze for Pastel’ at Tate Britain
Quick to use and extremely versatile, pastels were very popular in 18th-century Britain. Are we seeing a revival?
Review: Marius Bercea at Blain|Southern
Post-Communist Transylvania collides with the neon-fronted buildings of free market California
Review: ‘Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937’, Neue Galerie, New York
Review of ‘Degenerate Art’ at the Neue Galerie, New York
Muse Reviews: 6 April
A round-up of the week’s reviews: Anselm Kiefer, Phyllida Barlow, Camille Henrot and sustainable art
Disarmingly joyful: Phyllida Barlow’s ‘dock’ at Tate Britain
Barlow’s wonderfully wobbly looking monoliths are powerful but unpretentious
In Pursuit of an Idea: Camille Henrot at Chisenhale Gallery
French artist Camille Henrot’s first solo UK exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery is like asking a question and receiving a million answers
Muse Reviews: 30 March
A round-up of the week’s reviews: Paris, paintings, and two very different types of print
I Cheer a Dead Man’s Sweetheart at the De La Warr Pavilion
A winningly eccentric exhibition of contemporary painting
Beyond Painting: ‘Renaissance Impressions’ at the RA
The chiaroscuro woodcut prints in this exhibition are technically brilliant and visually beautiful. The only thing they lack here is context
Charles Marville and the Urban Sublime
Marville found glimpses of the Romantic sublime in Haussmann-era Paris. His photographs at the Met are not to be missed
Salon du Dessin: March Apollo
In Apollo’s March issue we previewed Salon du Dessin, which opens tomorrow at the Palais de la Bourse, Paris
Affected Taste: William Kent at the V&A
How do you like your Georgians? William Kent’s designs come with a liberal coating of gilt
‘Clemenceau, le Tigre et l’Asie’ at Musée Guimet, Paris
This exhibition about Clemenceau’s enthusiasm for Asian art is little short of revelatory
Muse Reviews: 23 March
A round-up of the week’s reviews: murals, ruins, maps and charts, and contemporary responses to historic art…
‘Diverse Maniere: Piranesi, Fantasy and Excess’ at Sir John Soane’s Museum
The current Piranesi exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum raises interesting questions about original artworks and their reproductions
Stimulating the mind and the eyes: Barnes and Shonibare
Yinka Shonibare’s work at the Barnes Foundation is both entertaining and deeply reflective
Trouble in Paradise: A Tribute to Kashmir in Chicago
Nilima Sheikh’s extraordinary paintings need more introduction than they are given here
Whitney Biennial
It’s been billed as ‘the broadest and most diverse’ Whitney Biennial to date, and the enormous variety of this year’s display is no bad thing
Intelligent Design: Beautiful Science at the British Library
We tend to forget how good art and design can be at communicating big ideas, and, it turns out, big data
‘Ruin Lust’ at Tate Britain
Ruination is a condition of modern life. An exhibition at Tate Britain explores its enduring appeal
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