Renaissance Utterances

'suspended' It has been an orgy of art since I arrived back in London just over a week ago. Russian/Communism inspired exhibitio...

Many high profile reviews of Beyond Caravaggio have criticised it because it only contains six works by the master himself. However as the e...

Waiting. We sit on the island content to wait. Waiting weeks for the moon to be in the right quarter so we can fish. Waiting months for t...

Eleanor Morgan It's been my intention to write and record something about glass for a while now, primarily looking at it from a comb...

I was checking through some ancient work and found this about River Sounding , which was a joint venture between The Somerset House Trust ...

From the natural open space of Green Park to the ordered splendour of Russell Square, it is hard to avoid London's parks and gardens. ...

Malina Busch 'Fluorescent Blush' This review was going to be a celebration of summer colours; of shutting ones eyes against the ...

© The Trustees of the British Museum Perhaps I’m getting sensitive to the geography of art, or I’ve always fancied exotic places at lunc...

Time Passing This piece is a rather odd collection of thoughts. As a jigsaw of unintended connections, it works as a semi coherent whole...

Altdorfer 'Landscape' 1518-20 It seems you can travel miles in search of a certain historical figure, and not realise that usefu...

One of the unexpected highlights of the Royal Palace was the collection of prints drawings and photographs. On the top floor, like the pri...

Jules Gervais Courtellemont, 1916  Cultural review shows entertain and repel me in equal measure. Sometimes the cynical, world weariness...

Ruth Claxon 'Nest (Banana Bird)' (2009) Finally, the moment for which we have all been waiting: Spring is here, everything is co...

This afternoon I was lucky enough to be a part of the advance rape and pillage expedition to the new Sainsbury wing of the British Museum....

'Hands' French, c18th, Richard Day I am lucky enough to work in a place with an idiosyncratic and eclectic take on the arts. A ...

Fashion inspiration I've had a passive interest in historical fashion for a long time and it was very much cultivated by my marvello...

River Scene © The estate of L.S. Lowry I have a vague personal connection with  artist L.S. Lowry. He lived opposite my playgroup in th...

This post came to me in the aftermath of a host of sensory experiences; the scent of fresh garlicky flavours being pounded out by a granite ...

'Explosion' in the Tate  On Friday the MA group went on a field trip to the Tate prints and drawings room. It was reminiscent of...

This is a work in progress taken from my latest essay but it works quite nicely as a standalone piece, I think. This series of Janice Gordon...