Visual arts
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre IslingtonFriday, 18 November 2011London Art Fair presents over 100 galleries featuring the greatnames of 20th century British art and exceptional contemporary work from l eading figures and emerging talent. 18 - 22 January http://www.londonart fair.co.uk/ Read more... |
Lucian Freud, National Portrait GalleryFriday, 18 November 2011The exhibition focuses on particular periods and groups of sitt ers, exploring Lucian Freud's stylistic development. Until 27 May http:// bit.ly/q5homY Read more... |
David Shrigley, Hayward GalleryFriday, 18 November 2011David Shrigley is best known for his humorous drawings executedin a deliberately crude graphic style. This exhibition, his first major s how in London, will explore his diverse output, including animation and p hotography. 13 May http://bit.ly/ob0TLa Read more... |
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture, Royal AcademyFriday, 18 November 2011The exhibition will span a 50-year period exploring Hockney's l ong fascination with the depiction of landscape. It will include the artist 's most recent landscape paintings inspired by the East Yorkshire landscapeand created especially for the RA'... Read more... |
Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopeningFriday, 18 November 2011The reopening of the SNP following a major £17.6m refurbishment . http://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/298-introduction Read more... |
A Hankering After Ghosts: Charles Dickens and the Supernatural, Br itish LibraryFriday, 18 November 2011An exhibition exploring Dickens' abiding fascination with Spiri tualism and the supernatural, an interest that was expressed in many of hi s own chilling tales. Until Mar 4 http://bit.ly/oaD1Rh Read more... |
Art of America, BBC FourTuesday, 15 November 2011
For dull reasons to do with a dodgy digital box and a very old analogue telly, I can’t tune in to BBC Four during live transmissions, so I either catch up on iPlayer, or (lucky me as a journalist) get to see programmes early. But I’m very glad I can... Read more... |
Paul Noble: Welcome to Nobson, Gagosian GalleryMonday, 14 November 2011
Fifteen years ago Paul Noble began to create an imaginary city, Nobson Newtown, with preparatory sketches and drawings in his meticulous pencilled style. Now we have a Noble-ian paradox: in this penultimate contribution to his Nobson Newtown series... Read more... |
Art for Heroes: A Culture Show Special, BBC TwoSaturday, 12 November 2011
Coming as it did over this Armistice weekend, when the soldiers who have died for us are foremost in our thoughts, last night's Art for Heroes: A Culture Show Special was a salutary reminder that soldier-victims are not just those who are killed or... Read more... |
Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination, British LibraryFriday, 11 November 2011
In 1757, what had previously been the royal collection of manuscripts was handed over to the nascent British Museum. Edward IV, who started the collection in the 15th century, had created a collection of books designed to display the greater glory... Read more... |
Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, National GalleryMonday, 07 November 2011
Leonardo da Vinci was not a prolific artist. In a career that lasted nearly half a century, he probably painted no more than 20 pictures, and only 15 surviving paintings are currently agreed to be entirely his. Of these, four are incomplete. Indeed... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Moscow: Nikolai Ge at the Tretyakov GallerySunday, 06 November 2011
The Nikolai Ge retrospective at Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery marks the 180th anniversary of the artist’s birth – not the kind of round centenary or bicentenary landmark that often brings such projects to fruition. But the show is literally a... Read more... |
