Florence Hallett

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Florence writes about the visual arts for a range of specialist and general interest publications.

Articles By Florence Hallett

William Feaver: The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922-1968 review - a testament of friendship Sunday, 29 September 2019 Read more...	Tim Walker: Wonderful Things, V&A review - a bracing full-body immersion Tuesday, 24 September 2019 Read more...
Artists in Amsterdam, Dulwich Picture Gallery review - a slight but evocative sketch Wednesday, 28 August 2019 Read more...	Rachel DeLoache Williams: My Friend Anna review - a fraudster for the Instagram age? Tuesday, 06 August 2019 Read more...
Yorkshire Sculpture International review - Hepworth and Moore loom large Thursday, 18 July 2019 Read more...	Takis, Tate Modern review - science and art collide Friday, 12 July 2019 Read more...
Francis Bacon: Couplings, Gagosian Gallery review - sex and power in double figures Friday, 14 June 2019 Read more...	Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing, The Queen's Gallery review - peerless drawings, rarely seen Wednesday, 29 May 2019 Read more...
Henry Moore at Houghton Hall: Nature and Inspiration review - big views bring new light Wednesday, 08 May 2019 Read more...	Sea Star: Sean Scully, National Gallery review - analysing past masters Tuesday, 23 April 2019 Read more...
Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now, Gagosian Gallery review - old master, new ways Tuesday, 16 April 2019 Read more...	Edvard Munch: Love and Angst, British Museum review - compassion in the age of anxiety Thursday, 11 April 2019 Read more...
Van Gogh and Britain, Tate Britain review - tenuous but still persuasive Wednesday, 27 March 2019 Read more...	Louise Bourgeois, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge review - a slender but choice selection Monday, 11 March 2019 Read more...
Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory review, Tate Modern - plenty but empty Tuesday, 05 February 2019 Read more...	Best of 2018: Art Monday, 31 December 2018 Read more...

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