Frank Bowling The first major show of his work in the UK, a survey of Bowling’s 60-year career at Tate Britain was long-overdue recognition of the 85-year-old Guyana-born British painter’s output. (It follows another solo exhibition, curated by Okwui Enwezor, which had stops in Munich, Dublin and Sharjah.) To coincide with the display at the […]
Bernard van Orley: Brussels and the Renaissance BOZAR, Brussels 20 February–26 May With more than 100 works on show, this first monographic exhibition devoted to Bernard van Orley illuminated many aspects of his prodigious output, extending beyond the museum to the churches and cathedrals in the city that contain his stained glass. Lithuanian Pavilion Venice […]
Africa Museum, Tervuren Reopened December 2018 After a five-year renovation the Africa Museum just outside Brussels, which was once known as ‘the world’s last colonial museum’, doubled its public spaces. It now shows a willingness to confront the realities of Belgian colonialism, and the brutality of the Congo Free State in particular, while also finding […]
Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered Carmen C. Bambach Yale University Press Bambach’s four-volume account of the artist’s life and work is a feat of research and interpretation that has taken a quarter of a century to produce. As well as poring over Leonardo’s drawings, paintings, and writings, Bambach considers the relevant scholarship and recent technical evidence. […]
Centraal Museum, Utrecht The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche (1601–03), Joachim Wtewael In 1933, a catalogue of works by Joachim Wtewael in the collection of the Centraal Museum noted the disappointing lack of one of the Dutch Mannerist’s painstakingly painted miniatures on copper, for which he was best known in his day. Eighty-six years later, […]
Arab Image Foundation In May 2019 the Arab Image Foundation completed its $255,000 digitisation initiative (launched in 2017) ahead of the reopening of its building in Beirut. It launched an online platform that makes more than 10,000 images available for the first time. More are coming – and some interactive features are also in the […]
Sumptuous fabrics adorned with silk, gold and silver thread evoke a world of medieval luxury
In painting and sculpture, the two artists defined the dramatic realism of the Roman baroque
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Director, Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi
