Muse Reviews: 21 September
Great British artists in the limelight this week: 'Late Turner' at Tate; Christopher Dresser at the Fine Art Society; and Paul Nash on BBC Four
Great British artists in the limelight this week: 'Late Turner' at Tate; Christopher Dresser at the Fine Art Society; and Paul Nash on BBC Four
Fountains, house museums and computer connoisseurs: a round-up of recent comment from the Muse Room
Scientists have developed an algorithm that identifies visual affinities between paintings. Are we all out of a job?
An earnest girl in a Hackney pub once told me she was fascinated by motorway flyovers; ‘I just think they’re the most awesome things. Don’t you think?’ For the following half hour she described some of her favourites and the features which endeared them to her whilst I tried hard to remember any ever making […]
The Scottish independence referendum takes place on 18 September. What would a ‘Yes’ vote mean for the country’s museums and galleries? Would it lead to a loss of funding streams? And if it did, would an independent Scottish government be prepared to increase its investment? YES: James Holloway There’s one thing I’ve never heard in […]
The challenges and opportunities of curating a gallery exhibition about film
Highlights from LACMA's latest exhibition of German Expressionist cinema
Image makers not image takers: Amsterdam's photo fair is full of surprises
Dine turns Soviet-era lithographic stones into contemporary art
Hopper treads the line between documentary and art expertly
Overlooked for decades, Christopher Dresser is now recognised as one of the most influential figures in 19th-century design
A new exhibition promises 'a journey through the training...of the young artist to his most acclaimed exhibition pieces'
Preliminary sketches sit side by side with major oils by the British master in a new exhibition
It is not painting that is set free here, but the painter, liberated from the often questionable roles into which he has been conscripted in the name of British art
Inedible gardens and Jasper Johns's regrets...our round-up of recent reviews
Why has the UK waited so long for an exhibition of this artist's work?
Perugino takes centre stage in Paris
Masterpieces by Perugino and his pupil Raphael go on display in Paris
The artist outlines his plans for a new art independent art school in his hometown of Saxmundham, Suffolk
Fees and funding cuts are taking their toll in the UK, but artists are a resourceful lot...