The Top 5 Art Books to read about Artists and Exhibitions
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic normally picks five exhibitions to see in London, but as we’re in lockdown in the UK he has switched to books to read.
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British Museum revamps Collection Online
The British Museum today launches a major revamp of its online collection database, allowing over 4 million objects to be seen by people anywhere in the world.
The ‘The Trumpeters’ by Nainsukh of Guler – a work “unparalleled in North Indian art” saved from export by the British Museum
A masterpiece by one of India’s greatest painters has been saved from export after being purchased by the British Museum. ‘The Trumpeters’ by Nainsukh of Guler – described as a work “unparalleled in North Indian art”
First exhibition of Kollwitz’s work in nearly 25 years comes to London
After a successful tour in which almost 90,000 people across four UK venues visited Portrait of the artist: Käthe Kollwitz, this exhibition of her prints now comes to the British Museum featuring new additions of the artist’s work.
Islam Expanded: Idris Khan at the British Museum
The dominant contemporary feature of the British Museum’s well-received received new Islamic Gallery* is a site-specific work by Idris Khan.
My week in the art world – Fluidity
This week I fluctuated around London – from Bloomsbury’s British Museum, to a church in Bethnal Green and back to Mayfair – inhaling the fluid nature of the performances and works I saw. I was so engrossed in this state of flux that I pushed my usual Tuesday column to Wednesday, to make room for Cárdenas’s opening at Almine Rech which took place last night.
World’s earliest figural tattoos revealed by British Museum
The world’s earliest figural tattoos have been revealed on two natural mummies in the British Museum’s collection. Dating to between 3351 to 3017 BC (95.4% probability),
The Top 9 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
Abstract colour, a decaying painting, food porn, sculpture, technology meets history, cinematic photography, watercolours and crab coffins.
London exhibition puts US on show as postwar creative superpower
British Museum’s American Dream will touch on many of the themes in the turbulent presidential election
South Africa’s golden rhino to star in British Museum exhibition
Figures and objects from Mapungubwe, site of the first kingdom in southern Africa, are part of an exploration of 100,000 years of art
Five of the best art exhibitions for Christmas 2015
Wonder at Botticini’s Paradise, see Turner’s bracing vistas in Edinburgh, and explore the roots of the European winter festival at the V&A
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
Art critic Tabish Khan brings you five exhibitions to visit this week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
This week’s top 5 includes Greek nudes, social media, architecture, graceful curves and bronze.
Paul’s ART STUFF on a train # 112: ‘The World Museum’
‘Why is it called the British Museum’, I heard someone ask last Saturday ‘when there isn’t anything from Britain?’
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London over New Year’s
This week’s top 5 features Turner, Schiele, Gothic art and literature, a history of Germany and the legacy of war.
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London over Christmas
This weeks top 5 features architectural photography, Rembrandt, Constable, witches and crashing waves.
The Meroë Head, one of the most important surviving portraits of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, explored in new display @BritishMuseum
On Until – 15th February 2015 Room 3 The Meroë Head, one of the most important surviving portraits of Rome’s… Read More
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
Tabish Khan brings you five art exhibitions in London that you should visit during the week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
Tabish Khan brings you five art exhibitions in London that you should visit during the week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
Paul’s ART STUFF on a train # 53: ‘The Name Game’
Most days art Critic Paul Carey-Kent spends hours on the train, traveling between his home in Southampton and his day job in Surrey. Could he, we asked, jot down whatever came into his head?
REVIEW: Vikings – Life & Legend @BritishMuseum
The Vikings are coming! Does this latest blockbuster live up to the hype?
Samsung and the British Museum announce five-year partnership
Samsung and the British Museum announce five-year partnership
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week .
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week .
Review: The Discovery of Paris: Watercolours by Early Nineteenth-Century British Artists @ Wallace Collection.
This exhibition looks at Paris between 1802 and 1840 as painted by British artists. This was a particularly relevant time as war between Britain and France meant that London and Paris were in competition for the title of cultural capital of the modern world – arguably an ongoing contest.