Paul’s ART STUFF on a train # 90: ‘The Colour in Rembrandt’
14 January 2015 • Paul Carey-Kent
Rembrandt: Juno, 1662-5 Rembrandt is known, of course, for his crepuscular tone and his ability to draw symbolic and emotional… Read More
Tag: National Gallery
REVIEW: Jockum Nordström: For the insects and the hounds @DavidZwirner
22 December 2014 • Mark Westall
David Zwirner; National Gallery, London
Sweden’s Jockum Nordström unsettles with work that seems to tap into childhood. And prepare to be surprised by the long-forgotten art of Peder Balke
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London over Christmas
22 December 2014 • Tabish Khan
This weeks top 5 features architectural photography, Rembrandt, Constable, witches and crashing waves.
Photography in the @NationalGallery – Art Appreciation or Desecration?
18 August 2014 • Tabish Khan
The National Gallery has decided to allow photography of its many masterpieces. Is this a good thing?
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
28 July 2014 • Tabish Khan
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
21 July 2014 • Tabish Khan
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
10 March 2014 • Tabish Khan
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.
Kimberley’s Random Room Roulette # 10
19 February 2014 • Mark Westall
Kimberley will attempt to combine her knowledge into contrasting aspects of artistic studies: History of Art and Contemporary Art and Theory.
Kimberley’s Random Room Roulette # 8
5 February 2014 • Mark Westall
Kimberley will attempt to combine her knowledge into contrasting aspects of artistic studies: History of Art and Contemporary Art and Theory.
National Gallery : Random Room Roulette # 5
2 January 2014 • Mark Westall
Kimberley will attempt to combine her knowledge into contrasting aspects of artistic studies: History of Art and Contemporary Art and Theory. Her challenge = to pick a room of the National Gallery, London at random and find a painting there….
National Gallery : Random Room Roulette # 4
23 December 2013 • Mark Westall
Can she achieve a deeper level of interpretation? Or will such a random task disintegrate into nonsensical ramblings??
National Gallery : Random Room Roulette #2
8 December 2013 • Mark Westall
Every week Kimberley will attempt to combine her knowledge into contrasting aspects of artistic studies: History of Art and Contemporary Art and Theory. Her challenge = to pick a room of the National Gallery, London at random and find a painting there, whether it be Gothic, Renaissance, Impressionist or Medieval in style, to analyse using contemporary theory.
National Gallery: Random Room Roulette # 1
1 December 2013 • Mark Westall
Every week Kimberley will attempt to combine her knowledge into contrasting aspects of artistic studies: History of Art and Contemporary Art and Theory. Her challenge = to pick a room of the National Gallery, London at random and find a painting there, whether it be Gothic, Renaissance, Impressionist or Medieval in style, to analyse using contemporary theory.
Van Gogh Sunflowers shown side by side in London for first time in 65 years
29 October 2013 • Mark Westall
Van Gogh Sunflowers shown side by side in London for first time in 65 years
Tabish’s Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
1 September 2013 • Tabish Khan
Every Monday Tabish Khan brings you five exhibitions that you should visit during the week. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether its for you.
Michael Landy: patron saint of destruction
29 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Decapitations, tooth-pullings, chargrillings … the lurid deaths of saints in paintings were what caught Michael Landy’s eye when he took over as artist-in-residence at the National Gallery. Charlotte Higgins visits his studio to play with his mechanised martyrs
Titian painting rediscovered in depths of National Gallery
8 January 2013 • Mark Westall
Portrait of Girolamo Fracastoro, the doctor who named syphilis, adds to gallery’s remarkable collection of works by artist
Seduced By Art: Photography Past and Present – review
4 November 2012 • Mark Westall
National Gallery, London
Richard Hamilton: the Duchamp-ion of intellectual art
15 May 2012 • Mark Westall
The father of pop art – who is to be the subject of a posthumous exhibition at the National Gallery – also rediscovered and popularised the once-neglected work of Marcel Duchamp
Ten more UK galleries join Google Art Project’s virtual culture tours
3 April 2012 • Mark Westall
Ten British galleries join likes of Palace of Versailles and the White House as online museum grows to 30,000 objects
Leonardo da Vinci at the National Gallery – the greatest show of the year?
9 November 2011 • Mark Westall
The National Gallery’s Leonardo exhibition promises a unique chance to view his finest paintings and drawings. It also offers a glimpse of the artist’s true spirit
View the paintings from the exhibition
The best of the Leonardo merchandise
Leonardo da Vinci amazes at the National Gallery – quietly and calmly
6 November 2011 • Mark Westall
When the exhibition opens on Wednesday, visitors will be able to see the two Madonna of the Rocks face to face
National Gallery’s cut in warders ‘putting art at risk’
11 August 2011 • Mark Westall
Criticism of security arrangements follows vandalism of two Poussin paintings at the London gallery
Nicolas Poussin painting vandalised at National Gallery
18 July 2011 • Mark Westall
Man held after Poussin painting is vandalised at National Gallery Police called after 17th-century work is sprayed with red paint… Read More