by Clare Finn | Nov 11, 2018 | Visual Arts
The winner of the Visual Arts & Architecture Section of the Critics Circle of the Denise Sylvester-Carr Award for an Unsung Hero for 2017 has gone to Michael Rowe, who according to the Victoria and Albert Museum is “arguably one of the most distinguished...
by Simon Tait | Nov 4, 2018 | Visual Arts
This year the Critics’ Circle Visual Arts and Architecture Section made two awards, both to individuals who might be said ‘not to have received due recognition earlier in their formidable careers.’ Both have made art in their own inimitable ways. Frank Bowling,...
by Clare Finn | Oct 12, 2018 | Visual Arts
How do you conserve an entire profession’s history? Looking at the tools, say, a carpenter might leave behind him fails to convey certain achievements even if the work resulted in glorious marquetry or the conservation of a piece by André Charles Boulle. Yet this is...
by Rick Jones | Oct 4, 2018 | Awards, Books, Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Visual Arts
On 3rd October 2018, Britain’s foremost artist David Hockney received the Critics’ Circle award for Distinguished Service to Art. The relaxed ceremony took place over lunch at the Chelsea Arts Club, London, a beautiful venue with access through long french...
by Rick Jones | Apr 20, 2018 | Uncategorized, Visual Arts
German refugees from the Nazi terror were so numerous in North London that the Finchley Road became ‘Finchleystrasse!’ to the bus conductors. This is the title of a moving exhibition at the German Embassy of paintings, etchings and graphics by some thirty hugely...
by Philip Fisher | Mar 21, 2018 | Books, Drama, Visual Arts
Published by Duckworth Overlook at £16.99, 382 pages There is no question that the most hyped first novel of 2018 is Mrs Hancock and the Mermaid by Imogen Hermes Gowar. While that historical novel is undoubtedly a fine work by a prodigious new talent, a strong case...
