Visual Arts
Chairman: Corinne Julius
Hon Secretary: Claire Finn FinnClare@aol.com
The Visual Arts and Architecture section was established in 2007 and is now in its tenth year. We began presenting awards to in 2011 when we gave our highest tribute to the architect David Chipperfield.
News & Reviews
The Optickal Illusion by Rachel Halliburton
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...
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David Hockney wins critics’ circle award
Pooh, the bear that delights young and old
There is an enchanted place in the V&A, a place where wonder is being created. From the moment you even look for information on the website and find your cursor has become a swarm of honey bees, the Victoria & Albert’s Winnie-the-Pooh: exploring a classic is magic. If...
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Kettle’s Yard – modern art starts here
The visual arts centre created in Cambridge by Jim Ede has undergone an £11.3m restoration and expansion. Simon Tait reports. There ought to have been a sign outside Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge saying “Modern Art Starts Here”. The story of this extraordinary place is...
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With magical touch
Chagall's illustrations for Shakespeare's The Tempest, by Clare Finn Marc Chagall’s last major project has largely passed scholars by until it was studied more recently by Hanna Scolnicov, Professor emerita of Theatre Studies in the Faculty of Arts, Tel-Aviv...
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Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years: 1898–1940, by Jed Pearl (Yale University Press)
Clare Finn Alexander Calder’s art, his exploration of movement and time to the previously a static medium of sculpture, was, and still is, is ground breaking. So it is a surprise to find that until now there is no full biography of him. There have been previous...
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Julia Peyton-Jones wins 2017 award
VISUAL ARTS & ARCHITECTURE AWARDS: Dame Julia Peyton-Jones and Fred Hohler Dame Julia Peyton-Jones was the winner of the annual Critics Circle Visual Arts and Architecture Award presented at the Thaddeus Ropac Gallery Dover Street on the evening of 12th September. The...
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Services to the Arts
Recipients of the Critics' Circle Annual Award 1988 – Sir Peter Hall 1989 – Dame Ninette de Valois 1990 – Sir Michael Tippett 1991 – Sir David Lean 1992 – Sir John Mills 1993 – Sir Peter Ustinov 1994 – Sir John Drummond 1995 – Sir Peter Wright 1996 – Richard Eyre 1997...
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