Watercoloour, Tate Britain

Watercoloour, Tate Britain

Denise Silvester-Carr Watercolour is a large and comprehensive survey of British painting in this medium, from the Middle Ages to the present day. For much of the earlier centuries it was considered an amateur art and at Tate Britain the show set sout to prove that...
An engineer’s love affair with art

An engineer’s love affair with art

How a Genoese collector supported anti-regime artists in Fascist Italy. Corinna Lotz Not that many people are familiar with the small treasure-house of 20th century Italian art in London, the Estorick Collection. A five minute walk from Islington’s Highbury Corner, it...
Life, legend and landscape at the Courtauld Gallery

Life, legend and landscape at the Courtauld Gallery

Victorian Drawings and Watercolours William Russell The centrepiece of this small exhibition of some pieces from the Courtauld’s collection of Victorian drawings and watercolours is Frederick Walker’s The Old Farm Garden, which was acquired two years ago and has not...
The 31st London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

The 31st London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

Karen Krizanovich The London Critics’ Circle Awards, held for the first year at the BFI South Bank, treated critics and guests to a dazzling array of celebrities which included Danny Boyle, Aaron Sorkin, Sam Taylor-Wood, Colin Firth, Rosamund Pike, Kristin...