In the Age of Giorgione, Royal Academy

In the Age of Giorgione, Royal Academy

Edward Lucie-Smith It is brave of any gallery to attempt to put on an exhibition devoted to the personality of Giorgione. This early 16th century Venetian artist has long ranked as one of the most elusive and fascinating of all great painters. Because of his early...
Andrea Chénier, Opera North

Andrea Chénier, Opera North

Passion on the scaffold Tom Sutcliffe Umberto Giordano’s most successful opera immortalises a worthwhile subject: a poet and political activist guillotined in Robespierre’s terror. But it is not just for the fabulous lyricism of the opera and its tenor title role that...
The 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

The 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

Large-scale spectacle and fine-tuned intimacy shared the spoils as the UK’s leading film critics unveiled the winners of their annual awards at London’s May Fair Hotel tonight. Toward the end of the star-studded black-tie ceremony, hosted by comedian Robin...
From the Abyss, Gerald Wilde, October Gallery

From the Abyss, Gerald Wilde, October Gallery

David Buckman Here is October Gallery offering another chance to evaluate the achievement of Gerald Wilde with a wide selection of his work.  While the paintings and drawings of British abstractionists of the post-Second World War period — such as Terry Frost,...