A WEEK OF INNOVATION AT SADLER’S WELLS
Bruno Beltrão – Grupo de Rua: New Creation Israel Galván: La Consagración de la Primavera (Rite of Spring) Sadler’s Wells: 22 & 25 November 2022 In late November, London’s flagship theatre for dance became the venue for two bouts of risk-taking...
Blazwick wins Art & Architecture award
On Wednesday October 26, at a reception in Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery in Mayfair, The Critics’ Circle Art & Architecture section, representing many of the country’s top critics in those fields, presented their annual awards in front of an invited audience of 70...BOOK REVIEW: THREE MUSES by Martha Anne Toll
Published by Regal House Publishing Paperback: 256 pages ISBN:9781646032570 US: $9.99 Release Date: 20 September 2022 Novels about ballet are much rarer than ballets about novels. A Bullet in the Ballet, Caryl Brahms’ 1937 crime thriller (written jointly with S.J....
Critics’ Circle Member wins prestigious French critics’ award
Dance Section member, Laura Cappelle, has won the award given by the Syndicat Professionnel de la Critique for the Dance Book of the year, recognising her Nouvelle Histoire de la danse en Occident – de la Prehistoire a nos jours. Photo copyright: Jérôme...
October Art and Architecture Writing & Speaking from the Critics’ Circle
In this post we round up the articles, writing and speaking engagements by members of the visual arts and architecture section of The Critics’ Circle in October
Daniel Barenboim’s Rosebowl Presentation
Robert Thicknesse, President of the Critics’ Circle, went to Berlin to present Daniel Barenboim KBE with the Circle’s 2022 annual award “For Distinguished Service to the Arts”. The presentation took place before a concert at the Barenboim-Said...
The haunting of Philip Guston
By Peter Clossick & Corinna Lotz The Canadian-American-Jewish artist’s development is marked by a feeling of restless change, with the ability to reinvent himself, whilst absorbing a wide range of interests, all with a distinct political edge and sense of...
September art and architecture writing from the Critics’ Circle
In this post we roundup the articles and other writing published by members of the visual arts section of The Critic’s Circle in September.
The Critics’ Circle Visual Arts Award 2023 – the “Oscars of the British art world”
Highlights and winners from the Critics’ Circle visual arts awards 2023 – the Oscars of the British Art World
Music Awards – Live performances
Our “Young Talent” award winners – pianist Thomas Kelly, bass-baritone Ossian Huskinson and horn player Ben Goldscheider – all performed live at the Awards Presentation on September 20th in the Sky Bar at English National Opera. Here are their...
Music Awards for 2022
All photos by Elliott Franks The music section convened with many glamorous guests and award winners for our second annual presentation, at the Sky Bar in the Coliseum, on Wednesday September 20th Our first Young Talent award winner… Composer Tom Coult....Visual arts – previous award-winners
Overall award winner / services to the arts Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2021 2022/23 Award Winner Peter Murray David Chipperfield Thomas Heatherwick Sandy Nairne Caruso St John Julia Peyton-Jones Frank Bowling Iwona Blazwick Nicholas Cullinan Award Maker...
Derek Malcolm, 1932-2023
“A legend of a film critic, a great friend to many of us: we will never forget your intellectual verve, your affection, your humour and your twinkling eyes.” By Rita Di Santo It is not easy to write about Derek Malcolm, who has sadly died at age 91. He was a friend of...