Painting
George Bellows, at Royal Academy
Forgive me. I’ve tried to find a more erudite way of summing up the career of early 20th-century American, George Bellows, but I just can’t get beyond a footballing cliché.
Barocci: Brilliance and Grace, at National Gallery
Federico Barocci may not be a household name - but a new National Gallery exhibition reveals a painter of poignancy and potency, says Andrew Graham-Dixon
Callum Innes: New Watercolours - Whitworth Art Gallery
Callum Innes is one of Britain’s best-known abstract painters. His constantly evolving practice is as much about un-painting as it is about painting. Using turpentine in conjunction with oil paints Innes thins and removes layers, revealing underlying co
John Piper: The Mountains of Wales - Whitworth Art Gallery
John Piper began to draw and paint the landscape of North Wales in the middle of the Second World War. He was sent to Snowdonia in 1943 by the War Artists Advisory Committee, and rented a succession of cottages there between 1945 and 1956; two of them, at
Music Hall: Sickert and the Three Graces - Victoria and Albert Museum
At the turn of the 20th century, entertainment by and for the people was at its peak in Britain. Audiences jostled, boozed and sang along in over 500 music halls. Music halls were a result of Britain’s expanding commercial power, and for newly affluent
George Bellows 1882 - 1925: Modern American Life - Royal Academy of Arts
George Bellows (1882-1925): Modern American Life at the Royal Academy of Arts is the first retrospective of works by American realist painter George Bellows to be held in the UK. When Bellows died at age 42, he was considered one of the greatest artists iRA stages show of neglected artist George Bellows
Man praised as one of greatest American painters was more famous than friend Edward Hopper during his life The Royal Academy will on Saturday open the first retrospective in the UK of works by George Bellows, an artist who never quite became the househ
Beatrix Potter and the Beautiful Satin Waistcoat - Victoria and Albert Museum
When preparing illustrations for The Tailor of Gloucester (1903) Beatrix Potter sought inspiration for the Mayor's coat and embroidered waistcoat in 18th century costumes at her local museum, the V&A. Her sketches of the costumes are so accurate that it i
R B Kitaj retrospective comes to London a decade after he fled Britain over 'anti-Semitism'
How Jewish was the art of R B Kitaj, one of the leading lights of postwar British art who became so upset by the critical mauling he got for his 1994 Tate exhibition that he left the country for his native America, blaming the critics not only for his dep