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  • Glossing the Czar

    The exhibition on the last Tsar Nicolas and Tsarina Alexandra at the Royal Museum of Scotland draws out but fails to expunge the aura of tragedy that hangs over their reign, terminated by the execution of an entire family. Nicolas…

  • Modes en Miroir: la France et la Hollande au temps des Lumieres

    Musée Galliera, Paris 28 April – 21 August 2005 After the recent decision of the Musée Galliera to collaborate with other European museums and collectors, ‘Modes en Miroir’ continues the theme of contemporary Europe sharing stories of a mutual past:…

  • A new building for St Catz

    Walking around Oxford today, it is remarkable how little the centre of the city has changed in the last 50 years. The sweeping curve of The High, punctuated by the single tree in the garden of All Souls College, remains…

  • Robert Mallet-Stevens

    Centre Pompidou, Paris 27 April–29 August 2005

  • Big Bang: Creation and Destruction in 20th Century Art

    The Pompidou Centre, Paris 15 June 2005-27 February 2006

  • Arte Povera

    At the Castello di Rivola, Turin, it is currently possible to see a celebration of Arte Povera well before it reaches Tate Modern in just over two months’ time. Entitled ‘Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera l962–l972’, this exhibition has all…

  • The Elegance of Silence: Contemporary Art from East Asia

    Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 29 March – 19 June 2005

  • Coming Home! Self-Taught Artists, the Bible, and the American South

    Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) May 12 – July 24 2005 ‘Coming Home!’ showcases 95 paintings, sculptures, wood carvings and assemblages by 73 self-taught artists from the American South who, despite their lack of training and formal materials, creatively and…

  • Turner Prize Upcoming

    The prize will be awarded on 5 December and there is already a marked shift in the style of art that is fancied by the glitterati who will take part in the selection process. Is this an acknowledgment of a…

  • Sycophantic Toady

    Three cheers for Brian Sewell who, in the Evening Standard of 20 May 2005, used the above expression to put a lid on the obsequious Sir Joshua Reynolds. In the first years of the 20th century, the collapsed market in…