Tag: Stanley Spencer

Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy

Loved by the public for her colourful and humorous paintings of people enjoying themselves, she was nonetheless derided by critics. This rich exhibition marking the centenary of Cook’s birth suggests it is time to reassess her work
Angus Pryor – interview: ‘I love chaos, so celestial journeys, end-time, wrath and deluge attract my attention’

The artist explains his fascination with the Book of Enoch, long rejected by the Christian church, and how he aims to give an interpretation of the text from his perspective as a non-believer
Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi, whose story began with a painting, has been depicted in more than 20,000 works of art. This exhibition offers an introduction to the visual biography of a saint who remains remarkably modern
The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars – book review

Art historian and biographer Frances Spalding leads us through a complex period in the development of artistic practice in England
Robert Fitzmaurice – interview: ‘I started to truncate the figure a lot more, take liberties with it, and add extra limbs’

The artist talks about the work in his latest show, now postponed, his interests and influences – and how he is coping with lockdown
All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life

Tate Britain’s All Too Human explores family, sex and death, and offers a fantastic chance to explore what connects some of the biggest names of the past 100 years
Strange Worlds: Visions of Angela Carter

To mark the 25th anniversary of Carter’s death, this exhibition brings together works that influenced the writer and works inspired by her, creating a visceral, violent and, at times, unpalatable celebration of magic realism and fairyland pornography
In Focus: Stanley Spencer – A Panorama of Life

This bite-size exhibition offers a concise but surprisingly thorough overview of the artist’s life in, and love for, Cookham; his complex personal relationships; and his dedication to depicting everyday domestic life through a religious lens
Century: 100 Modern British Artists

The UK may be struggling with its identity in a globalised world, but the artists of the past century knew exactly who we were, as seen in this joyous and playfully curated sweep through 20th-century British art
Alan Robb

Aesthetic and intellectual clarity defines the painting of Alan Robb, who lives in Newport-on-Tay in Scotland. A retrospective, spanning almost 40 years from 1974 to 2012, was staged at the McManus Gallery, Dundee, earlier this year enabling the artist’s work…