Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London W1 The RA Summer Exhibition, 250 years old this year, is as English as strawberries and cream, Wimbledon tennis, and wasps at a summer picnic. It’s a key part of the summer season and is the world’s most democratic art show: any one can submit work, from professional artists…
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Picasso’s ‘Year of Wonders’ at Tate Modern
Picasso’s output was so vast and so diverse that exhibition organizers tend to focus on just one aspect of his work. His portraits, for example, were covered in a show at the NPG in 2016 and last year’s ‘Minotaurs and Matadors’ at Gagosian was about his fascination with bullfighting. Now Tate Modern – in what,…
ArtMuseLondon recommends…… ‘Phantom Thread’
Phantom Thread, the latest film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, The Master) is an intense, beautifully-crafted meditation on creativity and obsession. Said to be Daniel Day-Lewis’s final film before he retires (he has stated this is the case and he’s not given to changing his mind),…
