Letter: James Turrell in the wilds of Norfolk
From the June issue of Apollo: preview and subscribe here ‘James Turrell embraced the idea of an exhibition in the wilds of Norfolk’ I first discovered James Turrell (b. 1943) at his 1998...
View ArticleArt in the Garden: Four great ways to enjoy art outdoors in the USA
The New York Botanical Garden has just opened an exhibition dedicated to Frida Kahlo, whose surreal paintings were often dense with depictions of flora and fauna from her native Mexico. Where else can...
View ArticleLondon Diary
Digby Warde-Aldam on London’s most interesting exhibitions I’ve never enjoyed the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition all that much. There’s always an air of forced jollity to it, and more often than...
View ArticleThe Best of Art Basel
The inexorable expansion of the contemporary art fair into a cultural jamboree continues with the 46th edition of Art Basel (18–21 June, with previews by invitation on 16 and 17 June). Determined to...
View ArticleHighlights of Masterpiece London
From the June issue of Apollo: preview and subscribe here It is five years since Masterpiece London (25 June–1 July) rose from the ashes of the Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair. Where that once...
View ArticleMuse Reviews
A round-up of the week’s reviews and previews ‘Earth Martyr’, ‘Air Martyr’, ‘Fire Martyr’ and ‘Water Martyr’ (all 2014), Bill Viola Courtesy Auckland Castle Trust. Photo: Mark Pinder Auckland Castle’s...
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Digby Warde-Aldam explores the best and worst of art in London… It’s been a funny old fortnight. Minutes after I filed the last instalment of this diary, I had to rush to the V&A to meet my mum....
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A round-up of the week’s reviews and previews Annabelle and Guy, by Matan Ben Cnaan © the artist Is it time to scrap the BP Portrait Award? (Digby Warde-Aldam) One critic wrote off this year’s...
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Digby Warde-Aldam on the London art scene… I should apologise in advance for this instalment of the London Diary. I haven’t seen as many exhibitions as I’d have liked, (though I did make it to Sims...
View ArticleLouis XIV: a round-up of exhibitions
La Récolte des Ananas from ‘L’Histoire de l’Empereur de la Chine’ tapestry series Getty Center It now looks as if the tercentenary of Louis XIV’s death will not pass entirely unnoticed. Yet, those who...
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