Impressionists on Paper: Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec, a stunning show at the Royal Academy By James Brewer Here are van Gogh, Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, Monet, and other luminaries of the late…
Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South – a profoundly moving exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts Review by James Brewer “My art is the…
Whistler’s Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan. Royal Academy highlights the model who was so much more than a muse By James Brewer All who knew her were enthralled by her…
Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet “arrives” at the Royal Academy, London By James Brewer At the age of just 16, Félix Vallotton left his comfortable home in the lakeside city…
Grayson Perry casts his spell on Royal Academy summer exhibition 2018 By James Brewer He is as outrageous as ever – but always in aid of the cause he cherishes,…
Charles I, King and Collector. Majestic show at the Royal Academy By James Brewer At this sumptuous banquet of superlative painting and sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts, there…
America after the Fall: Painting in the 1930s By James Brewer It is tempting to guess that the motive for the Royal Academy’s new exhibition, America after the Fall, with…
Revolution: Russian Art 1917 – 1932 unfurled at Royal Academy By James Brewer Every artist at work at the time of the October 1917 Revolution poured out an immediate emotional…
Crowds flock to Royal Academy to see ‘Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse’ By James Brewer Several weeks into the enchanting exhibition Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse at the…
Triple challenge as outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei prepares to ship work to London for Royal Academy solo show in September 2015, By James Brewer One of the greatest living…
Radical Geometry: the modern art of South America at the Royal Academy, By James Brewer A rare glimpse of how 20th century social and political upheavals in South America generated vibrant…