The blue air that Monet longed to swim in was also gulped lavishly by Derain, Braque, Picasso, Matisse, Klein... To accompany the exhibition at the Royal Academy this autumn, in association ... read more
From a new exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery on urban America, through the lenses of Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Diane Arbus, Helen Levitt, Saul Leiter et al.
The beautifully illustrated catalogue to the British Museum show, which looks at why these drawings were made and how they were understood at the time of their creation.
From an exhibition at the British Museum, marking 200 years since the fatal visit of King Liholiho and Queen Kamamalu to London (who both died after contracting measles, to which they had no... read more
'A robin redbreast in a cage/Puts all Heaven in a rage': Fabritius' entrancing painting is at the core of this book (for a show at the Mauritshuis), which looks at our relationship with bir... read more
Celebrated for his photographs, especially his early, very painterly images created at the beginning of the C20th, Steichen was once almost as revered as a grower of delphiniums. The natural... read more
A well-illustrated catalogue for a fascinating exhibition at the Ashmolean that looks at the interplay of plants and art - from the Tradescants to tulipomania, botany, empire and the present... read more
From a major exhibition at MoMA which presents Lam as an important transnational artist. Born in Cuba, he spent most of his life in Spain, France and Italy. His style brings together Europea... read more
For an exhibition at Pallant House this autumn: slim but serious, covering all aspects of Nicholson's career. It's impossible not to think about his son Ben's work - or indeed Winifred's flo... read more
To mark the centenary of Picasso's Three Dancers, the Tate Modern is staging an exhibition that celebrates his love of performance, with fifty-odd of his works inspired by musicians, actors,... read more