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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) The Blue Room (The Tub), 1901 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 62 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington

Art Review: Becoming Picasso @ Courtauld Gallery

By · February 19, 2013 · 12:00 · 0 Comments

One year of work shows us how Picasso became one of the greatest artists.

‘A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach’ Stanhope A. Forbes, RA (1857 – 1947) oil on canvas, 1885 from the collections of Plymouth City Council (Museums and Archives) © Bridgeman Art Library

Art Review: Amongst Heroes @ Two Temple Place

By · January 27, 2013 · 14:30 · 0 Comments

Impressive paintings of Cornish life within a Victorian mansion

Edouard Manet The Railway, 1873. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Horace Havemeyer in memory of his mother, Louisine W. Havemeyer, 1956.10.1 Photo courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

Art Review: Manet – Portraying Life @ Royal Academy

By · January 26, 2013 · 10:30 · 1 Comment

Does the first blockbuster exhibition of the year live up to the hype?

Claude Monet, The Cliffs at Etretat. Copyright Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Art Review: From Paris – A Taste for Impressionism @ Royal Academy

By · July 14, 2012 · 14:00 · 0 Comments

An impressive display of Impressionist paintings where Renoir and Pissarro steal the show.

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) Apples, bottle and chairback. © The Courtauld Gallery, London

Art Review: Mantegna To Matisse @ Courtauld Gallery

By · June 20, 2012 · 10:45 · 0 Comments

Exquisite drawings by master painters from the Renaissance through to the Impressionists.

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Arts Ahead 12-19 November

By · November 12, 2008 · 14:30 · 0 Comments

London’s arts scene has a time-travelling theme this week. See the best of November’s openings and closings, and you’ll traverse time from the earliest myths to the most modern art, plus a final trip to Manchester’s contemporary pop scene before it leaves London altogether. Think …