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Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power – Tate Modern until 22 October 2017
Benny Andrews Did the Bear Sit Under a Tree, 1969 (detail) Emanuel Collection © Estate of Benny Andrews/DACS, London/VAGA, NY This brave and bold Exhibition focuses on the early 1960’s civil rights movement in America through to the later more militant Black Power rallying cry for African American equality. The political turbulence and calls for action were […]
Raphael: The Drawings at the Ashmolean, Oxford until 3 September 2017
The Heads and Hands of Two Apostles (detail), c. 1519-20 © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford The Exhibition, based on a research project “Raphael and the Eloquence of Drawing”, brings together 120 of Raphael’s drawings, demonstrating his outstanding technical and expressive mastery in ink, pencil and chalks. “His drawing is eloquent in two senses: in a rhetorical […]
Hokusai – “Beyond the Great Wave” at the British Museum until 13 August 2017 – one of Japan’s greatest artists
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), Under the Wave off Kanagawa (detail). Colour woodblock print, c. 1831 Katsushika Hokusai ( 北斎 ) (c. 1760–1849) is widely regarded as one of Japan’s most famous and influential artists. Born in the Katsushika district of Edo (present-day Tokyo) he was known by at least thirty names during his lifetime. He produced works […]