Wednesday 20 April 2022
An exhibition at The Arc, Winchester puts the spotlight on Eric Ravilious, showcasing wood engravings, watercolours, books, ceramics and lithographs. The inclusion of unfinished works, studies...
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Thursday 07 April 2022
W. A. Ismay (1910-2001) was a prolific collector of British studio ceramics. At his death his collection of over 3600 works by over 500 potters and its associated archive was left to York Art...
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Monday 21 March 2022
This beautifully produced volume is the catalogue of a pioneering exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum (2 July 2021–13 February 2022). Planned for many years by the late Barry Harwood, the project...
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Sunday 06 March 2022
The DAS has provided a grant of £3000 to support the V&A’s acquisition of an export-stopped ivory and bronze sculpture, The Death of Cleopatra. French sculptor Henri de Triqueti (1803–74) was one...
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Thursday 17 February 2022
The island of San Giorgio with its church designed by Andrea Palladio has been a ‘must’ for art lovers for centuries, but particularly in the last 10 years or so with two fascinating art venues....
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Wednesday 09 February 2022
Proposed budget cuts in Stoke-on-Trent threaten the wellbeing of the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery and the Gladstone Pottery Museum. Planned job losses and museum closures will have a huge...
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Monday 24 January 2022
Sonya and David Newell-Smith ran the Tadema Gallery together for 41 years, from 1978 until David’s death in 2019. This handsome publication, co-authored by Sonya and the jewellery curator and...
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Wednesday 05 January 2022
Young Poland: An Arts and Crafts Movement (1890 – 1918) is the first major exhibition to explore the decorative arts and architecture of Young Poland, an extraordinary cultural movement that...
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Thursday 09 December 2021
This attractive small book, printed on creamy paper, is part of the V&A’s ‘Artists in Focus’ gift range (other titles in the DAS period of interest are William Morris’s Flowers and Voysey’s...
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Monday 22 November 2021
Helen Wilson’s meticulous study of Violet Pinwill and her sisters’ woodcarving business in Plymouth made me want to dash down to the West Country to see the many church schemes featured in this...
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