Francesca Albini

“Why should the inspiration that comes from an artist’s manipulation of the hairs of a brush be any different from that of the artist who bends at will the rays of light?” This quotation by modernist photographer Pierre Dubreuil introduces the visitors to a rather extraordinary exhibition, that spans from the early experiments of the 1910s to the digital innovations of the 21st century. Featuring over 350 works by more than 100 artists, the exhibition explores the history

National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing until 29 July 2018 Although efficient and to the point, the title of this exhibition conjures up a cold vision of graph paper and studies of buildings. This is not the case at all. In an interview in 1895, Claude Monet said, “Other painters paint a bridge, a house, a boat … I want to paint the air that surrounds the bridge, the house, the boat – the beauty of the light in which they exist.” This is the case, this is what the exhibition reveal

TATE MODERN Until 9th September 1932 was a pivotal year in the life of Pablo Picasso, at so many levels; his family life in Paris with Olga and the children, the passionate secret relationship with Marie-Thérèse Walter, the chateau in Boisgeloup, and his first retrospective in June. Life was full of gratification, but also of uncertainties for the ever-restless artist, who had just turned 50 and was fearing that he may be soon side-lined. The year began with exuberant ener

BACON, FREUD AND A CENTURY OF PAINTING LIFE, Tate Britain 28 February – 27 August 2018 This exhibition showcases around 100 works by some of the most celebrated modern British artists, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, Walter Sickert, Stanley Spencer, Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, R.B. Kitaj, Leon Kossoff, Paula Rego, Jenny Saville, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and many others. The focus is the human figure, portrayed in all its intensity, and intensely scrutinised; and the human e