Richard Holledge
01 September 2022
That carapace of secrecy: Turner’s intimate side
A new exhibition reveals a previously hidden side to the landscape and marine master JMW Turner
Read the full article20 August 2022
The man who couldn’t say no
An exhibition of Frank Brangwyn’s work at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft is full of colour and life – like the artist himself
Read the full article18 August 2022
The absurdities of war: How Heath Robinson eschewed jingoism
Heath Robinson’s cartoons of elaborate contraptions provided cheer during the world wars, as a new exhibition of his work illustrates
Read the full article23 June 2022
Gateway to the gods
How Stonehenge helps to explain Britain’s place in the ancient world
Read the full article26 May 2022
Welcome to the new capital of culture. Now bugger off
Procida is Italy's Capital of Culture 2022. It's not sure it wants to be
Read the full article05 May 2022
The beautiful and damned: Venice revisited
An exhibition highlights the wonders of the Venice serenaded by Canaletto and the dangers faced by the glorious city in the sea
Read the full article21 April 2022
Art from the golden age of Beirut
A new exhibition celebrates - and questions - the brief flowering of creativity in 1960s Lebanon
Read the full article01 April 2022
Anglo-Dutch relations: a story of love and hate
An exhibition at Bodleian Library traces 600 years of Anglo-Dutch history through beautiful medieval manuscripts, prints, maps and animal stories
Read the full article30 March 2022
Jock McFadyen: The Laureate of stagnant canals
To celebrate Jock McFadyen’s 70th birthday, the Royal Academy’s retrospective features 30 years of paintings of the East End of London
Read the full article28 March 2022
The new alternatives to the monuments men
In Testament, an exhibition at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, contemporary artists have set about ripping up the traditional concept of statues
Read the full article17 March 2022
The gilt trip: the art the Grand Tour saw
A new exhibition in Milan shows us the art affluent Europeans would have seen on that 17th- and 18th-century rite of passage, the Grand Tour
Read the full article24 February 2022
Up against the wall: how populists use partitions
A new project by Polish photographer Rafał Milach examines how populist politicians use walls as propaganda
Read the full article10 February 2022
Nelson’s foundling: a Boy’s Own story of hardship and danger
A rediscovered diary charts an abandoned baby’s journey to Trafalgar and beyond
Read the full article20 January 2022
Oceans apart: The vision of British-Caribbean artists
A new exhibition explores the past 70 years of British history from the perspective of those who feel disconnected from their heritage.
Read the full article16 December 2021
Sefton Samuels shoots and scores some of the best photographs ever captured of football and its culture
An exhibition of photos by Sefton Samuels evokes memories of football, long before the monied Premier League took over.
Read the full article09 December 2021
Art that proves beauty to be a weapon
Conquered, subjugated, occupied. For 100 years the Poles were under the thumb of one oppressor or another, but the country fought back by creating art.
Read the full article18 November 2021
Welcome to a dystopian world where art goes to hell
A new exhibition of works by Pablo Bronstein couldn’t be more apt, as it reveals the ecological cost of material gratification.
Read the full article18 November 2021
Is America’s Thanksgiving holiday ‘under siege’?
Americans are set to spend $1billion dollars on this year's Thanksgiving, but the celebration is not without its problems and there are those who want it replaced by a day of atonement.
Read the full article04 November 2021
Not Without My Ghosts: The art exhibition that you shouldn’t ghost
At its 19th century peak, spiritualism had eight million followers in Europe and the USA. The movement might not have stood the test of time, but the art it produced will.
Read the full article21 October 2021
Stories from Tokyo, told in Oxford
An exhibition in Oxford explores the creativity and chaos of the Japanese capital.
Read the full article21 October 2021
Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything: rediscovered images now brought to life
He is best known for The Great Wave off Kanagawa, but Japan’s Hokusai also produced an extraordinary ‘encyclopedia’ of art. Lost for decades, it is now the subject of a blockbuster exhibition at the British Museum.
Read the full article14 October 2021
They might be worthy… but are they Turner Prize winners?
This year’s Turner Prize finalists have been chosen for their promotion of social causes. But has rewarding virtue left any room for art?
Read the full article23 September 2021
When the original global Britain got on its (electric) bike
Five years before the Festival of Britain came another international exhibition showcasing post-war UK innovation. Seventy five years on, it is a sombre reminder of some of the qualities which – despite much voguish rhetoric – the country has lost, writes RICHARD HOLLEDGE
Read the full article16 September 2021
Why Black art matters
An exhibition of ten British African artists in Cambridge challenges and inspires, writes RICHARD HOLLEDGE
Read the full article02 September 2021
Shirin Neshat: On the edge of America
A stunning new exhibition at this month’s Photo London fair sees Iranian born photographer Shirin Neshat turn her lens on her adopted country.
Read the full article19 August 2021
The secret life of the Thames: Photographs of the river’s secret life
A remarkable new book and exhibition chart a series of extraordinary events and rituals along the river, from its muddy source to its expansive estuary.
Read the full article12 July 2021
Creative Coasts: Where art goes to the seaside
Herbrand Sackville, the 9th Earl of de la Warr, was ahead of his time in his belief that art could breathe new life into a town. A century on, RICHARD HOLLEDGE looks at the must-see art of the east coast
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