Ming is a word familiar to most of us, and tends to be synonymous with any fragile, rare Eastern pottery. We all know the trope of the Priceless Ming Vase; someone on a (usually pretty mediocre) TV show happens upon a Ming vase, and...
“Painting begins with Manet” is the proclamation that faces the entrance to a jam-packed Manet: Painting Life on a cold winter Saturday. The hype so often a prerequisite for top London exhibitions is evident even before we reach that stage; the queue for tickets...
As the Paralympics open today, remember the Olympic cauldron, designed by Thomas Heatherwick and his studio. If you do not know about Thomas Heatherwick and you are interested in art, then you should follow these links, book into the V & A exhibition, and...
