Weird sensation feels good: the World of ASMR. Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) really is a thing. It’s the sounds that make our ears prick up, or skin tingle or cause hairs to rise up. A fabulous show at the Design Museum in London shows us the mesmerising power of surprising and everyday sounds.
Walter Sickert, a narrative artist with a taste for the theatrical and claustrophobic, is the subject of a terrific new show at Tate Britain which really shows how his art evolved and how his place as a leading artist of the 20th century is richly deserved.
Raphael, the ultimate polymath, brilliant artist, designer, archaeologist, historian, philosopher and poet. He packed so much into his short life – he died aged 37 in 1520. He was a hugely successful artist of his time, with a vast workload, countless commissions and created work which was loved and lauded in his lifetime. This sensational artist has been given the exhibition he deserves at the National Gallery, London
A room of one’s own – it’s all true. If you want to be an artist you must have space and the studio becomes an extension of the artist’s inner world. There’s a wonderful show at the Whitechapel Gallery called A Century of the Artist’s Studio1920-2020 and it charts the use of the studio by a variety of artists and their practice.
So much to see and so much to admire. The 2022 edition of Collect, organised by the Crafts Council at Somerset House, presents a dazzling array of top quality crafts made by many of the world’s best practitioners. It’s a treat and such a relief that it’s back. Collect is on until 27th February 2022.
The remarkable beauty of a muse. Clearly the young artists’ model, Joanna Hiffernan, provided a remarkable inspiration for James Whistler – and his contemporaries, such as Courbet and her astonishing looks and glorious copper red hair has been immortalised in one of his most famous paintings, The White Girl. The Royal Academy has created a wonderful celebration of this exceptional model and the men who loved her.
Surrealism Beyond Borders. We stumble into a world of the uncanny, the unconscious and weird dreams with this rather intriguing show at Tate Modern.
Amazing Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum brings the far distant past to life with a real sense of the people who lived 4-5,000 years ago on this island and identifies personal stories through the intriguing artefacts which have been uncovered over time.
Paper Places 