Plus, a painting by a key figure of Modern Indian art and a newly discovered work by Ben Enwonwu
Plus, choreographer Wayne McGregor performance piece at London's Royal Opera House and Whistler's Mother returns to Philadelphia
The painting commonly referred to as “Whistler’s Mother” will be on view in an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art exploring artists’ portrayals of their mothers
The historic interior, with its elaborate avian ornamentation, has undergone months of cleaning and restoration to shore up worn elements and return others to their original lustre
The artist’s portrait of Joanna Hiffernan—once turned down for the RA's Summer Exhibition—is the centrepiece of an exhibition in London, while important works from New York’s Frick Collection head to Paris
In a special podcast episode we talk to Simon Werrett who has written a book on pyrotechnic arts in European history
In honour of Bonfire Night in the UK this podcast looks at how artists—from Whistler to Cai Guo-Qiang—have captured fireworks
This show originated last year at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto under the curatorial leadership of Catharine Lochnan, before touring in 2005 to the Grand Palais in Paris and Tate Modern, London. It attracted very large numbers of visitors at all three venues.
“Turks: A journey of a thousand years 600-1600” and “Turner, Whistler, Monet” have been wildly successful
On view 12 November - 13 December
On view from 22 April to 13 July
Painting, design, and decorative arts from Colonial times until the Second World War
The opening of a file on James McNeill Whistler, embargoed for a century, reveals him to have been a violent brawler, a racist and a gun-runner
The artist presented as an eminent contemporary of Ruskin and Morris rather than a prefiguration of abstraction