Visual Arts reviews, news & interviews - The Arts Desk
WEBDominique White: Deadweight, Whitechapel Gallery review - sculptures that seem freighted with history. Sarah Kent Monday, 29 July 2024. It’s been a long time since the Whitechapel Gallery has presented three seriously good exhibitions at the same time. Already reviewed are Gavin Jantjes’ paintings on show in the main gallery.
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WEBThe Silver Cord, Finborough Theatre review - Sophie Ward is compellingly repellent. One of the Finborough Theatre’s Artistic Director, Neil McPherson’s, gifts is an uncanny ability to find long-forgotten plays that work, right here, right now. He’s struck gold again with The Silver Cord, presenting its first London production for over 95 ...
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WEBProm 62, Mahler's Sixth Symphony, Bavarian RSO, Rattle review - sound over momentum. David Nice Saturday, 07 September 2024. Mahler’s Sixth is one of those apocalyptic megaliths that shouldn’t be approached too often by audiences or conductors. It’s been a constant in Simon Rattle’s treasury since 1989, when he first recorded it with ...
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WEBProm 54, Ma, Ax, Kavakos review - exquisite display of humility and communication. Rachel Halliburton Sunday, 01 September 2024. In their lyrical, often intensely moving afternoon concert at the Proms, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax and Leonidas Kavakos demonstrated such seamless communication that at points it was tempting to imagine that even their ...
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WEBStarve Acre review - unearthing the unearthly in a fine folk horror film. Blame the high cost of city housing, or killer smog. What else can explain a bright young couple’s move from 1970s Leeds to Starve Acre, an isolated, near-derelict farm in rural Yorkshire that has to be the spookiest back-to-the-land setting since The Wicker Man.
Best of 2021: Visual Arts - theartsdesk.com
WEBDec 28, 2021 · Despite its much delayed start, 2021 was a great year for the visual arts, and institutions and artists alike showed their resilience in agile and sensitive responses to unprecedented conditions. The plastic arts took on a new significance as people adjusted to life without human touch; equally, the experience of viewing art online revealed the extent to which tactile qualities are experienced ...
Opera reviews, news and interviews | The Arts Desk
WEBDavid Nice Friday, 30 August 2024. If you ever doubted that Bizet’s Carmen, 150 years young next year, is one of the greatest operas of all time, this performance would have changed your mind. Among the four principals only Rihab Chaieb’s utterly convincing, consistent protagonist was the same as on first night 22 performances ago, and as ...
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WEBJul 29, 2024 · theartsdesk in Switzerland: Lucerne and Gstaad offer curious audiences fresh perspectives on much-loved works. Gavin Dixon Tuesday, 27 August 2024. The summer festival circuit in Central Europe can be a bit of a merry-go-round. Notices in festival towns promise world-class orchestras and soloists, but they are usually the same performers ...
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WEBProm 62, Mahler's Sixth Symphony, Bavarian RSO, Rattle review - sound over momentum. David Nice Saturday, 07 September 2024. Mahler’s Sixth is one of those apocalyptic megaliths that shouldn’t be approached too often by audiences or conductors. It’s been a constant in Simon Rattle’s treasury since 1989, when he first recorded it with ...
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