Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings
The spirit of eighteenth-century Venetian draughtsmanship captured in a charming exhibition.
William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain
The final flourish on an ambitious scholarly undertaking into this towering figure of British design.
Emma Hamilton Dancing
Emma Hamilton proves to be an eminently fitting figure through which to explore the paradoxes surrounding eighteenth-century dance.
Joseph Wright of Derby: Bath and Beyond
Joseph Wright of Derby revisits Bath and an overlooked episode in his career.
Anton Graff: Gesichter einer Epoche / Faces of an Epoch
This exhaustive, if at times exhausting, exhibition presented a spellbinding survey of the German Enlightenment’s most prolific portraitist.
Caring for Kenwood: Kenwood House Reopens
New research and careful restoration have made Kenwood House more of a home again.
Splendore a Venezia: Art and Music from the Renaissance to Baroque in Venice
This interdisciplinary exhibition recreates the sights and sounds of early modern Venice.
Georgians Revealed: Life, Style and the Making of Modern Britain
A Georgian tonic for austerity Britain.
Curious Beasts: Animal Prints from the British Museum
A wonderful romp through the visual history of the early modern animal.
Allan Ramsay: Portraits of the Enlightenment
Understated but elegant, this monographic exhibition was a fitting tribute to mark the tercentenary of its subject.