Regency Colour and Beyond, 1785-1850
A fascinating exploration of both the style and the substance of the Royal Pavilion’s kaleidoscopic decorative scheme.
Houghton Revisited: Masterpieces from the Hermitage
Ambitious and sumptuous in equal measure, this extraordinary exhibition does not disappoint.
British Drawings at The Cleveland Museum of Art
A worthy rediscovery of the Cleveland Museum’s British collection.
The Art of Seeing Nature: The Oil Sketches of John Constable & ‘So Peculiarly English’: Topographical Watercolours from the V&A Collection
Two displays, two enlightening vantage points on the British landscape tradition.
Le Mexique au Louvre / Mexican Art at the Louvre: Chefs-d’oeuvre de la Nouvelle Espagne, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
The Louvre explores new territory with this foray into the art of New Spain.
Engraved Gems and the Classical Tradition
This dense exhibition on the collection, reception and imitation of classical gems merits close looking.
Fate, Hope & Charity
The Foundling Museum pieces together the lost stories of its eighteenth-century namesakes.
British Silver: The Wealth of a Nation
A small display reveals an embarrassment of riches.
Hubert Robert: Les jardins du Temps & The Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Eighteenth-century Paris and Rome on a Grand Tour to Japan.
Lady Impey’s Indian Bird Paintings
The Mughal miniature meets natural history in this superb display.