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Criticks Reviews: Fine and Decorative Art

Basic Instincts

An exhibition encouraging empathy and understanding,

Event Date(s): 29th Sep 2017 - 7th Jan 2018

Location: Foundling Museum, London

Reviewed by: Miriam Al Jamil (Birkbeck, University of London)

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Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures

A small but momentous exhibition.

Event Date(s): 8th Oct 2017 - 3rd Dec 2017

Location: National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)

Reviewed by: Joan Stahl, The Catholic University of America

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Peter the Great: A Tsar in France, 1717

A significant exhibition that could have done more with the treasures it assembled.

Event Date(s): 30th May 2017 - 24th Sep 2017

Location: Grand Trianon, Chateau de Versailles

Reviewed by: Laura Griffin

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National Army Museum

The newly refurbished National Army Museum tells its stories from the soldier's point of view.

Event Date(s): 16th Mar 2017

Location: National Army Museum, Chelsea, London

Reviewed by: Matthew McCormack, University of Northampton

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Fickle Fortunes: Jane Austen and Germaine de Staël

Fickle Fortunes: Jane Austen and Germaine de Staël

An ambitious exhibition raising more questions than it answers.

Event Date(s): 12th Jun 2017 - 24th Sep 2017

Location: Chawton House Library, Hampshire

Reviewed by: Miranda Kiek, King's College London

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Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites

A fascinating exhibition with some notable omissions.

Event Date(s): 23rd Jun 2017 - 12th Nov 2017

Location: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Reviewed by: Freya Gowrley, Edinburgh University

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Collecting Johnson

Collecting Johnson

A broad yet intimate collection of Johnsoniana from across the centuries and the world.

Event Date(s): 1st Jul 2017 - 14th Oct 2017

Location: Dr Johnson's House, London

Reviewed by: Ellen Brewster, Oxford University

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Enlightened Princesses

Rich, thought-provoking, and not to be missed.

Event Date(s): 22nd Jun 2017 - 12th Nov 2017

Location: Kensington Palace

Reviewed by: Miriam Al Jamil (Birkbeck, University of London)

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Canaletto and the Art of Venice

An impressive exhibition that reveals as much about the business of art collection as the talent of the artist.

Event Date(s): 19th May 2017 - 12th Nov 2017

Location: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

Reviewed by: Caroline Cannon-Brookes

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Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin

Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin

A glimpse of one of the eighteenth century's great art collections.

Event Date(s): 3rd Feb 2017 - 14th May 2017

Location: Morgan Library and Museum, New York

Reviewed by: Deborah D. Rogers

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