Results tagged “tate britain”

EXHIBITION
Watercolour
Tate Britain
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
This excellent exhibition tells an Upstairs, Downstairs tale of an overlooked but very British artform.

As Government cuts begin to bite and museums and galleries begin to ponder radical solutions, the question of access to culture has become a hot topic.

According to Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, cultural institutions are relying on "a 20th century formula which worked well in the past, may work well now, but probably won't in a decade's time". They need to be leading the way in changing how new technology is used, he said in a recent speech about cultural innovation at the National Theatre.

He abducts a child, beats it with a stick and knocks the mother unconscious while girls and boys scream and laugh in delight.

Not a scene from a twisted thriller movie but Punch and Judy stripped back and laid bare at the first show at Tate Britain this year.

ART
Rachel Whiteread Drawings
Tate Britain
3/5

IN A NUTSHELL
She filled a house with concrete and paints with Tipp-ex, this is a show that looks at the ways Rachel Whiteread works.

EXHIBITION
Rude Britannia, Tate Britain
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Four hundred years of comics, satires, caricatures and cartoons tell the story of a subversive Britain ready to stick a pin in over-inflated pomposity.

EXHIBITION
Henry Moore
Tate Britain
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
In the most important exhibition of the sculptor's work since his death, visitors are invited to re-appraise the genius.

ART
Turner And The Masters
Tate Britain
5/5

IN A NUTSHELL
JMW Turner pits himself against the great names of art in a blockbuster exhibition that tells a compelling story.

Classified, Tate Britain
Recent acquisitions go on display

Carrie's War, Hampstead Theatre
Prunella Scales in Nina Bawden's war-time classic

Apologia, Bush Theatre
Sons turn on their neglectful mother