Reviews
Daughters of decay
Sanda Miller plunges into a vertiginous exhibition in New York that explores the links between fashion and gothic.
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Sculpting the landscape
Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s 30th-anniversary history uses photographs to poignant effect, writes Simon Poë.
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Man and the Beasts
This study of the relationship between men and animals brings visual evidence to bear on complex historical debates, writes David Bindman.
Prophecies by Freud
Lucian Freud’s early drawings reveal a compelling personality as well as a precocious talent, writes Simon Grant.
Bacon in Close Focus
Rebecca Daniels praises the curators’ discriminating selection of works in Tate’s impressive Bacon exhibition.
A Palace in Search of a Role
Andrew Hopkins visits the newly restored Venaria Reale near Turin, a palatial hunting lodge built for the dukes of Savoy in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its restoration fails to answer the question: what should it be used for?
Land of the Golden Fleece
Georgia’s ancient gold jewellery is strikingly exotic in spirit, writes John Boardman.
Cold Rivalry
An enthralling exhibition at the V&A demonstrates that art and design between 1945 and 1970 amounted to far more than ‘Cold War chic’, writes Neil Bingham.
Venice's Golden Age?
A rich account of civic ceremonial in 16th-century Venice pays full attention to its often dark historical context, writes Simon Oakes.
Silent and Grave
Matthew Craske’s analysis of mid-18th-century sculptured tombs and monuments in England is full of original ideas and insights, writes John Kenworthy-Browne.