“Let us remain Estonians, but let us also become Europeans” I visited Dulwich Picture Gallery in South-East London to catch a show collecting the work of respected Estonian modernist painter Konrad Mägi (1878-1925), who is little-known in the UK. Mostly comprising landscapes, this exhibition of more than 60 pictures also contained quite a few portraits …
Category Archives: art
March 2025 Round-Up and Plans for April
A summary of books read in March, additions to my TBR, and other cultural experiences
Film Review: Dahomey (Benin)
Reflective, prize-winning film about the repatriation of 26 royal treasures from France to Benin
New Tendencies Art Movement (Croatia)
The Croatian artists of the 1960s ‘New Tendencies’ movement, on show at the Tate Modern, London, as part of its immersive ‘Electric Dreams’ show
January 2025 Round-Up and Plans for February
A round-up of things and places watched, read, listened to and visited in January, and what’s coming up in February
March ’24 Round-Up/Plans for April
March’s cultural highs and lows/April’s TBR
Feb ’24 Round-Up/Plans for March ’24
What I did in February; plans for March
Exhibition Review: Burma to Myanmar at the British Museum
The British Exhibition’s Burma to Myanmar exhibition 2023-24
Jan. 2024 Round-up and plans for Feb.
What I did in January and my plans for February
Art Review: Serbian artist Marina Abramović at the Royal Academy, London
I went to a 50-year retrospective of performance artist Marina Abramović’s work at the Royal Academy in London
Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More 