Category: Arts

• June 8, 2023

  Sambourne House: High Victorian aesthetics in home of Punch illustrator and cartoonist Linley Sambourne

  There is something to be said for museums that were once homes to hugely talented or otherwise notable people. It’s the element of voyeurism that’s so unique: visitors can not only view the person’s work at close range, but also think about how they lived; what kind of lives they led behind closed doors. Objects…
• June 5, 2023

  Review: Evelyn De Morgan: Gold Drawings at Leighton House

  An exhibition of Evelyn De Morgan’s gold paintings at Leighton House
• June 2, 2023

  Review | The Rossettis exhibition at Tate Britain: a new look at the Pre-Raphaelites and their models

  I reviewed The Rossettis at the Tate Britain for WhyNow Media: a major exhibition featuring the work of artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti; his sister, poet Christina Rossetti; and the model who later became his collaborating artist and wife, Elizabeth Rossetti née Siddal. Pre-Raphaelite paintings, despite having wide appeal, are not universally liked. Some people find…