Tag: Frances Forbes-Carbines
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Top 10 Wedding Violin Songs for London in 2026
Top 10 Wedding Songs for Violin in London Weddings (2026 Guide) Choosing the right wedding music is one of the most emotional — and memorable — parts of your day. In London weddings especially, couples are increasingly choosing live violin music to create an elegant, romantic atmosphere that recorded music simply can’t match. As a freelance wedding violinist…
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Eco Art’s Impact on Environmental Awareness: Insights from Frances Forbes-Carbines
For my essay in The London Magazine about Eco Art, I had the pleasure of speaking with artists including Muhannad Shono, who said: “The natural world is fading out of our collective memory. We no longer recollect what nature was, like a dream it slips away as we awake. It is a gradual fading, one…
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Sargent and Fashion review: John Singer Sargent at Tate Britain
My review of the new John Singer Sargent exhibition, ‘Sargent and Fashion’ at Tate Britain in London, is in this month’s Observer: https://observer.com/2024/04/review-sargent-and-fashion-exhibition-tate-britain/ I am very grateful to the team, and to the brilliant editor at Observer Arts. “Sargent and Fashion” is on view at Tate Britain until July 7.
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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…
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Review: Evelyn De Morgan: Gold Drawings at Leighton House
An exhibition of Evelyn De Morgan’s gold paintings at Leighton House
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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…
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Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece at the British Museum
Today The London Magazine published my review of the British Museum exhibition ‘Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece’. It was so interesting to research, and I recommend the exhibition to anyone with an interest in finding out about the origins of modern ideas of luxury. I was grateful to connect with Dr Khodadad Rezakhani, historian…
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