Turner and Constable Together: surely a must-see show

Posted on by Geoff Andrew

I’ll confess that when I first read that Tate Britain was to mount an exhibition entitled Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals, I wasn’t exactly filled with excitement. Don’t get me wrong: Turner has been one of my favourite artists ever since I first saw his work at the Tate in my mid-teens, and while … Continue reading Turner and Constable Together: surely a must-see show

The Marbles: a new doc about an old controversy

Posted on by Geoff Andrew

To return, or not to return, that is the question… More than half a century ago, as a teenage classicist at Northampton Grammar School, I recall (if memory still serves) being taught not only that the ‘Elgin Marbles’ were extraordinary sculptures that I should go and see at the British Museum should I get the … Continue reading The Marbles: a new doc about an old controversy