Reviews
Thoroughly modern: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Caroline Worthington applauds the transformation of Chichester's Pallant House into an elegant and accessible modern art gallery
Book Review: Public Art, Thinking Museums Differently
The vogue for museums focusing on experiences rather than objects need not be a disaster, writes Colin Hynson. Museums just need to learn from public art
Kids’ stuff
Rebecca Mileham says the National Trust needs to build on its winning approach to interpretation for children at Chastleton House to make the property a real success
Travels with my armchair
Maria Blyzinsky enjoys the new home of a museum that contains the remarkable range of objects amassed by the Victorian collectors Richard and Henry Cuming
A sketchy start
Middlesbrough's new art space may be glamorous and informal, but the content falls way short of what the city deserves, writes Caroline Worthington
Opening this month
Wave goodbye to the analogue television signal in Manchester and celebrate typeface in Cheltenham. Simon Stephens looks at this month's new exhibitions
Opening this month
Simon Stephens surveys a selection of the eye-catching shows opening across Britain in the next four weeks
The Braid, Ballymena, County Antrim
The Braid could certainly not be accused of lacking ambition, but the museums service will have to work hard to ensure it's used to its full capacity, writes Simon Stephens
Ancient Egypt, World Museum Liverpool
The latest generation of ancient Egypt galleries try to look beyond mummies and pharaohs and Liverpool is no different, writes Simon Stephens
Taking Liberties, British Library, London
The British Library should have taken a more radical approach to telling the story of our 1,000 year fight for freedoms and rights, says Simon Stephens
Opening this month
From women's liberation to German Expressionism, Simon Stephens looks at this month's new exhibitions
Exhibitionist tendencies: Looking for fall out
A debris field is the technical term that is employed, often by geologists but increasingly by accident investigators, to describe fall-out. And it is this term that the Bolton Museums, Art Gallery and Aquarium’s exhibition officer Sarah Teale, in tandem with local artist and academic Phil Mouldycliff, have used to title their inventive and intensely …