Reviews

Best in show

Self-Portrait by Simon Vouet, c.1626 - Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

On my bookshelf

The Last Tasmanian Tiger, by Robert Paddle

Command of the Oceans, Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent

Frazer Swift boards these impressive new galleries and enjoys the cut of their jib

Books

Sara Wajid examines the author’s case for and against repatriating artefacts

Tate Modern Switch House, London

Frances Guy investigates Tate’s new monumental extension and all the innovative art that lies within

American Air Museum, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Far from bombing, this museum flies the standard high for Oliver Green

On my bookshelf

The Hard Way Up: The Autobiography of Hannah Mitchell, Suffragette and Rebel

Seaton Jurassic, Devon

Peter Mason travels through time to explore the Jurassic Coast in this family-friendly visitor attraction

Catalogue

The scope of this publication was led by the minimal labelling in the accompanying exhibition, says Judith LeGrove

Climate Control, Manchester Museum

Remmert Schouten warms to a show that uses simple but effective displays to explain the enormity of the environmental problem we face

Books

Caroline Worthington on a publication that reminds us of the role of the UK’s less-recognised museums

Best in show

Receipt for Aquascutum raincoat dated 23 September 1955 - Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich