Reviews

Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shropshire

Shrewsbury's new museum has great volunteers but Maurice Davies is disappointed by the displays and interpretation

Kirkcaldy Galleries, Fife

This redeveloped museum has some appealing displays but Stephen Allen wanted to see more ambition and variety

Catalogue: Ryan Gander Culturefield

Kate Jesson on a book that reveals the wide-ranging practice of artist Ryan Gander

On my bookshelf

Hall's Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art

Web and digital

We review the latest digital innovations

Digital Revolution, Barbican Centre, London

This joyful celebration of the impact digital technology has had on art and creativity highlights some of the challenges of displaying the subject, writes Danny Birchall

HMS: Hear My Story, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth

This gallery tells a powerful story but Stephen Lowy would have liked to have heard a few more outside voices

Making Freedom: Riots, Rebellions and Revolutions

Carol Dixon on a touring exhibition that focuses on the African-Caribbean activists who fought to secure freedom from slavery

Books: Museums and Social Activism: Engaged Protest

Katy Archer reflects on how the relationship between museums and politics creates both opportunities and challenges

Catalogue: The Wonder of Birds: Nature, Art, Culture

David Waterhouse explains why this book has a shelf-life beyond a linked exhibition

Web and mobile

We review the latest websites and mobile apps

On my bookshelf: Mary Griffiths

The Children's Encyclopaedia by Arthur Mee