Reviews
Kenwood House, London
Ben Cowell applauds English Heritage's masterful restoration of this historic house on the edge of London's Hampstead Heath
Gold From the Time of Stonehenge: Prehistoric Wiltshire Galleries, Wiltshire Museum, Devizes
Frazer Swift enjoys the engaging and accessible displays that showcase Wiltshire Museum’s stunning collection of prehistoric objects
Turner and the Sea, National Maritime Museum, London
Katty Pearce is impressed by a Turner show that takes the sea and its metaphorical flow as its subject
Catalogue: A Vision of England: Paintings of the Norwich School
By Giorgia Bottinelli, Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service, £12.99, ISBN 978-0903101820 The Colman Art Galleries at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery house the world’s largest public collection of paintings by the Norwich School of artists, the fi rst regional society of artists established in this country. In 2011-12 the galleries were completely refurbished and …
Books: The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 1873-2000
This history of Liverpool’s much-loved civic gallery is a timely reminder of the vision that was needed to develop one of England’s greatest public art collections. By Stephen Lloyd
Catalogue: The Incidental Collector
Stephen Morris on a book that celebrates a distinctive collection featuring furniture, pottery, glass, fine art and crafts