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The Temple of Solomon and Its Contents (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire)
FROM the evergreen Sunday-school action song “Building Up the Temple of the Lord” to Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, and St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, the Temple of Solomon as described in the first book of Kings has loomed large in the…
And So, Change Comes in Waves (Leuven, Belgium)
THE Belgian city of Leuven is enjoying a long moment in the sun. A finalist for European City of Culture 2030, the city’s Catholic University, KU Leuven, is also celebrating the 600th anniversary of its foundation.To mark the…
A Retrospective (Palais des Vaches, Lower Exbury)
THE Palais des Vaches is to be found at the end of a gravel track off Inchmery Lane in Lower Exbury. A sumptuously converted former milking parlour, the Gallery is part of Lower Exbury Farm on the de Rothschild family estate…
Spiritual Britten and Darkness (The Red House, Aldeburgh)
BISHOP LESLIE BROWN in his funeral address for Benjamin Britten said: “He believed deeply in a Reality which works in us and through us and is the source of goodness and beauty, joy and love. He was sometimes troubled because…
Ithell Colquhoun (Tate Britain, London)
AN IMPENETRABLE miasma of occultism hovers over exhibitions of artists active in the first half of the 20th century, especially women, and particularly British women. Interpretations of Ithell Colquhoun at Tate Britain echo…
Life on the Land (National Gallery)
THE ANGELUS, by Jean-François Millet, is both one of the most famous paintings in France and a painting that is known throughout the world, while also being revered by artists such as Vincent Van Gogh and Salvador Dalí. In a…
Spanish Paintings and Polychromed Sculpture from the 13th to 16th Centuries at Sam Fogg (London)
WHEN Lord Clarke first launched the 13-week television series Civilisation, in February 1969, it cost half a million pounds. In the spirit of Lord Reith’s foundation charter, the art historian and former Director of the…
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