Peter Blake and Pop Music: review by Polly Allen Pallant House Gallery, Chichester – 23 June to 7 October 2012
You'll know him from the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLP cover (1967)...
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Christian Louboutin by Polly Allen – Design Museum, London – Ends 9 July 2012
'A shoe defines itself by the shape and the silhouette,' so says Christian Louboutin...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist by Polly Allen -The Queen’s Gallery until 7 October 2012
Beg, steal or borrow a ticket to Anatomist and be prepared not to look at your own form in the same way again...
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Polly Allen reviews David Hockney: A Bigger Picture at the Royal Academy of Arts
You might better recognise this artist for his polished LA scenes of swimming pools and apartments, such as A Bigger Splash (1967), but the...
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Gerhard Richter at Tate Modern By Polly Allen
Yes, it’s another big retrospective at the Tate to get your teeth into, and this one will attract fans of minimalism, modernism, war art,...
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A Snapshot of Greatness: The Photographs Gallery at the V&A By Polly Allen
For an institution that’s been collecting photographs as fine art since 1856, it might seem a little strange that the Victoria and Albert...
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Postmodernism at the V&A By Polly Allen
The problem with calling something an ‘ism’ is that everyone pretends they know what it means, but actually it’s a word that is...
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Women War Artists at the Imperial War Museum, London By Polly Allen
War often seems like an inherently male pursuit, with the historical imagery of men in the trenches and the perpetual media fascination...
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Anatomy (Group Show) Review Antlers Gallery, Park Street, Bristol By Polly Allen
It’s no coincidence that, for as long as humans have been civilised, we’ve been dually fascinated and horrified by anatomy. From...
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Tracey Emin: Love Is What You Want (Hayward Gallery) By Polly Allen
Possibly the most Marmite artist of our time (you either love her or hate her, much like the famous spread), Emin’s retrospective was...
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