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Julian Bell is a painter based in Lewes, England. His new book, Natural Light: The Art of Adam Elsheimer and the Dawn of Modern Science, will be published in June. (May 2023)
An Impulse Felt Round the World
A recent show and catalog on Surrealism proposes that the thoughts expressed in André Breton’s 1924 manifesto were latent in disparate urban centers, only awaiting his coining of a movement identity.
Surrealism Beyond Borders
an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, October 11, 2021–January 30, 2022; and Tate Modern, London, February 24–August 29, 2022
May 26, 2022 issue
A Kinetic Endlessness
Nicolas Poussin explored insistently the transitions from three dimensions to two, and a delight of a new exhibition of his work is the thoroughness of his curiosity.
Poussin and the Dance
an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, October 9, 2021–January 2, 2022; and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, February 15–May 8, 2022
February 24, 2022 issue
The Body in Swooping Close-Up
The National Gallery's Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition foregrounds the will and charisma of the painter's female figures.
Artemisia
an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, October 3, 2020–January 24, 2021 (temporarily closed November 5–December 2)
December 17, 2020 issue
‘Teeming with Things Unknown’
Goya: A Portrait of the Artist
by Janis A. Tomlinson
October 8, 2020 issue
The Painter of Souls
Lorenzo Lotto Portraits
an exhibition at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, June 19–September 30, 2018; and the National Gallery, London, November 5, 2018–February 10, 2019
January 17, 2019 issue
More Light!
In David Hockney’s work, the video and the iPad lie side by side with the canvas and photo composite, all surfaces intended to please
David Hockney
an exhibition at Tate Britain, London, February 9–May 29, 2017; the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, June 19–October 23, 2017; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, November 20, 2017–February 25, 2018
A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen
by David Hockney and Martin Gayford
December 21, 2017 issue
The Perennial Student
The art of Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro: Le premier des impressionnistes
an exhibition at the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, February 23–July 16, 2017
Pissarro à Éragny: La nature retrouvée
an exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, March 16–July 9, 2017
July 13, 2017 issue
Looking for ‘Life Itself’
Exhibitionist: Writing About Art in a Daily Newspaper
by Richard Dorment
May 11, 2017 issue
Turner: High Ambition for Deep Truth
Turner: The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J.M.W. Turner
by Franny Moyle
J.M.W. Turner: A Life in Art, Vol. 1: Young Mr Turner: The First Forty Years, 1775–1815
by Eric Shanes
November 24, 2016 issue
The Dream of White Gold
The White Road: Journey into an Obsession
by Edmund de Waal
March 10, 2016 issue
England’s Great Neglected Artist
The Art of Thomas Bewick
by Diana Donald, with contributions by Paul F. Donald
October 22, 2015 issue
‘There, This Is Life’
Rendez-vous with Art
by Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford
June 25, 2015 issue
Taking a Wrench to Reality
‘Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection’ at the Met
Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection
an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, October 20, 2014–February 16, 2015
December 4, 2014 issue
The Mystery of the Great Piero
Piero della Francesca: Artist and Man
by James R. Banker
Piero’s Light: In Search of Piero della Francesca: A Renaissance Painter and the Revolution in Art, Science, and Religion
by Larry Witham
June 19, 2014 issue
The Great & Singular Vallotton
Félix Vallotton: Le Feu sous la glace [Félix Vallotton: The Fire Under the Ice]
an exhibition at the Grand Palais, Paris, October 2, 2013–January 20, 2014; the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, February 14–June 1, 2014; and the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, June 14–September 23, 2014
December 19, 2013 issue
A ‘Treacherous’ Art Scene?
Magicians and Charlatans: Essays on Art and Culture
by Jed Perl
November 21, 2013 issue
The Angel of the Bizarre
The Angel of the Odd: Dark Romanticism from Goya to Max Ernst
an exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, March 5–June 9, 2013
June 6, 2013 issue
The Dreamers
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
an exhibition at Tate Britain, London, September 12, 2012–January 13, 2013; the National Gallery, Washington, D.C., February 17–May 19, 2013; and the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, June 10–September 30, 2013.
November 22, 2012 issue
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