Melanie McDonagh is a columnist, arts critic and feature writer. She covers art exhibitions and also does some leader writing, interviews and occasional beauty/fragrance features....
Melanie McDonagh is a columnist, arts critic and feature writer. She covers art exhibitions and also does some leader writing, interviews and occasional beauty/fragrance features.
The museum's new show encourages us to disapprove of our preoccupation with beauty standards, but it's been part of society for ever
There’s poetry on the walls in this fascinating examination of these mainstays of the Pre-Raphaelite movement
The painter, who helped shape Impressionism, was at the centre of the Paris art world at its most exciting
This exhibition of art featuring man’s best friend spans centuries, from a second century sculpture to David Hockney and Lucian Freud
This was a time when art really was everything everywhere all at once
‘I can’t think of an adaptation I’ve hated more’
This tiny exhibition – just five paintings, with some magnificent drawings – makes a point about Renaissance humour, which could be cruel to age and ugliness.
It’s just one room of works on paper but this exhibition is rich and intriguing
Assuming you have a high tolerance for maritime pictures this exhibition is a fascinating look at two artists who entranced the English court with their images of the sea