Florence Hallett

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Florence writes about the visual arts for a range of specialist and general interest publications.

Articles By Florence Hallett

Dalí Theatre-Museum, Figueres, virtual tour review - tantalising but unsatisfactory Saturday, 30 May 2020 Read more...	Visual Arts Lockdown Special 3: gigapixel Rembrandt, magic mushrooms, and more Tuesday, 19 May 2020 Read more...
Unto the Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin, Watts Gallery–Artists' Village, review - a breath of fresh air Wednesday, 13 May 2020 Read more...	XXI presented by ARTCELS, HOFA Gallery review - art as investment Friday, 08 May 2020 Read more...
Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, Royal Academy, Exhibition on Screen/Facebook Premiere - a hardy perennial returns Tuesday, 28 April 2020 Read more...	Van Eyck: An Optical Revolution, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent online review - capturing the unrepeatable Thursday, 23 April 2020 Read more...
Visual Arts Lockdown Special 1: DIY art, Russell Tovey's chat show, and guided tours online Tuesday, 21 April 2020 Read more...	Rebuilding Notre-Dame: Inside the Great Cathedral Rescue, BBC Four review - a race against time Thursday, 16 April 2020 Read more...
David Hockney: Drawing from Life, National Portrait Gallery review - an anatomy of love Friday, 28 February 2020 Read more...	Francesca Wade: Square Haunting - Bloomsbury retold Thursday, 06 February 2020 Read more...
Picasso and Paper, Royal Academy review - the most versatile of materials Thursday, 30 January 2020 Read more...	Best of 2019: Visual Arts Tuesday, 31 December 2019 Read more...
Caravaggio & Bernini, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna - high emotion in 17th century Rome Saturday, 14 December 2019 Read more...	Bridget Riley, Hayward Gallery review - the thrill of seeing Friday, 25 October 2019 Read more...
Rembrandt's Light, Dulwich Picture Gallery review - a film-maker out of time? Friday, 11 October 2019 Read more...	Gauguin Portraits, National Gallery review - me, myself and I Tuesday, 08 October 2019 Read more...

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