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Marina Vaizey

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Marina Vaizey was art critic for the Financial Times, then the Sunday Times, edited the Art Quarterly, has been a judge for the Turner Prize, and a trustee of several museums; books include 100 Masterpieces, The Artist as Photographer and Great Women Collectors. She's currently a freelance art critic and lecturer. This drawing of Marina as a character from Jane Austen is 40 years old.

Articles By Marina Vaizey

Nolan: Australia's Maverick Artist, BBC Four review – a lust for life in all its aspects

Monday, 21 January 2019 Read more...

American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley, BBC Four review - rewriting history in the Land of the Free

Friday, 18 January 2019 Read more...

On Drums... Stewart Copeland!, BBC Four review - no drummer, no rock'n'roll

Friday, 11 January 2019 Read more...

The Sound of Movie Musicals with Neil Brand, BBC Four review - genius of song and dance

Saturday, 22 December 2018 Read more...

Boris Akunin: Black City review - a novel to sharpen the wits

Sunday, 16 December 2018 Read more...

Louis Theroux's Altered States: Choosing Death, BBC Two review - profound and moving

Monday, 19 November 2018 Read more...

Our Classical Century, BBC Four review - enthusiasm and delight

Friday, 16 November 2018 Read more...

Dramatic Exchanges review - a brilliant slice of theatre history

Sunday, 11 November 2018 Read more...

Michael Connelly: Dark Sacred Night review - a pairing of loner detectives

Sunday, 04 November 2018 Read more...

The new V&A Photography Centre review - a new museum to make us proud

Monday, 29 October 2018 Read more...

Michael Caine: Blowing the Bloody Doors Off review - an actor's handbook, annotated by experience

Sunday, 28 October 2018 Read more...

Julian Baggini: How the World Thinks review - a whirlwind tour of ideas

Sunday, 21 October 2018 Read more...

Barneys, Books and Bust Ups, BBC Four review - the Booker Prize at 50

Tuesday, 16 October 2018 Read more...

Simon Sebag Montefiore: Written in History review - epistolary high points

Sunday, 07 October 2018 Read more...

Queen of the World, ITV review - born to run and run

Wednesday, 26 September 2018 Read more...

Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne review - much loved treasures, seen afresh

Monday, 24 September 2018 Read more...

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Aldeburgh Festival, Weekend 1 review - dance to the music of...

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Bonnie Raitt, Brighton Dome review - a top night with a char...

If you walked into a bar in the US, say in one of the southern states, and Bonnie Raitt and her band were playing, you’d have the best night of...

Hidden Door Festival 2025 review - the transformative Edinbu...

"When I was your age, I worked in a corrugated cardboard factory!" is a phrase my father was fond of telling me as a teenager, presumably in an...

Edward Burra, Tate Britain review - watercolour made mainstr...

It’s unusual to leave an exhibition liking an artist’s work less than when you went in, but...

Joyceana around Bloomsday, Dublin review - flawless adaptati...

It amuses me that Dubliners dress up in Edwardian finery on 16 June. After all, this was the date in 1904 when James Joyce first walked out with...

Stereophonic, Duke of York's Theatre review - rich slic...

The tag “the most Tony-nominated play of all time” may mean less to London theatregoers than it does to New Yorkers, but Stereophonic,...

Ithell Colquhoun, Tate Britain review - revelations of a wei...

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