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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

Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic, V&A review - nostalgic family fun

Friday, 15 December 2017 Read more...

Reza Aslan: God - A Human History review - on being 'sapiens', and believing

Sunday, 03 December 2017 Read more...

Lake Keitele: A Vision of Finland review, National Gallery - light-filled northern vistas

Saturday, 18 November 2017 Read more...

Impressionists in London, Tate Britain review - from the stodgy to the sublime

Tuesday, 07 November 2017 Read more...

ArtReview Power 100 - an artist tops the list

Friday, 03 November 2017 Read more...

Cézanne Portraits, National Portrait Gallery review - eye-opening and heart-breaking

Monday, 30 October 2017 Read more...

Oliver Sacks: The River of Consciousness review - a luminous final collection of essays

Sunday, 29 October 2017 Read more...

Chris Packham: Asperger's and Me, BBC Two review - 'like an alien from another planet'

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 Read more...

Niall Ferguson: The Square and the Tower review - of groups and power

Sunday, 15 October 2017 Read more...

Henning Mankell: After the Fire review - of death and redemption

Sunday, 08 October 2017 Read more...

Basquiat: Rage to Riches review, BBC Two – death rides an equine skeleton

Sunday, 08 October 2017 Read more...

Claire Tomalin: A Life of My Own review - the biographer on herself

Sunday, 24 September 2017 Read more...

Jasper Johns, Royal Academy review - a master of 50 shades

Saturday, 23 September 2017 Read more...

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum, BBC Four review - moving pictures

Monday, 18 September 2017 Read more...

John le Carré: A Legacy of Spies review - the master in twilight mood

Sunday, 10 September 2017 Read more...

DVD: Every Picture Tells a Story

Friday, 08 September 2017 Read more...

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