JM WHISTLER - TATE BRITAIN - & 'EXHIBITION ON SCREEN' film release

The witty, artful, hugely talented American anglophile painterJames McNeill Whistler has a retrospective at Tate Britain (until 27 September 2026), and a film on release from 15 September 2026.

Read here in The Arbuturian, published online 18 August 2026

Swagger and Scandal: Whistler at Tate Britain | The Arbuturian

On carousel: 

Detail from Arrangement in Grey Portrait of the Painter, 1872 (Detroit Institute of Arts).

MC ESCHER: THE EXHBITION

EMBANKMENT GALLERIES - SOMERSET HOUSE - LONDON

Enter the surreal world of the Dutch graphic artist MC Escher (1898-1972) at the Embankment Galleries of Somerset House, London in a sensational show MC Escher: The Exhibition

(until 6 September 2026)

Read about MC Escher - he liked to be called MC -  in The Arbuturian here.

https://www.arbuturian.com/culture/art/m-c-escher-the-exhibition

On carousel:  Bond of Union, 1956; Day and Night, 1938

Images copyright M.C. Escher Heritage Collection, The Netherlands 2026.

Rights reserved: www.mcescher.com

ANISH KAPOOR AT THE HAYWARD

HAYWARD GALLERY, LONDON

Published in The Arbuturian 14 July 2026, a review of Anish Kapoor's retrospective  at the Hayward Gallery, London.

Click on link to read it

https://www.arbuturian.com/culture/art/anish-kapoor-at-the-hayward-gall

On carousel: Installation view of Anish Kapoor, 2026. Photo: Dave Morgan. Courtesy of the Hayward Gallery and the artist. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved, DACS, 2026. 

THE ARBUTURIAN

BRUSK IN BRUGES

A new museum for art - BRUSK - has opened at the heart of Bruges in the historic centre - BRU = Bruges + SK = Schone Kunsten, Flemish for Fine Arts. Two stunning art exhibitions inaugurate the new building. One is 'Bigger Picture' the history of Bruges, the other is Latent City created by the genius of art AI, Turkish-born American Refik Anadol. And on the BRUSK interior walls a permanent fresco The Whispering Walls Rêve (2026)  by Laure Provost.

Read about it in The Arbuturian online:

BRUSK in Bruges | The Arbuturian

On carousel: Latent City (detail) by Refik Anadol

BRUSK interior (detail). Both images copyright, BRUSK, Bruges, Belgium

THE NEW WORLD

'Was Winston Churchill any good at painting?'

Published in THE NEW WORLD magazine, issue 484, May 28, 2026, pp.30-31. 

Read how Churchill became a painter:

https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rosalind-ormiston-was-churchill-any-good-at-painting/?utm_campaign=e3d78db2-1665-41c4-8a42-9bf5f7965029&utm_source=1234576

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Sir Winston Churchill painting in Belgium in 1946. Image: Churchill Archives Centre

The Beach at Walmer, 1938  Image: Churchill Archives Centre

THE NEW WORLD

RUTH ASAWA RETROSPECTIVE:  GUGGENHEIM, BILBAO

'Why did artist Ruth Asawa bring her work home with her?

Published in The New World online 20 May and in print 21 May, a feature on Ruth Asawa Retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao. Exhibition runs untoil 13 September 2026. This is the centenary year of Asawa's birth. 

You can read it here

https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rosalind-ormiston-why-did-artist-ruth-asawa-bring-her-work-home-with-her/?utm_campaign=e3d78db2-1665-41c4-8a42-9bf5f7965029&utm_source=1234584

On carousel (detail)

Artist Ruth Asawa making wire sculptures, California, United States, November 1954
image: Nat Farbman/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock
artwork: © 2026 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc., courtesy David Zwirner

Ruth Asawa: Retrospective | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

On carousel: Wim T. Schippers, Peanut Butter Floor, 1962, 2026

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