Cradles and Labels

The Art of Curation. We review exhibitions in London and beyond.

[Cradles and Labels @CradlesnLabels]

The Cradles & Labels Award for Favourite Exhibition at a UK museum in 2020 goes to:

Among the Trees @haywardgallery

'One of the most impressive shows we have seen for a long, long time, by turns soothing and provocative'

https://t.co/ZiffWJoUPh

#Museums #CradlesnLabels

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The Royal Academy has apologised to an artist after removing their work from its giftshop

https://t.co/7stTT7x2Ci

[Cradles and Labels @CradlesnLabels]

Love will tear us apart (again)

Use Hearing Protection: the early years of Factory Records @sim_manchester

https://t.co/dKEjsCgGLr

[Kathryn Hunter (Havelock) 🏛 @KathrynHavelock]

Really loved #TheMakingofRodin @Tate - so interesting to see his early works, works in plaster, and Camille Claudel was beautiful

[Cradles and Labels @CradlesnLabels]

"You don't put a punt in a show"

Displayed at the National Gallery and then withdrawn from exhibit at the Louvre, this painting jumped in value from $1,175 in 2005 to $450m in 2017. Yet its attribution to Leonardo da Vinci remains highly contested.

https://t.co/oLt7Q4MJ4S

[Cradles and Labels @CradlesnLabels]

Painting of the Day

Henri Rousseau, To Celebrate the Baby (1903)
Kunstmuseum Winterthur

[Kathryn Hunter (Havelock) 🏛 @KathrynHavelock]

The National Portrait Gallery @NPGLondon to feature more women in its collection https://t.co/PsRYMHLvLp

[Dr. Laura Humphreys - @Bogarty.Bsky.Social @TweetingBogart]

Well, it's been a year since I was last in the @sciencemuseum - I imagine a lot of us are hitting this sad anniversary some time this week. I hope everyone's doing alright - here's hoping for better times in museums soon.

[Cradles and Labels @CradlesnLabels]

A painting by Gustav Klimt, Rosiers sous les Arbres, sold under duress in 1938, is to be returned to the descendants of its owner.

https://t.co/lXzgI3ALaT

[Dr. Laura Humphreys - @Bogarty.Bsky.Social @TweetingBogart]

Come join us! Work with the collections team as our almighty co-ordinator, where I can guarantee you the weirdest office tea break chat in the world. (Largely courtesy of the medicine curators.)

[Cradles and Labels @CradlesnLabels]

Antony Gormley has objected to the placing of some of his sculptures on a Suffolk beach, and the renaming of his artwork. Their owner tried to stand them upright, as originally intended, but 'the pebbles wouldn't support them'.

https://t.co/Kkv5XN7dhN

[Florence Nightingale Museum 💙 @florencemuseum]

One year ago today we made the decision to close due to the growing threat of the pandemic. Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past year. We appreciate every single one of you, whatever contribution you have made. Take care everyone. We hope to see you soon.

[Cradles and Labels @CradlesnLabels]

£10 million for a Benin Bronze, and *we* don't even know where it is?

https://t.co/WJe7d424sk

[BL Visual Arts 🦇 @BL_VisualArts]

Felice Beato’s iconic photograph of the Chattar Munzil, Lucknow. The palace can be seen in the background with a fish-shaped boat on the river in the foreground, 1858 #Lucknow

[Tabish Khan @LondonArtCritic]

Scheduled to be the 🚨Final week🚨 to see the ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #TurnersModernWorld exhibition at @Tate Britain. Read my @Londonist review to decide whether it should be extended https://t.co/JS4tG03v4i

[Cradles and Labels @CradlesnLabels]

"It’s not taking into consideration museums’ role in rebuilding public life and confidence. Shopping is great, but there’s a lot more solace to be gained by going to museums to see something really beautiful – and much less hassle.”

@alicevjones for @theipaper

[Cradles and Labels @CradlesnLabels]

The categorisation of museums as indoor entertainment venues throughout the crisis has been “catastrophic”, says Axel Ruger, Chief Executive of @royalacademy. “I find it unbelievably unfair.”

https://t.co/W4k6lVm2y2

[Cradles and Labels @CradlesnLabels]

@KathrynHavelock @NatGalleryAus @NationalGallery At a time when exhibitions are being cancelled in the UK, such as the Francis Bacon show @royalacademy, it's uplifting to know that people in some parts of the world may still be able to see wonderful artworks in the flesh.

https://t.co/W4k6lVm2y2

[Kathryn Hunter (Havelock) 🏛 @KathrynHavelock]

Flying Sunflowers: the logistical secrets of the @NatGalleryAus NGA's Botticelli to Van Gogh blockbuster flying from @NationalGallery. Is it the end of the ‘courier trip’ as we know it? https://t.co/x65CTziMgx