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GUEST REVIEW | The Tortured Poets Department – Taylor Swift

Last Friday (19 April 2024), millions of Swifties around the world waited anxiously for the release of Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department, the latest in an 18-year career which saw the country singer transition into one of the world’s biggest cultural icons in living history. The Victoria & Albert Museum even…

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I don't follow #TheBeatles, so I knew nothing about @yokoono's relationship with #JohnLennon; some hardcore fans believe she was responsible for 'breaking up' The Beatles. This episode of her life gets a dedicated mention in #TateModern's retrospective, which offers an intriguing overview of her conceptual and performative practice.⁠

The recent #Holbein exhibition at the Queen's Gallery was a splendid opportunity to view the rarely-seen portrait #drawings of #HansHolbeinTheYounger, a select portion of 80 held in @royalcollectiontrust. With a wide cast of patrons and royalty, the exhibition sought to immerse us in the novelties of the #Tudor Court with additional paintings, sculpture, armoury, and even a tapestry.

The #Cute exhibition at @somersethouse could have been cuter.

#AngelicaKauffman was one of the Founding Members of @royalacademyarts, yet it's taken an embarassingly long time for her to receive a solo show in her own institution. Postponed due to COVID, her time to shine has finally come.⁠

#RAEntangledPasts is an apologetic dive into the @royalacademyarts' past cultural contributions to Britain's colonial history, mainly via its promotion of desirable artistic values and themes.⁠

#FlamingJune has always been one of those paintings that got away, largely due to shifting tastes in contemporary British art. When it was rediscovered in 1962 by an Irish builder in a to-be-demolished house in Clapham Common, Victorian art had gone largely out of fashion.

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