Pop Off, Michelangelo! review – the Renaissance retold with high-camp modernity Dylan MarcAurele’s musical comedy couldn’t be trashier but there’s fun to be had mixing twerking with 1400s Tuscany The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2025
The Grammar of Angels by Edward Wilson-Lee review – spellbound The short, blazing life of Italian philosopher Pico della Mirandola The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael review – bitchy Da Vinci conquers the army of gnarly nudes The battle scenes at the centre of this somewhat academic exhibition ring with unforgettable violence – as Leonardo’s howling warrior prepares to sever an enemy’s hand The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024
Hockney’s secrets, a Mike Nelson thriller, and graffiti gets a retrospective – the week in art The great English artist’s immersive spectacular, Extinction Beckons on London’s Southbank and a sweeping street-art show at Saatchi Gallery – all in your weekly dispatch The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2023
Was Donatello the first artist in history to express a queer identity? The sculptor lived at a time when you could be burned at the stake for homosexuality. Yet, as an exhibition of his work hits London, the evidence that he was openly gay seems increasingly convincing The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023