This historic exhibition provides an engrossing display of Seurat’s singular approach and talent Seurat and the Sea: Exhibitions of Georges Seurat’s (1859 – 1891) work are few and far between. Having died at the young age of 31, Seurat left a small number of works and those who have them guard them jealously. So it’s […]
Samurai Exhibition at the British Museum
Anyone for Tea? Visitors to the Samurai exhibition at the British Museum, expecting to see a fearsome collection of armour, swords, knives and other implements of warfare, bloody scenes of battle and death and destruction, won’t be disappointed. Yet this magnificent exhibition is so much more, delivering a myth-busting, eye-opening panoramic view of the life […]
Hawai’i: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans
The New Exhibition at the British Museum presents a Dazzling Display of Hawaiian Culture Visitors to the British Museum’s latest exhibition – Hawai’i: a kingdom crossing oceans – shouldn’t be deterred by the sight that first greets them. A huge, snarling image of the god Ku stands ominously beside the entrance, ready for action and […]