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Having had a very busy week or so away from the internet on a family holiday [in Morecambe] I missed all the fun of the publication of  the Serota Review . With help, I've been catching up this weekend. --------- Just in case anyone else missed it, the BBC-commissioned Serota Review came about following the Dyson Report into the Martin Bashir scandal.  Its remit was to rule on the BBC's editorial processes, governance and culture.  Impartiality and, therefore, bias was part of its remit.  First thought:  Now obviously, if you're a broadcaster that is frequently accused of speaking for a London-centred metropolitan liberal elite, what better man could there possibly be to head a review into, among other things, claims of London-centred metropolitan liberal elite groupthink than that living embodiment of the London-centred metropolitan liberal elite, Sir Nick Serota? Anyhow, the great man is on  the BBC Board .  And he was aided by two other members of the BBC Boar

National Gallery of Art, Washington October 17, 2021–February 27, 2022 Simon de Vlieger,  Estuary at Day's End , c. 1640/1645 oil on panel, overall: 36.8 x 58.4 cm (14 1/2 x 23 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund and The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund in memory of Kathrine Dulin Folger From majestic seascapes and expansive landscapes to lively genre scenes and rich still lifes, Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 1600s reveal the ways art helped the young Dutch Republic define a collective cultural identity. On view from October 17, 2021, through February 27, 2022,  Clouds, Ice, and Bounty: The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Collection of Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings  presents 27 paintings acquired by the National Gallery of Art through the generosity of the Lee and Juliet Folger Fund over the past 25 years, plus one painting from Lee and Juliet Folger's personal collection. Outstanding works by artists such as Salomon

The Morgan Library & Museum October 15, 2021 through January 23, 2022   “Heiningen Gospels” (fragment), in Latin, Germany, Hamersleben, ca. 1180–1200. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.565, fols. 13v–14r, Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1905.  The exhibition offers a sweeping overview of manuscript production in the Holy Roman Empire, one of the most impressive chapters in the history of medieval art. Rarely seen by the general public, these illuminated manuscripts are among the most luxurious works of art from the Middle Ages. Designed to edify, to entertain, and above all to embody the sacred, these manuscripts and their spectacular illuminations retain the ability to dazzle and inspire modern audiences just as they did those of the Middle Ages.  Encompassing at various times parts of modern-day Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, the Low Countries, and northern Italy, the Holy Roman Empire played a crucial role in the patronage and development of th

  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston November 14, 2021–March 27, 2022 Pierre-Auguste Renoir,  Dance at Bougival , 1883, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Picture Fund. © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / All Rights Reserved     The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for  Incomparable Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , which traces the arc of this radical movement through 100 masterworks curated exclusively for this presentation For the first time, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is lending some 100 of the most significant paintings and works on paper from its renowned Impressionist collection for an exhibition that will open November 14 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, its only American venue.  Incomparable Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  will trace the evolution of this 19th-century avant-garde movement, from its roots in the novel, naturalistic landscapes of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Charles Francois Daubigny, and oth

  Paul Sandby,  Caernarvon Castle (Night) , 1776 etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper, plate: 23.9 x 31.6 cm (9 7/16 x 12 7/16 in.), sheet: 29 x 37.2 cm (11 7/16 x 14 5/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift o f Ruth B. Benedict. 1994.60.58 National Gallery of Art October 24, 2021, through February 21, 2022 Aquatint is a printmaking technique that first gained popularity in 18th-century Europe for its unique ability to evoke the subtle tonalities of ink and wash drawings. The first exhibition of its type in the United States,   Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya   explores the medium as a cross-cultural and cosmopolitan phenomenon that contributed to the rise of art publishing, connoisseurship, leisure travel, and drawing instruction, as well as the spread of neoclassicism. This landmark exhibition features some 100 early and exceptional impressions of erupting volcanoes, amorous couples, mysterious tombs, biting caricatures, and moonlit vistas—m