Melanie McDonagh
Melanie McDonagh is a columnist, arts critic and feature writer. She covers art exhibitions and also does some leader writing, interviews and occasional beauty/fragrance features.
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Melanie McDonagh is a columnist, arts critic and feature writer. She covers art exhibitions and also does some leader writing, interviews and occasional beauty/fragrance features.
Clutter and disconnection isn’t quite what the RA intended
PIle ’em high… and perhaps take some binoculars to see the brushstrokes in that painting 10 feet above your head
Expressionists at Tate Modern: a wonderful exhibition
This is about The Blue Rider art movement set up by a comsmopolitan group of friends including Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc and Gabriele Münter
Nanteos Mansion: a country house hotel with charm and grandeur
Melanie McDonagh beds downs at the historic mansion
The Last Caravaggio at the National Gallery: packs a punch
This being Caravaggio this show of two works is all about theatre in light and dark
Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King at the Wallace Collection – glorious
Military prowess takes centre stage at this exhibition, which explores the splendor and violence of the Lion of Punjab’s reign
Scoop review: Gillian Anderson and Billie Piper are note-perfect
This dramatisation of the infamous Prince Andrew Newsnight interview is beautifully tense - watch between your fingers
Out Shopping: a brilliant social history of late Victorian taste
The small show follows two women who patronised the most fashionable stores and dressmakers in London at the turn of the 20th century
