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MICHAELINA WAUTIER AT THE RA

'There is no mistaking the god — naked apart from a strategically placed leopard skin — sprawled in a wooden barrow, pushed by a bearded satyr, ...amid the tumult, a semi bare-breasted woman stands...' Is it the artist Michaelina Wautier?

Find out here before heading off to the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

In 'Michaelina Wautier at the RA'

Published 5 May 2026 online in The Arbuturian

Michaelina Wautier at the RA | The Arbuturian

On carousel: Michaelina Wautier, The Triumph of Bacchus, c. 1655–59. 

Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Picture Gallery. Photo: © KHM-Museumsverband

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FILM: POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS

A new documentary, written and directed by the Oscar-nominated filmaker Gianfranco Rosi is now on release through MUBI . 

It's a compelling watch; an insight into lives of residents in the shadow of Vesuvius, in Pompeii AD 79 and Naples today.  

Read The Arbuturian review here with a link to the film trailer.

Pompeii: Below the Clouds | The Arbuturian

On carousel

Film still from Pompei: Below the Clouds, copyright Gianfranco Rosi, 2025

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IN BLOOM: HOW PLANTS CHANGED OUR WORLD

Published 6 April 2026 online in The Arbuturian, a review of a major exhibition at The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 'In Bloom: How Plants Chnged Our World'.

A spectacular show.

Read it here:

In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World | The Arbuturian

On carousel: 

Floregium, commissioned by Mary Somerset, 1703 in bound volume with watercolour on paper. (detail)

Image copyright The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, 2026

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INSIDE THE HEAD OF KANDINSKY - THE MAN WHO HEARD COLOUR

At Lille Metropole Musee d'art Moderne (LaM), Lille, France, a new exhibition explores Kandinsky's radical transformation from law professor to abstract art rebel.

Read it in The New World, latest issue 477, pp. 34-35, 2 April 2026

Link: 

https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rosalind-ormiston-inside-the-head-of-kandinsky-the-man-who-heard-colour/?utm_campaign=e3d78db2-1665-41c4-8a42-9bf5f7965029&utm_source=1234571

On carousel:

Extract from issue 477, p.35: Inside the Head of Kandinsky - the man who heard colour'. Image courtesy and copyright, The New World, 2026

Installation photograph: Kandinsky face aux Images gallery, at Lille Metropole Musee d'art moderne (LaM), Lille, France, image copyright LaM, 2026.

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METAMORPHOSES AT THE RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM

Metamorphoses, a spectacular exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam with paintings, sculptures, drawings and tapestries, film and photography, exploring the myths and stories of gods, goddesses and mortals, inspired by the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses narrative. The exhibition is a must-see, for the remakable works on display.

Read about it in The Arbuturian online

https://www.arbuturian.com/culture/art/metamorphoses-at-the-rijksmuseum-amsterdam

On carousel:

 - Juul Kraijer, SPAWN, 2019. Courtesy of Juul Kraijer studio, 2026