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Beyond Hokusai’s Great Wave – what to see and read this week

Katsushika Hokusai’s Great Wave is possibly one of the most celebrated works in art history, But did you know it’s part of a much larger series?

The Conversation · Oct 30

Hokusai’s Great Wave is one of 46 prints of Mount Fuji – seeing them together changes everything

When I first saw Katsushika Hokusai’s Clear Day with a Southern Breeze (also known as Red Fuji, 1830-1833), I was struck by its lustrous red resonating against the receding blue of the sky. Clouds align gently in an almost humorous formation. Near the peak of the mountain, are creases of…

The Conversation · Oct 22

Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji review – sublime wonders from the Great Wave to that heroic, eternal peak

With its helpless rowers, naked river-crossers and snowbound tea-drinkers, this magnificent series is a warning to put your faith in the essential and enduring

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19

See the light: the beautiful, and radical, art of Anna Ancher – review

A solo exhibition devoted to the Danish painter who lived and worked in Skagen, a remote tip of northern Denmark, reveals her to be an artist of tenderness and vision

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

Queen bundles into phone box with schoolchildren as she visits gallery

Camilla was at Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London to see its new developments.

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025

‘A psychedelic explosion in a dental surgery’ – Rachel Jones: Gated Canyons review

The first contemporary artist to take over the gallery’s main space, her signature gaping mouths, lolling tongues and broken teeth are ripe with hyper-colourful symbolism

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025

‘I paint extreme emotions’: Rachel Jones on her riotously colourful paintings – and her obsession with mouths

Known for her colourful abstracts, the artist is getting a retrospective at the age of just 34. She talks about her love of karaoke, working on a full-length opera and how to deal with fame at a young age

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025

Soane and Modernism: Make it New review – red phone boxes, Sydney Opera House and a prophet of modern architecture

The links between Le Corbusier and co and the inspirational architect of Dulwich Picture Gallery and the old Bank of England are explored in a fascinating exhibition in his own house of treasures

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2025

Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious; Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury – review

A wry, vivacious original, the artist better known as Mrs Eric Ravilious beguiles in a long overdue retrospective, while her contemporary is outshone by friends and lovers

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024

Yoshida review – brilliant prints bleached of historical colour

Three generations of a family of artists are presented without the tumultuous context that could have given them life

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2024