Exhibition and Exhibition Catalogue Reviews

Pride and Solace: Medieval Books of Hours and Their Readers

By Evelien Hauwaerts (curator)

Bruges, Groeningemuseum, April 4 – October 7, 2025.

Exh. cat. ed. by Evelien Hauwaerts with Emma De Nil and Caroline Van Cauwenberge, English edition: Books of Hours, Books of Hope: Medieval Books of Hours and their Readers, Antwerp: Hannibal Books, 2025, 160 pp. ISBN 978-9464941951; Dutch edition: Trots en Troost: Middeleuuwse getijdenboeken en hun lezers. ISBN 9464941952.

Review published March 2026

For manuscript enthusiasts, 2025 was dominated by the blockbuster exhibition displaying the calendar of the Très Riches Heures (and many related items) at the castle of Chantilly, just outside Paris. [...] Read More

Vermeer’s Love Letters

By Robert Fucci (curator)

New York, The Frick Collection, June 18 – August 31, 2025.
Exh. cat. by Robert Fucci. New York, Rizzoli Electa in association with The Frick Collection, 2025. 96 pp, 60 color illus. ISBN 978-0-8478-4594-1.

Review published December 2025

Published in conjunction with the special focus exhibition marking the long-awaited reopening of the Frick Collection, Robert Fucci’s Vermeer’s Love Letters reflects the aims of the show it [...] Read More

Michaelina Wautier, Malerin

By Gerlinde Gruber (curator)

Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, September 30, 2025 – February 22, 2026; London, Royal Academy of Arts, March 27, 2026 – June 21, 2026.

Exh. cat. by Gerline Gruber, Katlijne Van der Stighelen, and Julien Domercq. Stuttgart, Belser, 2025. 192 pp. ISBN 978-1915815200.

Review published December 2025

Michaelina Wautier, Malerin presented some true delights for the specialist visitor familiar with the oeuvre of an artist little known before the groundbreaking Antwerp exhibition of her work in 2018. [...] Read More

Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry

By Mathieu Deldicque and Marie-Pierre Dion (curators)

Château de Chantilly, June 7 – October 5, 2025.
Exh. cat. ed. by Mathieu Deldicque, English edition: Antwerp: Hannibal Books, 2025. 416 pp. ISBN-13: 978-9464941920 (distributed in the U.S. by Rizzoli). French edition: In Fine éditions d'art; Musée Condé, 2025. 496 pp, 460 color illus. EAN/ISBN: 978-2382032237.

Review published November 2025

The Château de Chantilly justifiably billed its exhibition as a landmark show, and for early modernists and medievalists, it was the most anticipated exhibit of the year. The famous manuscript has [...] Read More

Dürer to Van Dyck: Drawings from Chatsworth House

By Tico Seifert (curator)

Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, November 9, 2024 – February 23, 2025.

Exh. cat. by Charles Noble, Gregory Rubinstein and Christian Tico Seifert. Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland, 2024. 120 pp, 140 color illus. ISBN 9781911054672.

Review published September 2025

After a period of relative quiet, the last few years have seen a flurry of exhibitions of Northern European drawings across Britain, with more expected in 2026. These exhibitions have showcased the [...] Read More

Rubens’s Workshop

By Alejandro Vergara (curator)

Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, October 15, 2024 – February 16, 2025. Exh. cat. edited by Alejandro Vergara. Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado, 2024. 168 pp, fully illustrated. ISBN 978-84-8480-622-6.

Review published September 2025

This is the catalogue of an exhibition held at the Prado between October 2024 and February 2025. It was organized by the Curator of Flemish paintings at the Museum, Alejandro Vergara, and is the [...] Read More

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