The Easel

27th October 2026

It’s brave to admire Renoir because he’s almost a cancelled artist these days

Waldemar Januszczak | Waldemar.tv | 19th October 2026

A recent review of the Renoir show now in London gave a positive take on this artist. It seems only fair to hear the other side. This show is a “cocky” attempt to position the artist positively – that he was “uncouth but truthful”. His early work has “spectacular painterly qualities”, his quick hands capturing the sway of dancing couples and “the rush of love”. But the show stops at 1885, when Renoir still has decades of life left. It’s a wise decision – “Renoir the fierce misogynist is held back from the fray”.

20th October 2026

National Gallery’s new exhibit embraces the cold with art depicting winter’s impact across cultures

Kate Taylor | The Globe and Mail | 2nd January 2026

Canadians are world experts on winter. How does their chilly environment express itself in their art? Indigenous Canadian art gives winter a spiritual quality including, recently, through the use of Indigenous iconography. Harris, a Group of Seven artist, depicted snowy landscapes in a somewhat more abstract way compared to “naturalist Scandinavian styles”. Works in an Impressionist style regularly depict a harsher wintery light than artists like Monet. “A vast, ambitious show”.

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