At the White Cube 
Peter Campbell
The exhibition of Anselm Kiefer’s new work at White Cube Mason’s Yard (until 17 March) is entitled Aperiatur Terra – ‘let the earth open’ – the reference is to Isaiah 45.8: ‘Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.’
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Peter Campbell is the London Review’s resident designer and art critic.
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At the National Portrait Gallery · the Portraits of Angus McBean
At the Hayward and the British Museum · With Goya and Rembrandt
At Tate Modern · Louise Bourgeois
At Tate Britain · gardens
At the National Gallery · Pompeo Batoni
At the Hayward · Alexander Rodchenko
In Russell Square · Peter Campbell explores Bloomsbury
At the V&A · Art Deco
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