Art: Joshua Reynolds at Tate Britain

The Creation Of Celebrity is the grand claim this exhibition makes of Joshua Reynolds accomplished portrait work. Collected here are military top brass, lords and ladies, famous artists and beautiful prostitutes. Once you add the stories of those concerned and the catty comments helpfully affixed next to the paintings you have a high class version of heat magazine. Thankfully there is no trace of Geri Halliwell or Big Brother contestants.

Whilst the many of the paintings are limited by the need to flatter their subjects there is ample depth to savour in the ruddy rendering of Samuel Johnson and the hearty picture of David Garrick being dragged from Tradegy by a buxom Comedy. He doesn't look too displeased. The exhibition falters in giving to little information on Reynolds technique but as classical pictorial tittle tattle goes it is a success.