The Art of Isolation
As I’m writing this, one-fifth of the world’s population are under lockdown; with the streets of once sleepless cities now eerily bereft of the vibrant life that once pulsed through it’s veins. Here…
Cecil Beaton’s Bright Young Things
Sashaying through town with all the flamboyant vivacity and frivolity of a high-society ball, Bright Young Things has finally touched down at London’s National Portrait Gallery, and will be on public …
Radical Figures: Painting in the New Millennium
Love painting but find that you’re only ever concerned with works from the classical period? Well then don’t. A new generation of painters are using the figurative form to challenge the way in which w…
Dora Maar at TATE: Interview with Assistant Curator Emma Jones
As is quite often the case with much of the arts in contemporary circles, the often lopsided distribution of the public spotlight has in some instances meant that over the decades some work has played…
Words Fail Me. A Work of Innate Beauty.
A pair of talented creatives are challenging our perception of Dyslexia through the self-expressive art of movement and dance. Charlotte Edmonds and Elizabeth Arifien have put their heads together t…
‘Into the Night’: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art
If you haven’t already heard, the art gallery at Barbican Centre has undergone a visual metamorphosis; and up until January 19th, 2020, we have a rare opportunity to gain more than just a keyhole view…
Some are Born to Endless Night-Dark Matter by Lina Iris Viktor
Liberian-British artist Lina Iris Viktor’s first UK major solo exhibition is currently showing at Autograph in East London until January 25th, 2020. With over 60 pieces of the artist’s original work…
An Escapist’s Oasis-Interview with Steve Marchant
Along a city side-street that splinters off from the chaotic flurry of Oxford Circus, I descend a set of stairs and find myself smack-bang in an escapist’s oasis. Like stepping into the c…
The Persistence of Time: The Clock at Tate Modern
Speaking first and foremost from the perspective of a self-confessed creature of habit, admittedly, a significant portion of my weekly routine teeters on the obsessive. So, naturally I’m left dis…
The Art of Change: Dorothea Lange / Vanessa Winship – A photography double bill
As part of The Art of Change season at Barbican, the works of two important female artists are currently being showcased in a comprehensive exhibition that aims to touch and inspire a new generation. …