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'The Lives of Six Wives' at the National Portrait Gallery
★★★☆☆ Portrait miniature of Anne of Cleves, 1539, Hans Holbein the Younger. Image, and all others in this article, provided courtesy of...
Daisy Packwood
Jun 21, 20243 min read


‘Now You See Us’ at Tate Britain Review: Finally, Women in the Spotlight
Dame Ethel Walker, Decoration The Excursion of Nausicaa, 1920. Photo: Tate. Walking through Pimlico Tube station, it becomes obvious why...
Lara Mae Simpson
Jun 2, 20244 min read


Review: Sargent and Fashion at Tate BritainÂ
Sargent and Fashion installation view with Lady Sassoon,1907 and Opera cloak, c.1895 at Tate Britain 2024. Photo © Tate (Jai Monaghan)....
Anna Mowery
Apr 14, 20244 min read


We are not a muse: the forgotten female founder of the Royal Academy
★★★★☆ Angelica Kauffman, Portraits of Domenica Morghen and Maddalena Volpato as Muses of Tragedy and Comedy, 1791. Oil on canvas, 125 x...
K A Thickett
Mar 24, 20243 min read


‘Body and Flesh’ by Sofia Laskari Review: A Refreshing Take on the Femal Nude
★★★★☆ 'The Bite' by Sofia Laskari. Image by Faye Elder. The female nude has long been inscribed in a history of patriarchy and misogyny...
Faye Elder
Mar 24, 20243 min read


Barbican 'Unravel' Review: 'tells a story of an ancestral tradition rendered insignificant'
★★★★☆ Louise Bourgeois with her sculpture, THREE HORIZONTALS, in her home on 20th Street in New York City in 1999. © The Easton...
Ernest Chlopicki
Feb 27, 20244 min read


Mind over Matter: Yoko Ono at the Tate Modern Review
★★★☆☆ Yoko Ono with Half-A-Room 1967 from HALF-A-WIND SHOW, Lisson Gallery, London, 1967. Photo © Clay Perry. Ground-breaking,...
K. A. Thickett
Feb 18, 20244 min read


The Art of Banksy is a must-see, but only for hypocrites
★★★★☆ Banksy graffiti on Newman Street - One Nation Under CCTV The Art of Banksy on Regent Street boasts the largest collection of...
K A Thickett
Jan 18, 20243 min read


‘Surrealism and Witchcraft’ at LAMB Gallery review
Devil Hugging a Witch, public domain. ‘Surrealism & Witchcraft’, exploring characterizations of the witch figure, opened November 16 at...
Anna Mowery
Jan 1, 20244 min read


The Saatchi Gallery’s 'Season of Sculpture': Silicate Lungs amidst Pyramids of Oil Barrels
Independence by Permindar Kaur. Photo by Alex Grenfell. The Saatchi Gallery’s Season of Sculpture gallery, which ran through December...
Alex Grenfell
Jan 1, 20244 min read
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