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Encounters With Friendship, Death And Memory: 'Francis Bacon: Human Presence’ At The National Portrait Gallery
★★★★★ In his final interview, Francis Bacon reflected on the ‘violence’ in his artistic corpus and insisted that life itself was violent,...
Ellie Dempster
Oct 28, 20244 min read


Dulwich Picture Gallery Presents 'Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking'
Japanese woodblock prints have been the water in which artistic imagination has swum, providing sustenance for creativity throughout the...
Akane Hayashi
Oct 27, 20245 min read


No Longer A Bystander: ‘A Riot In Three Acts’ by Imran Perretta
Artist, composer and filmmaker Imran Perretta, a resident of Somerset House Studios, returuns with his first major work since 2019: A...
Hanis Nurolamin
Oct 23, 20243 min read


In Conversation with Izzie Malinowski: Ticket Inspector Collective
Izzie Malinowski. Photo by Emily Henman Founded by two friends who met in GCSE science class forever ago, the Ticket Inspector Collective launch party promises to be an evening of innovation, where artworks are enriched by conversations with their creators, live music, and an audience of fellow creatives. As co-founder Izzie Malinowski puts it: “just all my favourite things in one place.” Alongside photographer Sophie Myles, a long-time friend who studies politics at York Uni
Emily Henman
Oct 16, 20244 min read


Barbie exhibition review – saccharine factory of neoliberal dreams ★★★☆☆
© Jo Underhill for the Design Museum In 2022, a unique Barbie doll spent six months orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station...
Ernest Chlopicki
Jul 10, 20243 min read


‘The Vinyl Factory – Reverb’ At 180 Studios
At the end of May, 180 Studios opened the ‘Reverb’ exhibition in partnership with The Vinyl Factory to celebrate the past 20 years of the...
Oisín McGilloway
Jun 24, 20245 min read


'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 Britain
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
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