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‘Brazen Free-Spiritedness’: Hilma Af Klint Shines In An Otherwise Cynical Tate Modern ‘Pairing’
★★✩✩☆ If you’re not sure how the dog, ghost-dog and snail-crucifix in Hilma Af Klint’s painting ‘Evolutionen’ relate to its title, then...
Alice Bergin and Samuel Blackburn
Apr 20, 20233 min read


AI Is Not Replacing Artists. It Is Uplifting Them, They Say.
Imagine yourself drawing out the following scene: “a red furry monster looks in wonder at a burning candle.” How would you start? You...
Dong Liu
Apr 16, 20234 min read


Proceed with Playfulness: Reclaim the Mundane's Office Party
Theatre X Art Collaboration.
Ariunzaya Batkhuyag
Apr 9, 20232 min read


Corporate Costumes: Reclaim the Mundane's Office Party
Theatre X Art Collaboration.
Georgia Gibson
Apr 9, 20233 min read


Exhibition Aftermaths: RESOLVE Collective's 'them's the breaks'
By Isabel Imhorst RESOLVE Collective: them's the breaks Installation view Barbican Art Gallery, 2023 Copyright: Adiam Yemane “One...
Isabel Imhorst
Apr 5, 20238 min read


Infinite Folds: Barbara Chase-Riboud at the Serpentine Galleries
Face to face with Confessions for Myself (1972), I am mesmerised. A tall, robust structure of patinated black bronze has been welded into...
Lara Mae Simpson
Oct 28, 20224 min read


‘Our Time on Earth’ is Invaluable: Let’s Not Lose It
In the new exhibition at the Barbican, I am standing before a magnificent tree. It is tall and covered with moss and plants, its roots...
Lara Mae Simpson
May 9, 20224 min read


Johnny Dewe Matthews: He who taught me the Art of Life
Johnny and I met at the entrance of Primrose Hill. « Ah! » he exclaimed, « At last! Someone drawing… everybody takes pictures these days!...

Garance Querleu
Apr 5, 20223 min read


SIMONE ROCHA - Queen of Swans
STRAND writer Chiara Alicia Fanconi reviews SIMONE ROCHA AW 22`s collection presented at London Fashion Week.
Chiara Alicia Fanconi
Feb 27, 20223 min read


Hayez, Susanna, and The Gaze
I was just on my way out of the National Gallery after spending a lazy Sunday afternoon admiring all the colours, landscapes and...
Sophie Le Bihan
Feb 23, 202210 min read
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