Category: Art

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle

A conversation with Stine Marie Jacobsen

Law machines, group workshops and a very strange request, 'do you have time to kill me today?' learn about the world of Stine Marie Jacobsen. ...

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Phil Goss Modern Impressions

Spontaneous and Impressionistic images record the life of a travelling artist and recall early 20th century optimism ...

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Art and Politics (its all about transformation)

The transformation of a world veiw is possible but does art approach the challenge?...

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Michael Radford Art Photography & Signs of Power

Michael Radford is a highly talented art photographer with a knack for surfaces but there are layers to consider also! ...

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Terracotta Daughters 2012-2030

Prune Nourry started working on 'Terracotta Daughters' in 2012, the statues she created in conjunction with craftspeople have become both installations and performance pieces that stand for great...

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Joana Pestana Designing to Change the World

Can Graphic Design Change The World?...

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Feminist Internet, Art that Strategises Change

Feminist Internet is a future-focused collective made up of artists and designers who aim to create an equal and just internet for all. Find out about their activities here!...

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Cut and Colour: Siobhan Coen at Zabludowicz Collection

A kaleidoscope of sound and colour arrests the viewer: Siobhan Coen at Zabludowicz Collection. ...

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Cynical Realism & The New Chinese Middle Class

Cynical Chinese art makes liberal westerners feel good but what will we make of the new proud Chinese middle class?...

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China/Art/Soft Power: speak softly and carry a big stick!

China is developing its soft power portfolio; state propaganda, Confucius institutes, strategic investment and of course, art. ...

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‘Black Book’ Gideon Rubin at Freud Museum

Gideon Rubin's show 'Black Book' recalls the horror of the Nazi machine and helps us to reflect on that horror in the home of Sigmund Freud who managed to survive occupation. ...

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In Search of Selfhood: Eddie Peake at White Cube

Artist Eddie Peake's autobiographical new exhibition at White Cube....

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Sonia Boyce and a Meta Criticism of the Critics

The Manchester Art museum and the disappearing/reappearing Nymphs, do we benefit from seeing them? or are we perpetuating tired tropes? ...

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Poetics of the Disquiet: Modern Italian Art at the Estorick Collection

The Estorick Collection showcases Italy's great modern painters....

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Hayward Gallery reopens with Andreas Gursky exhibition

The Hayward is re-opening and showing the work of German photographer Andreas Gursky, this promises to be an impressive array of relevant and compelling images....

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Paradise Lost: Marianna Rothen at the Little Black Gallery

A fragile fantasy world awaits the viewer with Rothen's photographic debut at London's Little Black Gallery....

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Ghost Cities and the Art that Haunts Them

Huge concrete ghosts emerging all over the world haunt developed and developing countries....

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Art that Bends the Mind: Fiumano Clase Gallery at London Art Fair

Contemporary gallerists Fiumano Clase showcase their chosen few at the 2018 London Art Fair....

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London Arts Fair 2018 at the Islington Business Centre

Painting, sculpture, photography, multimedia and dialogue in the heart of Islington, London...

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How Did China Tame The Market?

To fully understand the impact of China in the modern world its important to have an idea of how the self styled communist state extricated the free market from democracy....

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Hymns to the Silence: Ephrem Solomon at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery

Deeply personal portraiture with strong socio-political purpose...

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Chimerica: Is Ai Wei Wei an Enemy of the State?

The Symbiosis of China & America ...

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Bloomberg New Contemporaries

When the idea is to introduce new voices in contemporary art, it helps not to have the judging panel overshadow the artists...

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Loitered Lens: Frieze London International 2017- Sculpture Garden

Colour and comment: A look back at Frieze 2017...

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Eyes on the Prize for Bloomberg New Contemporaries

Student artists chase the Bloomberg prize at the Baltic...

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Artistry in Assembly: Lillianna Pereira

Human experience (including the artist's) is not necessarily unique...

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The Feathers and the Fury: Ry Bird [Interview]

Graphic artist Ry Bird talks art, music and fighting cats...

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Bread Houses, Dreaming Horses: Urs Fischer

Haunting or playful? Urs Fischer's unique sculpture proves you can have both...

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One Two Three Swing! Superflex at Tate Modern

It's Swing Time! Globalisation, mobilisation and empowerment at Tate Modern...

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Frieze London International Art Fair 2017

Subverting, and sometimes satisfying expectations, Frieze returns to London...

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