Category: Art

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

Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti at Tate Modern

10/05/2017

An extensive retrospective at Tate Modern sees Alberto Giacometti's works embodying human anxieties and alienation...

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Trebuchet Issue 1 Launch

05/05/2017

Whisky, discussion and high spirits mark the launch of Trebuchet magazine's issue on art curation. ...

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Iself, Whitechapel Gallery

Viewing the Inner Billygoat: Self-Portraiture at Whitechapel Gallery

01/05/2017

Portraiture becomes an extension of the artist in search of deeper answers, at Whitechapel Gallery...

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Seignosse bunker

Look On My Works, Ye Mighty. And Grind.

19/04/2017

Buried hubris and follies of personality along southern France's Atlantikwall...

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Moroccan Pop: Hassan Hajjaj

13/04/2017

Moroccan Roll: Hassan Hajjaj blends US, Arabic and London imagery in a pop art approach that is all his own...

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cie carabosse

Fight Fire with Fire: Cie Carabosse at Womadelaide (Interview)

28/03/2017

Cie Carabosse go beyond firepots and flashworks with their Exodus of Forgotten Peoples installation...

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Architecture as Metaphor – Griffin Gallery, March 9 – April 21st

09/03/2017

So ubiquitous we hardly notice it, Architecture is among our primary metaphors. Griffin Gallery explores the notion...

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Is It OK if I Take A Quick Shot? The Trials of Curation

06/02/2017

Art, controversy, exhibition. In introduction to the curator's metier...

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Documents of the Disturbed. Alva Bernadine, New Photography

31/12/2016

A very suburban sort of smut permeates Bernadine's latest series ...

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JL David, Napoleon

President Trump, Napoleon and The Eclipse of Dignity

29/12/2016

Does history, art or philosophy offer any survival tips for the incoming US presidency?...

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Escaping the Vortex: Would Wyndham Lewis Have Approved?

23/12/2016

Vorticism's urge to cut away the fat of modern life remains valid today...

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Science & Modern Man, the right (and wrong) way to take Wyndham Lewis.

12/12/2016

Lewis looked upon his contemporaries with a measure of scorn, but at least attempted to engage them positively...

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Blasted Feminism: Group X, Wyndham Lewis, and Women

07/12/2016

Not one to court populist acclaim, Wyndham Lewis looked upon feminism with a mixture of admiration and scorn...

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The Beauty of the In-Between: String of Subsequence

05/12/2016

Discovering the intricate beauty of the in-between...

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When the Sleeper Wakes

And When the Sleeper Wakes? (H.G.Wells, Wyndham Lewis and Nietzche)

28/11/2016

Flirting with Fascism is a dangerous game, particularly when misinterpreting Nietzche...

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Futurism, Marinetti, Wyndham Lewis

Friends as Enemies and Enemies as Friends…. (Wyndham Lewis)

21/11/2016

Despite popular myth, Wyndham Lewis (through sheer stubbornness and inflated ego) actually avoided association with Fascism....

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Wyndham Lewis

Wyndham Lewis, Grayson Perry, David Baddiel and Masculinity

14/11/2016

With power comes reponsibility, as Wyndham Lewis (and Spiderman) knew well. Art is power, not voyeurism....

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Collective Creativity

The Straight, White Canon, and How to Evade It (Interview with Collective Creativity)

08/11/2016

Something Human curator Annie Jael Kwan talks to Collective Creativity members...

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Somewhere to Go, and a Way to Get Back: Lynn Lu and Marija Milosevska

04/11/2016

Artists Lynn Lu and Marija Milosevska discuss their current work at Krisis, Nottingham...

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Nicla Anthony artwork at Krisis

I wanted to actually capture some of the sky. (Interview: Nicola Anthony)

31/10/2016

'As a species we adapt. Many suffering, and others denying. This is a classic reaction to trauma.' ...

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John Clang

Krisis, Contribution, Conversation: Talking Photography (Interview with John Clang and Sama Alshaibi)

26/10/2016

Art - asking the early and meaningful questions society is not ready to address...

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Building Her Own Wonderland: Yayoi Kusama at Victoria Miro Gallery

10/10/2016

Unpredictable and undiminished, art's grande doyenne trailblazes through her ninth decade...

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Lisa Black

The Right Stuff. Rogue Taxidermy (Lisa Black)

14/09/2016

Unsettling and incisive, Lisa Black's artworks ask questions of the viewer and our approach to nature...

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Kazuki Takamatsu

Spectral Awakenings: Kazuki Takamatsu

07/09/2016

Spectral and monochromatic, the post-tsunami art of Kazuki Takamatsu is a more mature form of manga...

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Street Art to Gallery – An LA Story (Gary John)

29/08/2016

The transition from street art to gallery credibility takes talent and a scoop of good luck. Gary John has both. Profile....

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Heads Up For a Load of Hieronymous Bosch

27/08/2016

Sneaky September Madrid getaway? Add Bosch at the Prado for some cultural heft...

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Scissors, Paste and Acuity: Isabella Kelly-Ramirez

22/08/2016

Deconstructing (and reconstructing) the female beauty myth...

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Monette Loza: Sculptures Monumentales, Hossegor (France)

20/08/2016

Freed from the confines of the gallery, sculpture trails offer an artist some room for manoeuvre...

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On Snapchat, Azealia Banks, and New Media Plagiarism

13/08/2016

Whilst being influential is satisfying, it's frustrating watching your artwork become an unattributed meme ...

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A Reliquary for Eros in Ruin: David John Attyah

06/08/2016

Two installations in mixed media offer an insight into the male psyche via classicist symbolism...

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