Visual Art
Self-Portrait of a Stranger: A Review of Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach and the creation of his portraits in the 1950s and 1960s. As a young Jewish...
‘Intimate and eye-opening’: Bruegel to Rubens at the Ashmolean- Review
"It was a pleasure to return to Oxford during the vacation to visit the Ashmolean’s new exhibition, which showcases some of the best drawings of the great Flemish artists of the 16th and 17th centuries."
A Press Morning at Yoko Ono’s ‘MUSIC OF THE MIND’ Exhibition
"The gallery space itself did not provide an atmosphere of silence, but rather upon observation, isolated moments of contemplation and quietness were evident amongst the bustling scene in the room."
Nuclear Bombs and Feminism: Monica Sjöö’s Exhibition at Modern Art Oxford
"Based on the Modern Art Oxford posters, Monica Sjöö’s activism appeared to be a driving force for social change."
Crafting Kingship: Hellenistic Royal Portraiture
"A standardised visual vocabulary of royal ideology represented by statues and coinage"
Communication and confrontation in Brooklyn’s art community
Avery Curran discusses curating Text/ure, Trump, and artistic cataclysm in the US
There’s an argument, and it’s a convincing one, that all art is political and, in the interim period between the election and the inauguration it felt truer than ever. There was an atmosphere of displacement and shifting ground. Between daily revelations about suspicious calls to Russia and plans to defund sanctuary cities (of which New York is one), no one seemed to know where they stood.
Pastel pink speculums, embroidered condoms, and art for reproductive freedom
Anoushka Kavanagh explains why protest art is now more important than ever
Rhetoric and realism in ‘Raphael: The Drawings’
Anoushka Kavanagh is impressed by the Renaissance master’s gift for story-telling and imaginative flare in the Ashmolean’s new exhibition
Evoking emotion and rejecting repression through art in the Middle East
Joseph Botman makes a case for the importance of the humanities in contemporary society
A new era of repressive state censorship dawns over Russian art
Anoushka Kavanagh dispels the religious disguises of violations on creative and political freedom
A tempestuous tribute to a perplexing artist
Anoushka Kavanagh is confronted by an ouevre permeated by emotional and creative conflict in Giacometti’s retrospective at the Tate Modern
Class and conflict in the works of Leonora Carrington
Priya Khaira-Hanks explores the surrealist's attempt to come to terms with her class identity
Snapshot: Salvador Dali and the legacy of surrealism
Jasmin Yang-Spooner discusses Salvador Dali's development of the Paranoiac Critical Transformation Method and the legacy of surrealism
Warhol and the importance of social exchange
Mia Neafcy explores the notion of consumerism in American capitalist society
Tate Britain celebrates the playfulness and dynamism of David Hockney
Sabrina Ruia is captivated by a retrospective look at the artist's life
Faces, forgotten and faded
Jonathan Egid visits Christ Church Picture Gallery’s disappointingly small Forgotten Faces exhibition
Home is where the art is: Rod Jordan
Sophie Jordan ventures past her grandfather’s notecards only to come back to them
Old&New: Songs of displeasure
Sydney Gagliano on being open-minded about overlooked art
Home is where the art is: Yu Hong
Queenie Li explores Chinese feminist Yu Hong’s artwork
