Leonardo da Vinci: a Mind in Motion
Welcome to the British Library’s new exhibition, which will certainly put your mind in motion, as its title suggests, thanks to its atypical depiction of the genius we think we know.
Flagrant Exhibitionism: The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition
Running since 1769, the Summer Exhibition is the world’s largest open-submission art show. From film to photography and prints to paintings (and everything in between) the show brings together the world’s leading artists of all mediums, both household names and total unknowns.
Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life
Olafur Eliasson’s “In real life”, which is on until 5th
January 2020, is a truly must-see exhibition at the Tate Modern. All forty of
this Danish-Islandic...
Kiss My Genders – Celebrating identity with the Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery's huge curation 'Kiss my Genders' attempts to unite over thirty artists from the LGBTQ+ community in a celebration of gender identity and fluidity. Charlotte Hall gathers her impressions of the exhibitions - how effective is it at breaking down stereotypes and prejudice?
Robot’s art goes on display in St John’s exhibition
The project was created to showcase the potential of artificial intelligence
Review: At Eternity’s Gate
It is worth watching At Eternity’s Gate for Julian Schnabel’s mesmerising cinematography alone. This new biopic of Vincent van Gogh, with the titular character...
Van Gogh and Britain
Exploring Van Gogh's fascination with British culture and Dickens
The crises of contemporary art
An exploration of beauty and meaning in the world of contemporary art.
Recoiling from the shock: how Dadaism swallowed a post-war Europe
Dada expanded beyond its art, morphing as it did into a political rather than an aesthetic revolution.
Review: Velvet Buzzsaw – “rebellion of art against the pretentious world”
Netflix’s latest thriller stars Jake Gyllenhall and Rene Russo in a tense satire on the contemporary art world
Pictures in the sandcastles
The artist as revolutionary is a wonderful image, and perhaps one that is forced upon creatives of our day. However, it is imperative to recall both the political power of artistic media, and the inherent ideology of created works.
Create and destroy
“The urge to destroy is also a
creative urge” Mikhail Bakunin
The Human Impulse
Investigating the social and biological imperatives behind art
Why fashion can be whatever it wants to be
In defence of the outrageously impractical: an art form that deserves the same freedom to invent impractical and weird creations
