Tag: art

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

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

Bridgit: the simple power of looking

"It is Bridgit’s shaky, close-up quality that makes the work – it’s relatable and reachable."

Space Shifters at the Hayward Gallery

The Hayward Gallery’s latest and much-praised exhibition 'Shape Shifters' is quite an experience.

Edward Burne-Jones at the Tate: A reminder of greatness

Burne-Jones' exhibition at the Tate is one to not miss.

exhibit (a): The Art of Dressing

Cherwell Fashion indulges its love affair with art

‘Beneath the music from a farther room’

This potential for interaction between artist and audience is a phenomenon of the modern era

The walls that stare – what college portraits tell us about Oxford

They say a picture paints a thousand words. So what do the thousands of portraits hanging around Oxford colleges tell us about the University, and the...

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