Archive
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A History of Women in 101 Objects: A Walk Through Female History – book review
A suffragette’s medal, a 16th-century dildo and a hatpin are just some of the fascinating items that Annabelle Hirsch uses to take us on a spin through female history
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Judith Godwin: Expressions of Life
Although associated with abstract expressionism, Godwin strove for a more nuanced approach than her male counterparts, and her later works are influenced by her interest in Zen Buddhism and nature
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Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran – interview: ‘Part of creating the work is to explore those lines between ambiguity and familiarity’
A melange of multilimbed, fertility, guardian, protector and warrior figures animate Glasgow’s Tramway in an ambitious installation for the Sri Lankan-born, Australian artist in his first UK solo show
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Art Without Frontiers: The Story of the British Council, Visual Arts, and a Changing World – book review
This is a fascinating account of the personalities, events and contexts that have shaped an organisation founded 90 years ago to enhance international cultural relations, an organisation whose work is as important today as it was in 1934
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Sara Shamma – interview: ‘When I paint, I am in a state like meditation’
Shamma’s latest exhibition of new paintings responds to works by greats from Rembrandt to Rubens. Here, she talks about her intuitive practice, the importance of music to her work, the impact of war in her native Syria, and women and…
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Pasquarosa: From Muse to Painter
Remembered more as an artist’s model than a painter, this largely forgotten female artist is brought back into the spotlight in this charmingly fresh and colourful exhibition
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Jonathan Jones: Untitled (Transcriptions of Country)
Jones collaborates with recent migrants to Australia to show how the culture and practices of its Indigenous people can be shared across nations, as they explore the plants, animals and artefacts taken from the continent by a French scientific expedition…
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Why contemporary art has to fight for survival in Cuenca
On the occasion of the Ecuadorian city’s 16th biennial, we look at how religion, deeply conservative views and lack of money work against contemporary artists, and how the biennial’s director, Hernán Pacurucu, and others are determined to see change
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Emilie L Gossiaux: Other-Worlding
Gossiaux lost her sight in an accident 13 years ago. This show reads like a lover letter to her guide dog, London, as well as providing a clear message about interspecies respect
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Ruth Orkin: Women
She photographed celebrities such as Lauren Bacall and Doris Day and worked for Life magazine and Look, but she has remained largely unknown in Europe. This gem of an exhibition aims to change that
