Author: jaywp

May Morris: Art & Advocacy

Focusing on the skills of wallpaper design and embroidery, this exhibition tells the story of the “remarkable” woman at the helm of Morris & Co
Daphne Wright: Deep-Rooted Things

This show is a celebration of the domestic, and the poignant sculpture of Wright’s two sons, now on the cusp on adulthood, dominates as the Irish artist explores memory, identity, life and death
Anna Boghiguian: The Sunken Boat: A Glimpse into Past Histories

The venerable Egyptian Canadian installation artist brings shipwrecks, shells and the sound of the sea to Margate’s Turner Contemporary
Abstract Erotic: Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Alice Adams

A groundbreaking New York show from 1966 is brought back to life with the work of three women whose experimentation with materials and visualisation turned sculpture inside out
Jeremy Deller – interview: ‘I’m not looking for the next thing. I’m just following my nose and seeing where it takes me’

How did he go from asking a brass band to play acid house to filming former miners re-enacting a seminal moment from the 1984 miners’ strike, to his current assignment: staging a nationwide feast of art, music, processions and performances…
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha

The first of three exhibitions to position historic sculptures by Alberto Giacometti with new works by contemporary artists, this one shows his work in dialogue with that of the Pakistani American sculptor Huma Bhabha
Edward Burra

The Parisian scenes that Burra is known for are joyful and sardonic, but his work depicting the Spanish civil war and the destruction of his home environment stand out in this first retrospective of the artist in London in 40…
The 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts: The Oracle

Surprising, thrilling, enchanting – under the artistic direction of Chus Martínez, the works in this biennale show a genuine heartfelt passion for the world in which we live
It’s Terrible the Things I Have to Do to Be Me: On Femininity and Fame – book review

In a series of essays about pairs of famous women, the cultural critic Philippa Snow explores the connections between them and the distinction between person and persona
Paul Thek: Seized by Joy. Paintings 1965-1988

A rare London show of an elusive queer pioneer captures a quieter side of his unpredictable practice