Author: jaywp

Resistance

Conceived and co-curated by Steve McQueen, this exhibition explores how a century of protest from 1903 to 2003 shaped Britain, and the vital part photography played
Mary Cassatt between Paris & New York: The Making of a Transatlantic Legacy – book review

This beautifully illustrated book considers the importance of the American painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt, who moved to Paris, spending time in the company of impressionists and influencing tastes in her native US
Sagarika Sundaram – interview: ‘When I finish a work, it feels very much like skin’

At her studio in the World Trade Center, as she prepares for a solo show at Alison Jacques Gallery in London later this year, the artist talks about using space, surface and colour in her sculptures
Vanessa Bell

To accompany its exhibition Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour, organised in partnership with Charleston, the MK Gallery held a one-day conference at which experts and enthusiasts discussed the pioneering painter and founder member of the Bloomsbury Group
Shu Lea Cheang and Dondon Hounwn – interview: ‘Hagay Dreaming continually evolves and pushes forward through performance’

Speaking during rehearsals, Cheang and Hounwn reflect on the sources of inspiration for the project, on the developmental curve from its inception to its first full theatrical performance at Tate, what audiences might expect and what messages are being transmitted
Alison Watt – interview: ‘I have spent my whole life working from life, so to work from death was a different experience’

The Scottish artist’s astounding trompe l’oeil still lifes of artefacts inspired by the life and times of Sir John Soane integrate into the architecture of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, creating an engaging 18th-century Gesamtkunstwerk
Gothic Modern: From Darkness to Light

With work from 1875 to 1925 alongside medieval works, this exhibition considers how modern Nordic and northern European artists such as Käthe Kollwitz and Edvard Munch were influenced by the gothic aesthetic
Vanessa da Silva: Roda Viva

Her subject matter may be serious – nationality, identity, migration and displacement – but the exuberance and joy in her sculptures and textile works shine through
Mohammed Z Rahman: Remember to Live

Rahman’s comfort zone is in the miniature, but with a vision that is hopeful not hellish, evoking the small and intimate moments of everyday lives, the people and houses bathed in deep, saturated colours
Frieze Los Angeles and Felix Art Fair, 2025

A much-needed tonic after the fires laid us low, Frieze art week did take place, the city’s art community showed up and visitors poured in from across the globe. Although one of the four participating fairs (Spring Break) chose not…