Tag: Brexit
-
Thomas Kilpper: The Politics of Heritage vs the Heritage of Politics
Edinburgh Printmakers celebrates its new home with an exhibition by Thomas Kilpper, in which the German artist-activist takes on historical and political themes around colonialism and Brexit
-
Andrew Marr – interview: ‘Everybody is angry and upset. We’ve messed things up – that’s what the paintings are about, which is why I called them the Brexit paintings’
The broadcaster, writer and former BBC political editor talks about how his painting and drawing practice has changed since his stroke six years ago, having two exhibitions this month – and how Brexit crept into some of his work
-
Martin Parr – Interview: ‘Britain is eternally fascinating … full of contradictions … Photographing it is a form of therapy’
Documentary photographer Martin Parr’s latest exhibition, Only Human, at the National Portrait Gallery, is all about us – us humans, but especially us British. Here, he talks about cake, collecting and Britain in the time of Brexit
-
Protest and Remembrance: Miriam de Búrca | Joy Gerrard | Mary Griffiths | Barbara Walker
Drawings by four contemporary female artists explore notions of protest and remembrance, from anti-Brexit marches to unconsecrated Irish burial sites, and forgotten black soldiers to former collieries in the north of England
-
Joy Gerrard – interview: ‘I’m interested in how we witness and interpret these events’
In her depictions of mass protests, Gerrard aims to make visible those who attend. For Protest and Remembrance at Alan Cristea, she focuses on anti-Trump and anti-Brexit marches
-
Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!
This exhibition delivers everything you would expect from the colourful Grayson Perry, but it is also a reminder that he is as much a part of the establishment as he is an original thinker
