Tag: poetry
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Pacing the Void: Rhona Warwick Paterson and Eve Mutso
The wonderment of Paterson’s words and Mutso’s choreography in an amazing atmospheric setting resulted in a powerful performance retelling of the myth of Callisto
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Anselm Kiefer: Pour Paul Celan
Here, in four installations and 19 vast canvases, Kiefer creates a dialogue with the work of Paul Celan, the great German-language poet who has influenced the artist’s output since adolescence
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Henri Chopin: The (Almost) Complete Books, Zines and Multiples (1957-2007)
Next year marks the centenary of the poet’s birth and this show, which includes more than 400 of his sound, film and printed works, is the first step in bringing much-needed attention to this pioneering artist
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Sutapa Biswas – interview: ‘I felt questioning established systems of knowledge and power was as vital as breathing’
Sutapa Biswas talks about her lifelong quest to decolonialise British art history, and about her two forthcoming exhibitions
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Eleanor May Watson – interview: ‘Home is a sanctuary, but also a really complicated space for most people’
Eleanor May Watson talks about the weight of history, the evolving nature of her work and the complexities of the domestic space
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Jim Dine – interview: ‘I never stop looking. I never stop examining. I never stop inventing from what I see’
Jim Dine talks about his six-decade-long career, his various mediums of expression, his use of Pinocchio as a metaphor for art, and how he will never give up on a work
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Matthew Burrows – interview: ‘I think as an artist and I make as a painter’
The artist talks about his strategies for thinking about painting, how his long-distance running is integral to his work, and the unexpectedly huge success of his #ArtistSupportPledge idea
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In the Land of the Gods. Marc Chagall and the Greek World
This colourful exhibition explores the influences of the Hellenic world and its Bacchanalian myths on the Jewish artist of folklore, circus, and biblical tales
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Stalking the Image: Margaret Tait and her Legacy
In the centenary year of Tait’s birth, this exhibition of short films celebrates her pioneering legacy alongside the work of younger artists whom she influenced
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Beyond Ophelia: A Celebration of Lizzie Siddal, Artist and Poet
Best known as Millais’ Ophelia, Lizzie Siddal was a Pre-Raphaelite artist and poet in her own right. She died young, with no particularly established reputation, and this small exhibition is only the second entirely in her honour
