Eleri Mills – A Deep Sense of Belonging
The colour palette in Wales at the moment is one of muted browns, dour greys and mucky khaki. So what a perfect season to come across the work of...
Candy Bedworth 16 January 2020
Women Artists
Fighting for Visibility in Berlin: In Conversation with the Curator
I have managed to ask a couple of questions of Dr. Yvette Deseyve, the curator of the exhibition Fighting for Visibility. Women Artists in the...
Magda Michalska 22 November 2019
Vincent van Gogh Revisited: Art of Hope Gangloff
The American artist Hope Gangloff (born in 1974) made several landscape paintings this year, some of which are reminiscent of Vincent van...
Michel Rutten 20 November 2019
#MeToo Arrived in Museums: Fighting for Visibility in Berlin
Since the 1970s and the emergence of feminist art, we have been witnessing the development of feminist art scholarship. Authors like Linda Nochlin or...
Magda Michalska 18 November 2019
Conversations with Naomi Frears
Naomi Frears is a visual artist and filmmaker based in the Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, UK. I was lucky enough to touch base with this incredible...
Candy Bedworth 6 November 2019
Billie Bond’s Kintsugi: The Crack Is Where the Light Gets in
Kintsugi (金継ぎ translates as “gold joinery”) is a Japanese art form and philosophy of repairing broken or cracked pottery with gold...
Nadine Waldmann 30 October 2019
Magdalena Rădulescu – a Romanian Woman Painter
Magdalena Rădulescu (1902- 1983) is a singular phenomenon among the Romanian and European painters. Her work (she had an artistic career spanning...
Guest Profile 18 October 2019
Through Scissors and Shadows: The Art and Films of Lotte Reiniger
Late one night while struggling with a bit of insomnia, I was channel surfing. I came across a stunning and hypnotic, silent, animated film that was...
Nadine Waldmann 31 August 2019
Dame Ethel Walker – A Sensitive Portrait
Summer is on her way out the door, signalled by darker nights and chilly mornings. But before we bid her farewell, let’s take a look at one more...
Candy Bedworth 22 August 2019
Jeanne Hébuterne: Not Only a Muse but an Artist in Her Own Right
This article is not about the tragic love story between Jeanne Hébuterne and Amedeo Modigliani (if you want to read about it, click here). This...
Magda Michalska 12 July 2019
Take a Trip with Rosemary Ellis
As we head into summer holiday season, let’s take a look back at the gorgeous travel posters designed by British artist Rosemary Ellis. One of the...
Candy Bedworth 11 July 2019
Lubaina Himid’s Dinner Service at the V&A
In 2017, Lubaina Himid won the Turner Prize (and she was the oldest winner ever, aged 63!). Ten years before she presented her work Swallow Hard: The...
Magda Michalska 14 May 2019
