Crown to Couture: Exhibition Review

Witness the transformation of clothing into artistic masterpieces. 

Artist Spotlight – On Kawara

By Otty Allum On Kawara was a Japanese conceptual artist, associated with artistic figures such as Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth and Hanne Darboven. His work was notable for its inclusion of text and numbers, the length of time he spent on a series of artworks and the way in which Kawara utilised minimalism in order...

Staff Interviews – Professor Jason Edwards

Interview conducted by Emma Andrews University can be a daunting endeavour, but the University of York is very fortunate to have a welcoming and friendly History of Art department who are there to help with any academic questions you may have. Get to know your department better with this series of interviews with our History...

Staff Interviews – Dr Ana Bilbao Yarto

Interview conducted by Emma Andrews University can be a daunting endeavour but the University of York is very fortunate to have a welcoming and friendly History of Art department who are there to help with any academic questions you may have. Get to know your department better with this series of interviews with our History...

Artist Spotlight – John Akomfrah

By Emma Andrews John Akomfrah, a British-Ghanaian artist, is well known for searing video installations that examine issues ranging from climate change to colonialism. Recently, he was announced to represent Great Britain at the 60th edition of the International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2024. Aged 65, Akomfrah, who was recently presented...

A Walk Through The Hepworth Wakefield

By Magdalena Sajnog This review of my recent trip to Hepworth Wakefield will reflect on the experience of the modern and contemporary art housed within the gallery, as a person who is not accustomed to it but eager to explore. The Hepworth Wakefield is a gallery created around the legacy of Barbara Hepworth, a modern...

Looking Back On the Venice Biennale: An Eerie Look into Humanities Past and Future Through the Italian Pavilion

By Emma Andrews Venice Biennale: The Milk of Dreams - Venice from 23 April to 27 November 2022 The Venice Biennale is an international art exhibition that runs for six months every two years. Last year's show was curated by Cecilia Alemani and ran from 23rd April to 27th November 2022. When taking on this...

Power and Prejudice: Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art

By Edward Kettleborough Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art- BBC2, two episodes, available on iPlayer. A pornographic Roman statuette. A Caravaggist painting from the stores of York Art Gallery. Daphne Todd’s haunting portrait of her deceased mother. An 18th century bronze copy of Laocoon and his Sons. Goya’s Disasters of War. A Giordano of Perseus and Medusa...

Science, Poetry, and Subjectivity: Kandinsky and his treatises

By May Niederhausen Feature Image: Colour study. Squares with Concentric Circles, Wassily Kandinsky, 1913. As a history of art student, people will sometimes ask me what my dream exhibition would be, if I could freely choose and arrange any artworks I pleased. Making a definite decision on this is pretty much impossible, but there is...

Man and Beast: Bacon at the RA

By Edward Kettleborough Francis Bacon: Man and Beast- Royal Academy, until 17 April 2022 Over the years I have seen numerous works by Francis Bacon in the flesh. They had undoubted painterly power and striking imagery, but in my memory blurred into one mass of distorted faces and twisted bodies, caged into cubes against monochrome...