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By Edward Kettleborough Hogarth and Europe- Tate Britain, until 20 March 2022 There are two essential components to a great exhibition: the first is the group of artworks on show; the second is the way said artworks are displayed and interpreted. Hogarth and Europe triumphs in the first category, but Tate Britain’s latest blockbuster falls... Continue Reading →
By Marie-Sylvette Boré Baudelaire, the melancholic modernity - Bibliothèque National de France (BNF), 20th November - 22th February 2022. On the 9th April 1821 one of the most famous romantic literary French figures was born: Charles Baudelaire. For the bicentenary of his birth the BnF wished to celebrate his achievements with an exhibition that invites... Continue Reading →
By Madeline Brace Disclaimer: This article and the articles linked below feature potentially distressing subject matter including sexism and child abuse/exploitation. Cover Image: Portrait of Pope Innocent X, Diego Velasquez, 1650. Diego Velasquez is one of the most prominent and well known of the 17th century Spanish ‘Golden Age’ artists. Born in Seville in 1599,... Continue Reading →
By Emika Suzuki Portentously occupying a spacious exhibition room in the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart Berlin, six gargantuan chunks of tallow emanate the faint organic odour of beef fat, consuming the uncanny expanse with an inexplicable liminality. To make matters more bizarre, the tallow are embedded with AC transformers and digital millivoltmeters, as if... Continue Reading →
By Madeline Brace Cover Image: Bal du Moulin de la Galette, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876. Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Johannes Vermeer might seem like an unusual comparison to make. The two artists were, after all, working 200 years apart. The former lived in France, the latter in what is now the Netherlands. However, despite their differences and... Continue Reading →
By Florence Chadwick Cover photo by @tomoutblog Combining a forest of automated trees with floating scented bubbles, Silent Fall is A A Murakami's latest installation at Superblue exhibition space in Piccadilly. This multisensory experience has been plastered all over TikTok since October and despite mixed reviews, seems to be remaining popular with tickets having just... Continue Reading →
The society recently held a creative competition, challenging young artists to submit work created under lockdown - and here are the results! FIRST PLACE The Girl With A Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge by Emma Andrews. My inspiration for this piece came from the fact that nowadays we experience much of what art has to offer... Continue Reading →
By Carys Granger Podcasts are a constructive and captivating form of digesting information without needing to concentrate exclusively on them. They can be listened to in many different contexts: while doing university work, going on a walk or simply relaxing. As museums, galleries, and art spaces are not currently available in person, podcasts provide our... Continue Reading →
By Florence Chadwick With yet another national lockdown having been implemented by Boris on the 4th, I find myself yet again confined to the house with very little to do - so why not boost that application you have hiding away or improve your CV with one of these free courses? Open Arts Archive The... Continue Reading →
By Florence Chadwick New year, new you but most importantly a new room for most of us. Lockdown has us spending a lot more time indoors and consequently crafting your own personal space is key to your comfort, wellbeing and lets be honest...the basis for a cool background for all those inevitable zoom calls and... Continue Reading →
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