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Picturing Loss: On Francesca Woodman by Lisa Goodrum

14th December 202215th December 2022  Lisa Goodrum

Heavy with heartache and loss, Lisa Goodrum turned to the haunting photography of Francesca Woodman to make sense of the pain and the blurry, achromatic period that was the summer of 2019. Here, in hauntingly beautiful prose, she tells her story.

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Posted in Art and design, Arts, Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: art, arts criticism, creative non-fiction, Diane Arbus, Francesca Woodman, Lisa Goodrum, love, memoir, relationships, Robert Mapplethorpe

Beyond the Confines of Nell Brookfield’s Canvas

13th December 2022  Rachel Ashenden

Rachel Ashenden talks to artist Nell Brookfield about how her evocative paintings’ capture the strange in the quotidian and unleash the animalistic in the human.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: art, Nell Brookfield, profile, Rachel Ashenden, subconscious, Surrealism

Somebody Else’s Muse by Rolake Osabia

24th August 202224th August 2022  Rolake Osabia

In this beautifully evocative essay, Rolake Osabia reflects on her own practice as an artist and painter of portraiture, and describes what it felt like to relinquish control, have her own portrait painted, and become somebody else’s muse.

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Posted in Art and design, Arts, Arts EssaysTagged: art, Black Artists, British Black Women artists, Caribbean artists, Cece Philips, paintings, portraiture, Rolake Osabia, self-portrait, women artists, Women in the Arts

Excess, desire and devilry in Art City Works and Purslane’s virtual exhibition, Saturnalia

20th January 202220th January 2022  Isabella Hill

Isabella Hill revels in the surreal, macabre and joyously colourful works of Oriele Steiner, Caroline Wong and Hera Gedikoglu at Art City Works and Purslane’s online exhibition, Saturnalia.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Amelie Peace, Anna Illsley, art, Art City Works, Caroline Wong, Dante, Hira Gedikoglu, Isabella Hill, Oriele Steiner, Roman Festival of Saturnalia, Saturnalia, The Divine Comedy

Bloody Barbarella by Molly Williams

11th January 202211th January 2022  Molly Williams

Angry at the sexual harassment women experience, Molly Williams began to paint something disturbing but powerful. The resulting painting, Bloody Barbarella, was her way of speaking back and subverting the violence of misogyny.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: #MeToo, art, Barbarella, Baroque, BAROQUE Guest Editorial, Feminism, Jane Fonda, Molly Williams, painting, sexual harassment, Valley of the Dolls

O.o.o.h!: a menstrual project by Ben Caro and Kat Cutler-MacKenzie

10th January 202213th February 2022  Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie

Artists Kat Cutler-MacKenzie and Ben Caro discuss their collaborative work, O.o.o.h! , a semi-pedagogic, semi-absurd investigation into the menstrual cycle inspired, in part, by the thought of philosopher Graham Harman and the photographs of Rafal Miłach.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: abortion rights, art, Ben Caro, Bodies, Graham Harman, Kat Cutler-MacKenzie, menstruation, My Body's Bodies Editorial, Oooh!, protest, Rafal Miłach

Rosanne Robertson’s Subterrane at Maximillian William

20th December 202128th December 2021  Catherine Howe

Rosanne Robertson’s Subterrane uses both the ruggedness and fluidity of the West Cornish coastline to celebrate the beauty of queer bodies and gender non-conformity, writes Catherine Howe.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: art, atomatism, Catherine Howe, Cornwall, drawing, Film, Ithell Colquhon, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA+, Maximillian William, painting, Queer Art, queer identities, Rosanne Robertson, sculpture, Sea, Subterrane, Surrealism, trans identities, water

The Rebel Within Reclaims Magic: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021

29th November 2021  Emily Walters

Artist Yinka Shonibare curates a vibrant, magical and moving Summer Exhibition, one where a multiplicity of voices and artistic perspectives speak to the pain and progress of both past and present, writes Emily Walters.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: art, Bill Traylor, Black Obsidian Sound System, Bob and Roberta Smith, craft, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Humphrey Ocean, Mali Morris, Ofunne Azinge, painting, Pelin Pelin, Raúl de Nieves, Royal Academy, sculpture, sound installations, Summer Exhibition, Sylvie Franquet, Tracey Emin, Yinka Shonibare

Dwaal by Irenosen Okojie

4th October 20216th October 2021  Irenosen Okojie

In this courageous and powerful piece, Irenosen Okojie discusses the emotional abuse and exploitation Black women creatives have experienced in various arts industries and calls for greater accountability amongst white male perpetrators.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-Fiction, OpinionTagged: art, black women, Black Women Creatives, Black Women's Lives Matter, Dwaal, Feminism, FKA Twigs, Intersectional Feminism, Irenosen Okojie, Publishing, Publishing Industry, Reese Witherspoon, Rolake Osabia, Shirley Jackson, Tina Turner

Womb Magic: The spirited world of Eileen Agar

28th June 202128th June 2021  Denise Hansen

In the Whitechapel’s latest retrospective, Eileen Agar is revealed as an artist of unique imagination, a free spirit whose repertoire looked to the magic of nature for inspiration, writes our contributor Denise Hansen.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Angel of Anarchy, art, collage, Eileen Agar, Joseph Bard, Marine Object, Surrealism, Ursula K Le Guin, Whitechapel Gallery, Women surrealists

It All Comes Down at the Barbican

10th March 202110th March 2021  Rochelle Roberts

Bringing together thirteen emerging artists between the ages of 16-25, the Barbican’s latest exhibition, It All Comes Down, explores how young people navigate the world and approach their artistic practise during the pandemic.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Annie Lee, Arabella Turner, art, Barbican, Barbican Centre, Becca Lynes, Dada, Defne Ozdenoren, Film, Jordan Robertson, Lay Stevens, Lockdown, Molly Morphew, Photography, Rebecca Cromwell, Rochelle Roberts, Safiye Grey, Sam Ahern, Sneha Alexander, Surrealism, Vangelis Trichias, Young Visual Arts Group

“We were very merry”: What Ida Nettleship John taught me about friendship and growing up

3rd March 20213rd March 2021  Eliza Goodpasture

Reading about the life and friendships of artist Ida Nettleship John has given doctoral student, Eliza Goodpasture, comfort during lockdown and companionship when friends feel far away.

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Posted in Art and design, Arts, Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: art, Covid-19, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, Dorealia McNeil, Edna Clarke Hall, Edna Waugh, Eliza Goodpasture, friendship, Gwen Salmond, Ida John, Sale School of Art, Wuthering heights

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