me me me!
Frances Aviva Blane’s recent work juxtaposes masterful abstractions with obsessive self-images – on show in Woodstock, Oxfordshire
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Take only what you can carry
You could easily miss 10 Greatorex Street, off Whitechapel High Street in London’s East End. The graffitied shop fronts looked almost abandoned as we walked… Read More »Take only what you can carry
A testament to youth in post-war London
Roger Mayne may not be a household name, but he certainly deserves to be. Escaping from his privileged middle-class background, Mayne (1929-2014) was a self-taught… Read More »A testament to youth in post-war London
Ukraine’s art in the eye of the storm
Paintings as messengers: In the Eye of the Storm defies Putin’s attempt to erase Ukraine’s culture
Replacing the 3 Rs with curiosity, creativity, critical thinking and courtesy
Renewal, a Fifth Plinth sculpture by Patsy Hickman, celebrating adult education at Morley College is unveiled amidst acclaim
A story of horror, courage and hope
The team of woman curators who conceived Entangled Pasts had a sweeping ambition. They wanted to represent, and reflect on, the complexities and contradictions of… Read More »A story of horror, courage and hope
We want to show that we are humans: Palestine art in London
Palestine Museum founder Faisal Saleh and 20 artists defy the cancelling of their culture and identity with works offering a narrative of hope and beauty
Munich’s ‘waiting room’ for displaced persons
Interview with Jutta Fleckenstein of Munich’s Jewish Museum The experience of thousands of displaced people in immediate post-war Germany is brought to light in a… Read More »Munich’s ‘waiting room’ for displaced persons
Cultural revolution at No.21
Only a step away from the noise and bustle of Brixton Road in south London, you come across a display that bears witness to a… Read More »Cultural revolution at No.21
Berthe Morisot comes to London
Finally, a Berthe Morisot show in London leaves us hungry for more by this outstanding Impressionist.
Talking to the body, through the body
Maria Bartuszová is one of the most inventive and meaningful sculptors of her generation, constantly pushing the boundaries of what sculpture could be.
More discord
It’s the right time to see Frances Aviva Blane’s work at two exhibitions – one in London and another in Oxfordshire.
Blane’s paintings switch from the totally abstract to amorphous heads. She makes no attempt at naturalism, the depiction of individual features or references to events, past or present. Look at The Brave Truth, her current shows at Zuleika Gallery’s two venues. Wired, for example, is only a flurry of drips and looping dribbles on a stark white ground. Only blue, red and a nest of black. It’s anything and nothing.
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The well-known but unknown Cezanne
Not simple déjà vu but a deeper understanding of this still-mysterious master. Tate Modern’s collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago is an astonishing eye-opener.
The stuff of dreams and nightmares
Thanks to independent gallerist Jonathan Ross, a leading feminist artist has been ‘uncancelled’. In an upcoming show, ceramicist Claudia Clare duets with painter Frances Aviva… Read More »The stuff of dreams and nightmares
The poet uncancelled
Poet Adnan al-Sayegh responds to his ‘cancellation’ at the Third International House of Poetry Festival in Irbid in Jordan
Huge London support for Ukraine
Over 150,000 people demanded an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and denounced Putin’s regime in a powerful and spirited demonstration in London on March 26.