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The agony and ecstasy of Rodin
The artist best known for The Kiss and The Thinker infused dumb matter with passionate emotions, as The Making of Rodin at Tate Modern reveals.
She chose to challenge
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #ChosetoChallenge. If there was one person about whom this could be said it was Larissa Reisner.… Read More »She chose to challenge
Engels in the crosshairs
Frederick Engels was Karl Marx’s closest friend and collaborator. In the light of the ongoing ecological crisis and Covid-19 pandemic, Engels’ Dialectics of Nature takes… Read More »Engels in the crosshairs
How ecology and socialism co-evolved
John Bellamy Foster’s epic account explains how the the concept of a dialectics of nature was crucial in the development of ecological thought.
The Force dyad in St James
Depths of emotion aroused by the pandemic are enhanced by a strange pairing of artists
Exciting times. Dangerous times.
81-year jazz legend Joe McPhee talks to Corinna Lotz about how the pandemic has changed his life and his music
Aching
Artists in Quarantine No.7
Painting and drawing make Julie Held feel alive and with the world. An intensely social person, she belongs to several artists’ organisations including the London Group.
So now she is aching.
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A sense of liberation
Artists in Quarantine No.6
A second wave of infections, more quarantines, lockdowns, as the invisible virus searches for new hosts. Uncertainty about what the future has in store. When will we meet friends and family again?
Sculptor and multi-media artist Caroline Pick’s recent evolution can be seen as a metaphor for this moment of collective uncertainty. She is a many-sided personality who embraces a wealth of media, modes, disciplines and genres.
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The chess piece logic of Cuckooland
Artists in Quarantine No.5 So much has changed that going out to see things and meet people, let alone see and touch real physical art… Read More »The chess piece logic of Cuckooland
A sight for sore eyes
Oh no, not another Impressionism show! Gauguin again? Is this to pull in the punters with a bankable display of old favourites? Recycling the reliable?… Read More »A sight for sore eyes
The Covids are coming
Artists in Quarantine No.4
Invisible to the naked eye, the Covid-19 virus seems an impossible subject for an artist stimulated by the visual world around her/him. And yet for David Downes the ‘Covids’ became a source of inspiration.
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Mind games under lockdown
Artists in Quarantine No. 3 “Far away from the merry-go-round of the market place, the only reasoning is to keep going on and stay safe”… Read More »Mind games under lockdown
Virus – dimensions unknown
Artists in Quarantine No. 2 The Freud Museum was the perfect location. An artist who plumbs the depths of the human psyche and one of… Read More »Virus – dimensions unknown
A silver lining for a scary time
Artists under Quarantine: The first in a new series by Corinna Lotz When the coronavirus pandemic broke out, Michele del Campo felt he could not… Read More »A silver lining for a scary time
The best of times and the worst of times
We are locked down, and yet the wealth of offerings via digital platforms has blossomed to extraordinary proportions. It’s truly an embarrassment of riches. Artists,… Read More »The best of times and the worst of times