Helen Cobby, Author at Trebuchet

Author: Helen Cobby

Helen is an independent art critic and curator with an MA in The History of Art from UCL. Her research interests include nineteenth-century French art and ephemeral objects, Rodin’s sculpture and his developments in photography, and contemporary studio craft. She also keeps a blog - helencobby.wordpress.com and a Twitter account: @HelenCobby

We are watching your culture too. Captured

15/04/2015

Captured highlights the premise that embracing diversity is essential for the continued development of Native American art....

The celebration of – and craze for – textiles and stitching

05/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”H/dropcapeart Space Studios is a lively and unusual gem in North Bristol with a variety of textile classes on offer. Peyote stitch beaded...

Arboretum : Royal West of England Academy

17/01/2015

Fittingly, many of the paintings also included in this show are left raw and unframed, exposed to the elements – and artistic scrutiny....

Gurney at Al Shifa hospital, Gaza, by Kerry Anne Mendoza

Palestine: What Hope Peace? [Film]

29/11/2014

There is nothing left of 'Palestine', just small and disconnected pockets of pain. Further divisions and segregation will not work....

Contemporary Sculpture, Zabludowicz Collection

16/07/2014

At the Zabludowicz Collection, it is not just our perception of different media that is challenged, but also our relationships to time, scale, colour, form and materials...

Bellamy Quilt, 1890-1. Pierced and embroidered silk by Herbert Bellamy and Charlotte Alice Springall

British Folk Art at Tate Britain

23/06/2014

Challenging our perceptions of art and viewing rituals in art galleries : British Folk Art....

Dale Chihuly : Halcyon Gallery

11/06/2014

Going Beyond the Object into Shadows of Pure Colour: Dale Chihuly’s Glass Sculptures at the Halcyon Gallery...

Matisse Live : Tate Modern

09/06/2014

Here art is about joy, tranquillity and hope. Not all art can be like this, but when it is, it is often at its most beautiful and poignant...

Cutting his Way to Freedom: Henri Matisse

18/04/2014

Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs is a must-see for so many different reasons. The Tate director, Nicholas Serota, claims it will be “the most evocative and compelling show that London has ever seen”....

War: The Exile and the Rock Limpet exhibited 1842

Late Turner : Painting Set Free

18/03/2014

Tate Britain’s Late Turner keeps Turner on the stage rather than focusing on his exit. As co-curator Sam Smiles said, these are “paintings with subjects that have resonance”. ...

Ruin Lust : Tate Britain

05/03/2014

Ruins can point towards futures, potentials, opportunities and constructions of the new, as well as to endings...

A picture of Picasso and Truth by TJ Clark

TJ Clark : Picasso and Truth

20/11/2013

Clark interprets Picasso’s output in the 1920s as a time marking the end of intimacy and proximity – the end of ‘close-ups’ to things one knows in daily life. ...

A picture of Gromit at the RWA exhibition in Bristol

Gromit Unleashed (RWA, Bristol)

18/09/2013

The Gromit trail acted as an excuse to explore the diverse areas of Bristol. It encouraged us to walk round the city, disguising exercise as fun entertainment. ...