Category: Art

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle

Adam Lee, ‘This Earthen Tent’ (2017), oil and synthetic polymer on canvas, 190X145CM

Adam Lee: This Earthen Tent

07/09/2017

Experiential visions that are both magical and foreboding, familiar and strange...

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Monira Al Qadiri

Monira Al Qadiri: The Craft

30/08/2017

Kuwaiti-cana? Exploring gender, politics and petro-cultures at Gasworks...

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Franciska Themerson

Franciska Themerson: Designing the Avant Garde

22/08/2017

Whimsical worlds: Revisiting the Avant-Garde...

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Shannon Te Ao

Pensive Moods, Poignant Scenes: Shannon Te Ao

16/08/2017

Disparate narratives for emotive contemplation at this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival...

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The Manicured Wild

The Manicured Wild (Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery)

31/07/2017

Johnny Briggs and Evy Jokhova explore the gap where man and nature meet at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery...

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Treasures from the wreck of the Unbelievable

Treasures From the Wreck of the Unbelievable (Damien Hirst)

25/07/2017

Part fantasy, part Hollywood, all Hirst. The master of spectacles hits Venice...

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Rencontres d'Arles

Sunflowers and Daguerreotypes: Rencontres d’Arles

17/07/2017

At the opening week of the Rencontres d’Arles international photography festival ...

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Julien Pacaud, The Operator

Control, chaos and geometry: Julien Pacaud

14/07/2017

French illustrator and artist Julien Pacaud makes a study of control, and letting it go...

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Quit Dithering: Making Good Decisions Efficiently

07/07/2017

Stop being over critical, and instead release your inner coach...

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Christian Thompson: Berceuse (Rebecca Hossack Gallery)

21/06/2017

Celebrating 29 Years of Australian Aboriginal Art in London...

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Benedict Drew

Something Nasty Trickles Down: Benedict Drew (Whitechapel Gallery)

19/06/2017

Exploring exactly what is falling from above in the trickle-down economy...

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A Handful of Dust, Whitechapel Gallery

A Handful of Dust (Whitechapel Gallery)

09/06/2017

All we are is dust in the wind. Whitechapel Gallery retread the inestimable wisdom of Kansas (and T.S. Eliot)...

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Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Tushauriane – Let’s Talk About It (Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga)

26/05/2017

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga transforms her history and memories into monumental wall-hanging sculptures that are sure to surprise ...

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Jospeh Chidlaw

A Gravitas of Culture: Joseph Chidlaw (Interview)

24/05/2017

A new and vibrant voice in contemporary painting, Joseph Chidlaw talks to Trebuchet about his art and influences...

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Art in Adversity: Magdalena Abakanowicz Remembered

16/05/2017

Looking back on the life and career of Polish sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz...

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Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti at Tate Modern

10/05/2017

An extensive retrospective at Tate Modern sees Alberto Giacometti's works embodying human anxieties and alienation...

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Trebuchet Issue 1 Launch

05/05/2017

Whisky, discussion and high spirits mark the launch of Trebuchet magazine's issue on art curation. ...

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Iself, Whitechapel Gallery

Viewing the Inner Billygoat: Self-Portraiture at Whitechapel Gallery

01/05/2017

Portraiture becomes an extension of the artist in search of deeper answers, at Whitechapel Gallery...

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Seignosse bunker

Look On My Works, Ye Mighty. And Grind.

19/04/2017

Buried hubris and follies of personality along southern France's Atlantikwall...

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Moroccan Pop: Hassan Hajjaj

13/04/2017

Moroccan Roll: Hassan Hajjaj blends US, Arabic and London imagery in a pop art approach that is all his own...

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cie carabosse

Fight Fire with Fire: Cie Carabosse at Womadelaide (Interview)

28/03/2017

Cie Carabosse go beyond firepots and flashworks with their Exodus of Forgotten Peoples installation...

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Architecture as Metaphor – Griffin Gallery, March 9 – April 21st

09/03/2017

So ubiquitous we hardly notice it, Architecture is among our primary metaphors. Griffin Gallery explores the notion...

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Is It OK if I Take A Quick Shot? The Trials of Curation

06/02/2017

Art, controversy, exhibition. In introduction to the curator's metier...

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Documents of the Disturbed. Alva Bernadine, New Photography

31/12/2016

A very suburban sort of smut permeates Bernadine's latest series ...

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President Trump, Napoleon and The Eclipse of Dignity

29/12/2016

Does history, art or philosophy offer any survival tips for the incoming US presidency?...

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Escaping the Vortex: Would Wyndham Lewis Have Approved?

23/12/2016

Vorticism's urge to cut away the fat of modern life remains valid today...

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Science & Modern Man, the right (and wrong) way to take Wyndham Lewis.

12/12/2016

Lewis looked upon his contemporaries with a measure of scorn, but at least attempted to engage them positively...

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Blasted Feminism: Group X, Wyndham Lewis, and Women

07/12/2016

Not one to court populist acclaim, Wyndham Lewis looked upon feminism with a mixture of admiration and scorn...

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The Beauty of the In-Between: String of Subsequence

05/12/2016

Discovering the intricate beauty of the in-between...

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And When the Sleeper Wakes? (H.G.Wells, Wyndham Lewis and Nietzche)

28/11/2016

Flirting with Fascism is a dangerous game, particularly when misinterpreting Nietzche...

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