politics Archives - Trebuchet

Image shows painting by Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) Wald (Forest) , 1973–74 Watercolour on paper, 17 x 24 cm Hall Collection. Courtesy of the Hall Art Foundation. © Anselm Kiefer. Photo: Adam Reic

Can you really paint a metaphor? Anselm Kiefer’s early works may have the answer

20/01/2025

The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, presents a landmark exhibition of German artist Anselm Kiefer....

A portrait of artist Chantal Meza with her artwork.

Chantal Meza: The State of Disappearance, at University of Bath

30/08/2024

Mexican artist Chantal Meza tackles global disappearance in new University of Bath exhibition....

Barbershop Boor (2022) 1m x 1m oil on canvas by Michael Eden.

Goya in Time-Based Media (Reflecting on the summer of 2024)

15/08/2024

Excoriating and insightful, painter and poet Michael Eden reflects, in verse, on the machinations of the mob....

Exhibited Histories of Erasure

07/11/2023

State of Disappearance, Bristol 2023...

Midnight Oil 2019 London Photographer Awais Butt_small

Cultural Messengers: Midnight Oil Keep Burning

05/05/2022

Moods stretch from the wilderness reverie of ‘Tarkine’ and the poignant ‘Lost At Sea’ to the anthemic protest celebration...

Hope and Myth in Mitch Griffiths’ Immortal

28/04/2022

A review of Mitch Griffiths IMMORTAL exhibition at Halcyon Gallery...

The Roots and Ramifications of Boundaries

27/07/2020

Surrealist Lessons in Freedom of Speech. The Roots and Ramifications of Boundaries...

Radical Black Resistance

16/06/2020

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, a new show explores the impact of Angela Davis' visit to East Germany in 1972. ...

Twin Temple a coven of virtue, a covenant of sacred sin.

06/03/2020

A vision of and interview with Satanic doo-Wop duo Twin Temple....

Keeping The Faith – The Billy Bragg Election Tour

24/11/2019

This sold-out show was a call to arms that there is another way, and that we can take a great leap forwards to a fairer, more equal society....

Hair Of The Dog – Or Not?

17/03/2019

Ferocious Dog shave the Mohawk and unleash the hell hounds on Highbury's Garage....

Ballot: Satirical Saturday Cartoon on Art by Alex Brenchley 2019

TRA: Ballot

16/03/2019

Ballot: Satirical Saturday Cartoon on Art by Alex Brenchley 2019...

US Art Dealers Mobilising in Support of Democrats

06/11/2018

An initiative by Swing Left is part of an effort to mobilise the left-leaning energies of the art world to get out the vote for Democrats. ...

Solidarity And Songwriting – Grace Petrie Interview Part 2

17/08/2018

Sarah Corbett-Batson: To what extent do you feel that you’re preaching to the converted? Grace: What is the converted these days? I tell you, I can’t remember another time in my life that I’ve...

Solidarity and Skittles – Grace Petrie Interview Part 1

14/08/2018

Singer-songwriter Grace Petrie talks about her renewed faith in the Labour Party, queer politics and Skittles...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Girl With No Name

29/06/2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the crusading socialist who just shocked American politics....

A Taste of Dissent

21/06/2018

Investigative journalist Abby Martin and the challenge of enquiry...

A Whiff of Polonium, Or Smoke and Mirrors?

22/03/2018

US economic and militarist aggression is to blame for Russian military posturing. ...

Guns, Firearms and (Don’t) Have a Go Heroes

15/03/2018

Few among us can predict how they would respond in an eruption of violent, death-delivering madness. Better not to judge....

Plastic pollution doesn't just wash up on the beach - it is a threat to the whole of our environment.

Reinventing the Plastic Bottle

01/03/2018

Plastic pollution is a major crisis, especially in the form of bottles. So, what can we do?...

Boris Johnson is represented here by a wax-work. But can we tell the difference?

Boris Johnson – the blonde bomb site returns

22/02/2018

It's perhaps too easy to mock Boris Johnson. And yet he remains an ominous symptom of a society in decline....

Gender equality in Westminster is still a work in progress.

Hundreds of Westminster seats effectively men-only

15/02/2018

Gender equality in Parliament is held back by Westminster’s voting system, according to new research by the Electoral Reform Society. ...

Who needs Web Porn when you've got Hot Swan on Leda action?

Web Porn: The War on W*nk

15/02/2018

Plans to restrict Web Porn is more informed by humbug than serious debates, and reflects a deeper social dysfunction....

Beppe Grillo is a clear example of the line between Comedy & Politics being crossed. But is that a good thing?

‘Is That Funny?’ Comedy and Politics

08/02/2018

Across the globe, the line between Comedy and Politics is growing ever more blurred. This event discusses the implications, and the punchlines, that result....

Trump gives the 2018 State of the Union address with Vice President Pence and Speaker Ryan in the background.

SOTU 2018: Donald Trump Colonises America

08/02/2018

Donald Trump's State of the Union speech last week revealed many things and (surprise) more than a few echoes of colonialism....

Blackmail, Sexism, Bias: RIP BBC News

25/01/2018

It is time for BBC News to die. It is in a dreadful state, like a horse in the Grand National that's about to be shot....

America, Whither Went the Dream?

24/01/2018

On the hunt for the spectres of an American dream long departed...

You may like privatisation, but not a lot.

Carillion’s fall – privatisation and magical thinking

18/01/2018

In the aftermath of Carillion's collapse, and its winning of government contracts despite clear profit warnings, where does this leave privatisation?...