Art
Visions of Home that Are Gut-Wrenching, Contemplative, and Funny
In Homelands, artists variously characterize home as “a transient dwelling,” “an ongoing process,” and “other people.”
Naomi Polonsky
Naomi Polonsky is a London-based curator, art critic, and translator. She studied at the University of Oxford and the Courtauld Institute of Art and has experience working at the Hermitage Museum and Tate Modern.
News
Activists Dressed as Trojan Figures Crash Opening of BP-Funded Exhibition
Activist group BP or not BP? interrupted the opening of Troy: Myth and Reality at the British Museum, dressed as “living statues," including a character of their own invention, “Petroleus.”
News
In Its First UK Action, PAIN Sackler Holds "Die-in" at the V&A
Warning of "toxic philanthropy," activists gathered in the museum's Sackler Courtyard, honoring the five people who die every day in the UK from opioid overdoses.
Art
Turner Prize Nominees Consider the Injustices Brought About by Borders
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo, and Tai Shani have been shortlisted for the coveted prize.
News
Invoking "Climate Emergency," National Galleries of Scotland Will End Ties With British Petroleum
The gallery follows in the footsteps of Tate, the National Theatre, and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Art
Mona Hatoum's Multiple, Often Contradictory Meanings
In her new exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey, the artist presents works that loom and cower, at one moment inviting us in, at the next shutting us out.
Art
A Historic Conceptual Art Group Has Taken Over a French Château
For the last few years, the Château de Montsoreau has been home to one of the most significant museums of contemporary art outside of Paris.
Art
Banksy Opens London Art Shop Same Week He Sets $12M Auction Record
The anonymous artist has opened a shop in the south London borough of Croydon to showcase some of his characteristically humorous items.
News
Hundreds of Art Workers Join Global Climate Strike in London
On Friday, September 20, around 200 art workers, many of whom have been staunchly urging UK institutions to divest from oil sponsorship, left work and took to the streets to take part in the world’s largest-ever climate protest.
Film
The Hidden Labor Beneath the Global Economy
This year's Open City Documentary Festival in London screened numerous films which highlight the humanity and resilience of those on society's margins.
Film
Contemporary Filmmakers Are Using Fiction to Explore Facts
Several films at the Open City Documentary Festival unseat normal notions of "real" and "fake" in nonfiction.
Books
Capturing the Timeless Drawings of Milein Cosman
Ines Schlenker’s illustrated biography, Milein Cosman: Capturing Time, proves Cosman’s importance both as an artist and as a chronicler of her period in artistic history.