Drawn from archival photographs, memories, and imagination, Cassi Namoda’s family portraits emanate warmth and comfort.
England
The Untamed Jungles of Vivian Suter’s Abstract Paintings
While the ecological aspect of Suter’s work is particularly timely, her obvious enjoyment of pure color and form makes her artworks all the more enduring.
Henry Moore, Bill Brandt, and Where They Intersect
Throwing together a sculptor and photographer and hoping for a spark.
The Makings of Madonnas
The peculiarities of pregnancy in art, from corsets to belly pads and hidden bumps.
The Perfectly Imperfect Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry, the celebrated potter, is indefatigable on the subject of himself.
Cowboys, Curators, and Finicky-Fingered Mincers
As fairly customary, Glen Baxter is taking a tilt at the absurdities of the fuzzy, whizzy showbizyness of the art world.
Pre-Raphaelite Women Don’t Quite Get Their Due
While Pre-Raphaelite Sisters does write the female characters of the Pre-Raphaelite era into art history, it falls short by relegating these talented artists to the roles of lover and muse.
A Private Memoir, Pried Open
Charlotte Salomon’s Life? Or Theater? is the story of a difficult and painful redemption through art.
A Worthwhile But Flawed Reconsideration of Orientalist Art
The British Museum’s Inspired by the East asks its audience to rehabilitate Orientalist art without ever focusing on what made it problematic in the first place.
Jessica Dismorr Is Getting Her Due, 80 Years Too Late
There is much to praise about Radical Women: Jessica Dismorr and her Contemporaries, and there is not a little to regret.