Books
A View of Oxford That Evades Its “Ethos of ‘Intellectualism’”
“Oxford has a complex social divide that tends to be ignored,” says photographer Arturo Soto.
England
Art
Paula Rego’s Raging Women
Rego’s women are always independent spirits, and they are often raging.
Art
Two Forms of Sculptural Ingenuity
For Eduardo Chillida, a work was a finished thing. Gustav Metzger, on the other hand, would make works that sometimes existed in a state of perpetual evolution.
Art
JR, Down the Barrel of the Camera
This is a public, political art that invites us to see the world differently, and even encourage the spirit of community.
News
Artist-Activists Arrested at “Cut the Crap” Protests in London
Extinction Rebellion cheekily called the action at Daily Mail offices its "Submission for the 2021 Turner Prize."
Art
Barbara Hepworth’s Monumental Elegance
The exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life is both an examination of some of the best of her artworks and a spasmodic account of her life.
News
A Tunnel Threatens Stonehenge’s UNESCO World Heritage Status
UNESCO recently put further pressure on the UK government to address concerns about the controversial plan.
Art
What to Make of Nero?
An exhibition takes on the notorious Roman emperor, from gleaming marble to roaring flames.
Art
Sanya Kantarovsky’s Truth-Bearing Fantasy
Kantarovsky’s paintings unveil reality as a fabrication whose true form is instability and transience.
Art
A Flawed Retrospective for a Surrealist Rebel
There is so much information handed to us in the exhibition, Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy that we risk forgetting what we might think if we came fresh to a painting.
Art
A Painter of the Bloomsbury Group Comes Into View
You could say that Nina Hamnett fell victim to her own reckless self-mythologizing.
Art
Standing Inside Yayoi Kusama’s Mind
How much of the effect is the object reflected, or the reflection of the object?