Art
The Makings of Madonnas
The peculiarities of pregnancy in art, from corsets to belly pads and hidden bumps.
London
Announcement
Phillips to Offer El Anatsui's "Affirmation"
The work is part of A Vision in Red, a collection offered at Phillips, London’s 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening & Day Sales. The auctions will take place on February 13 and 14.
News
A Crowdfunding Campaign Aims to Bring Four Historic Philippine Films Home
The DaangDokyu Documentary Festival hopes to raise enough funds by February 1 to make these important cultural and historical films available in their country of origin.
Art
Longing to Know More About David Bomberg, Who Blazed Like a Comet Through London's Stuffy Art Scene
Young Bomberg and the Old Masters, presented in a finite form, could have been so much bigger, more ambitious, and more intellectually adventurous.
Art
Artists, Designers, and Activists Address Climate Breakdown in a Pop-Up Exhibition
Depictions of Living imagines itself as an act of protest, touching on both the microcosm of individual actions and the macrocosm of the Anthropocene.
Art
Picasso, Paper Monster
Paper, in short, was at one with Picasso's nature.
Art
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.
Art
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.
Art
A Private Memoir, Pried Open
Charlotte Salomon’s Life? Or Theater? is the story of a difficult and painful redemption through art.
Art
Two Artists Stare Into the Face of Death
In Misbehaving Bodies, Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery’s works consider the protracted degeneration of the body.
Film
50 Years Later, Watching Jimi Hendrix Onstage (On Film)
I’ve often forgotten Hendrix’s impact on me, but attending a fleeting screening of Gerry Goldstein’s long-unreleased The Jimi Hendrix Experience: The Royal Albert Hall in the titular venue presented a rare opportunity to experience those feelings afresh.
News
Man Vandalized a Picasso Portrait of Dora Maar at Tate Modern
Shakeel Massey, a 20-year-old from north London, was arrested for allegedly ripping the $26 million painting. The damage to the artwork is being assessed by a Tate conservation team.