Art Review
Edward Burra’s Satirical Surrealism
The painter wanted to experience the shock of strangeness, to embrace the allure of the louche, the forbidden, the disapproved of.
Tate Britain
News
Protesters Denounce Tate’s Ties to Israel During Turner Prize Ceremony
Dozens of art workers gathered outside the museum during the award ceremony as artist Jasleen Kaur expressed solidarity with the Palestinian cause inside.
Art
Women Artists Take Over Tate Britain
What’s clear in Now You See Us is that the artists were excluded from the canon because of sociopolitical factors, not artistic merit.
Art
What’s Lost When Activist Art Enters the Institution?
The institutionalization of radical history in Women in Revolt! inevitably blunts the message, and streamlines the complex whole into a concise lineage.
Art
Two Decades of British Women Artists Striking Back
Women in Revolt! is essential viewing for those keen to understand the evolution of British feminism from the 1970s to 1990s.
Art
Was John Singer Sargent an Insufferable Snob?
Sargent’s sitters were all rich enough to employ him — the nouveau riches or (less often) the aristocratic, though it hardly matters.
Art
The Material Remains of Memory
All of the works in Material as Message ask us how we come to remember, through materials that suit the memories they’re trying to preserve.
Opinion
William Blake, Our Contemporary
Tate Britain did wisely to rehang the British poet and painter closer to modernity.
Art
Tate Unveils Chris Ofili Mural Commemorating Grenfell Tower Fire
The monumental work, inspired by the frescoes of Giotto and informed by testimonies from survivors of the fire, will be on display for 10 years.
Art
Enough With the Pre-Raphaelites Already!
Can we ever get enough of the Pre-Raphaelites, their lives, loves, and art? It seems not.
Art
Carnival and Colonialism Converge in Hew Locke's The Procession
Locke's stunning, sensuous spectacle of pattern and color, just like the grand tradition of Caribbean carnivals, hints at sinister elements that undergird the whole endeavor.
Art
Is It Possible to Enjoy Cornelia Parker’s Works Without Her Words?
Parker's stories bring so many of her works alive, give them meaning, and make us warm to her and to them. Is that a problem?