This participatory interpretive dance experience will stay with me for a long time. The piece affected me in ways I am not yet aware of; there were many subtleties in the show that participants passively accepted during the performance but were laced with meaning. For example, participants were asked to practice whistling at the start, […]
“There is no place for art when civilians are dying under the fire of missiles when citizens of Ukraine are hiding in shelters when Russian protesters are getting silenced.” Alexandra Sukhareva and Kirill Savchenkov Wealthy art collectors, hungry art dealers and eager auction houses looking for the next Phyllida Barlow will all gather at the […]
“There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolly and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.” Last November, Frida Kahlo’s Diego y yo was sold at auction for an impressive $34.9 million, breaking the record for the highest sold artwork by a Latin American Artist, and surpassing […]
The case of Jens Haaning has caught the art and business world in a frenzy. After receiving a commission of £62k by the Kunsten Museum, the Danish artist created two blank canvases, refused to return the money and called the piece Take the Money and Run. His gesture denounces the alleged capitalist institution and its […]
National Gallery Scotland, Modern One. Until October 10th 2021 Fredrick Douglass asked: What is a slave to the fourth of July? The most photographed American in the 19th century, yet frequently forgotten by history, Douglass was born into slavery, became a free famed orator, novelist, statesman, philosopher, intellectual and freedom-fighter. International acclaimed artist Isaac Julien creates […]
An open letter to new art writers about the revolutionary power of refusing inaccessible art language To whoever is taking their first steps into the world of arts, whether in academia or as a profession. To whoever comes next: filled with expectations and a love for the arts, well-spoken in a language which is not […]
Politics and fashion seem like two sides of a coin, but in fact, they are far more closely related than we realise. Fashion is not just a means to look good or a trend to follow. Fashion is a statement. It is a 2.5 trillion-dollar industry that allows us to express ourselves. Often fashion can […]
The newest showstopper art exhibition, a retrospective of the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, has just opened at the Royal Academy of Art in London. It is the first major exhibition of his artwork, although his name became renowned for his beautiful, yet disappointingly hazardous, ceramic sunflower seed installation at Tate Modern in 2010. The exhibition […]