Much of the time we view art, it is upon a plinth or in a frame. If this isn’t the case, works are usually artfully (forgive the pun) positioned in a gallery whose blank white walls function much like a frame, telling us where to look and what to look at. Trafalgar Square’s even got…
History. It’s known to repeat itself, it’s written by winners, it’s unattainable no matter how intensely it’s studied. Just narrow that down to British history, the kings and queens, the Saint Georges and the dragons, the reformations and incarcerations at the Tower, the gunpowder, treason, plots and Margaret Thatchers — there’s enough there to keep most…
The Saatchi Gallery is pleased to present its latest exhibition Painters’ Painters, a celebration of the age old medium of painting and how it is being both preserved and transformed by a selection of nine living artists. Briefly encounter each talented member of our line up and their vastly differing styles below, and be sure…
When it comes to aural pleasure, my musical preference knows no bounds of age or genre. On any given day, you could easily catch me goosestepping to Aqua, crooning along with jingly 50’s barbershop quartets like Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, wearing excessive denim to Tears for Fears or trampling strangers in a mosh pit to…
Speaking from a personal standpoint, I fully developed my passion for art and culture while in university. It wasn’t until the end of my educational experience that I realised how much of a minority I was in my chosen field. I was the only black student in the art program for five years, being taught by…
While reaching our thirties might come with a dose of dreadfulness that forces us to set more serious and realistic goals for ourselves, it seems to be the complete opposite for the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Currently celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, the institution isn’t ready to settle for the same patterns. The museum’s latest exhibition, Frédéric Bazille, The…
Visual Culture has friends in high and low places. The upper echelons are powerful and necessary, the forces that be and the fonts of learning that command the eyes and mindsets of those “in the arts.” University systems, smash art fairs, the bidding floor at bluechip auctions, the politics of biennials. Though there’s no ignoring…
For its fifth international edition to be held in Lisbon, Portugal from October to December 2019, the Lisbon Architecture Triennale seeks a Chief Curator or Curatorial Team. For complete information and deadlines concerning submission requirements, please visit the Triennale’s website here. Applications from individuals or collectives of any nationality and country of residence are openly invited.…
In a crowded pizza parlour in downtown Minneapolis, a series of precise-yet-fluctuating artworks caught my utmost attention. The artist had taken public domain photographs of the British Library, superimposed them over other photographs he’d taken on his world travels, exported them as sound and reimported them as images. I was so intrigued that I hauled the…
For many artists and museum-goers of the previous century and this very minute, Paul Cézanne was and still is the bee’s knees. The cat’s pajamas. The bomb diggity, if you will. His post-impressionistic efforts were largely laughed off by official arty circles throughout his career, forcing him to pass many dark nights of the soul…