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A Deafening Roar: Was J.M.W Turner's Slave Ship predicting the persistence of systemic racism?
J.M.W Turner's The Slave Ship isn’t a visual depiction of the Atlantic Slave Trade, it is an emblem of remorse, a totem of inhumanity, a...
Garance Querleu
May 12, 20218 min read


In Conversation with Veronika Čechová : Curating 'The Alchemist'
Edited for length and clarity. 'The Alchemist' is on show at Gossamer Fog in Deptford until the 16th of May, 2021. M: I want to ask how...
Maria Dragoi
May 9, 202113 min read

Art In the ‘Apotopic’ Space: Defiling_the_Virgin
In this essay I want to discuss the urge for revelation. Several weeks ago, I was writing in my notes app as I was sitting in Alexandria...
Maria Dragoi
Apr 26, 20219 min read

Why Art Matters, continuing the tradition of curiosity
Godelieve de Bree has been Strand Magazine’s Art Editor for the past two years, a colorful time throughout which the journalist offered...
Garance Querleu
Apr 20, 20213 min read


ART IN THE ‘APOTOPIC’ SPACE : AGE OF INSTAGRAM
Ever since I started making art ‘seriously’ - i.e. in a studio, I have wrestled with how to share it on social media, a process that has...
Maria Dragoi
Mar 30, 20218 min read

A New Artistic Landscape - In Conversation with Alya Hatta
This piece originally appeared in the Strand Magazine's 2021 Spring Issue. When we imagine our post-pandemic world - what social,...
Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
Mar 24, 20218 min read


The Digital Age for Art – Opportunities with Caution
Image: Gage Walker Whether it’s Tik Tok, YouTube, Instagram or Facebook, the digital age offers many different platforms for many types...
Maria Makurat
Nov 23, 20203 min read


'Andy Warhol' Review - Tate Modern
12th March – 15th November 2020 Standard Tickets - £22 Tate Collective - £5 View Here Image taken by editor of the exhibition's programme...
Scarlett Coughlan
Oct 29, 20204 min read


In Conversation with Ally Faughnan, founder of The Gallyry
The Gallyry, an online platform which celebrates the work of female and non-binary artists, was conceived last year. As well as having a...
Godelieve de Bree
Oct 25, 20204 min read


Picasso, six months later: 'Atelier Picasso' at the BASTIAN Gallery (Review)
September 3rd – October 31st 2020 Free Entry View Here Attending Atelier Picasso this week was my first time returning to a gallery...
Godelieve de Bree
Sep 28, 20202 min read
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