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Nick Fraser at The Crypt Gallery: Resurrecting East London’s Van Gogh

I booked to see Nick Fraser, Chapter 1 at The Crypt Gallery a few weeks ago after seeing a plastered poster advertising its presence on...

Eve Williams

Nov 297 min read

FEMALE CREATIVE: Jana Carboni

As a young woman at the start line of a creative career, the future can feel more of a terrifying expanse of the unknown rather than an...

Turner Prize 2024: An Assured Display Of Challenging Art, Despite Uncertainty Surrounding The Prize’s Modern Structural Integrity

Natasha Phillips-Geen

Nov 275 min read

Turner Prize 2024: An Assured Display Of Challenging Art, Despite Uncertainty Surrounding The Prize’s Modern Structural Integrity

Returning to the Tate Britain after its departure to Eastbourne last year, the Turner Prize’s famous neoclassical home on the Thames is...

‘Each Of Us Wayfarers’: Congregation, Es Devlin’s Tribute To The Refugees Of London

Helen Berk

Nov 254 min read

‘Each Of Us Wayfarers’: Congregation, Es Devlin’s Tribute To The Refugees Of London

As I walked past St Mary Le Strand church on my way to class yesterday, something unusual caught my eye—a set of signs adorned with the...

The Arnolfini Portrait: Witness To A Wedding, Or A Death?

Nereia Crisan

Nov 195 min read

The Arnolfini Portrait: Witness To A Wedding, Or A Death?

Almost a century before Leonardo da Vinci, there was another artist who, through his work, redefined the possibilities of oil portraiture...

‘A Chapel of Pop Art’: LUCIAN’s Latest Collection at The Artist Workspace Gallery

Daisy Packwood

Nov 103 min read

‘A Chapel of Pop Art’: LUCIAN’s Latest Collection at The Artist Workspace Gallery

It’s a rainy Saturday in London’s Soho - an area brimming with creativity and integral to the art world. The Photographers Gallery, the...

A Night Dancing Underground: Exploring the Somerset House Studios AGM 2024

Karan Nimsons

Nov 52 min read

A Night Dancing Underground: Exploring the Somerset House Studios AGM 2024

Somerset Studios AGM 2024

Encounters With Friendship, Death And Memory: 'Francis Bacon: Human Presence’ At The National Portrait Gallery

Ellie Dempster

Oct 284 min read

Encounters With Friendship, Death And Memory: 'Francis Bacon: Human Presence’ At The National Portrait Gallery

★★★★★ In his final interview, Francis Bacon reflected on the ‘violence’ in his artistic corpus and insisted that life itself was violent,...

Dulwich Picture Gallery Presents 'Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking'

Akane Hayashi

Oct 275 min read

Dulwich Picture Gallery Presents 'Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking'

Japanese woodblock prints have been the water in which artistic imagination has swum, providing sustenance for creativity throughout the...

No Longer A Bystander: ‘A Riot In Three Acts’ by Imran Perretta

Hanis Nurolamin

Oct 233 min read

No Longer A Bystander: ‘A Riot In Three Acts’ by Imran Perretta

Artist, composer and filmmaker Imran Perretta, a resident of Somerset House Studios, returuns with his first major work since 2019: A...

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