The Cult of Beauty is a free exhibition currently on at the Wellcome Collection. It’s a venue I don’t get to as much as I would like as their shows are always worth seeing. The Cult of Beauty offers a diverse and wide-ranging view of the concept of beauty and how it has evolved over […]
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As a working contemporary artist I visit many exhibitions and shows, but sometimes it is the things I see that are part of daily life that capture my interest. My one-minute blog of interesting things reflects the fact that although we are increasingly time-poor, there is creativity all around us. Email me at info@carolinebanks.co.uk with your name and email to receive a weekly post that only takes 1 minute to read.
Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind at Tate Modern
I was lucky enough to get to the private view of Music of the Mind, Yoko Ono‘s retrospective at Tate Modern. and was able to take a few photos. I’ve experienced some of her work in the past, most recently her interactive installation, MEND PIECE at the Whitechapel Gallery back in 2021. It was interesting […]
Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970 – 1990 at The Britain. Post 2 of 2.
There was too much for just one post on Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990 at Tate Britain so here is more as the stories about the work really matter. An early video piece by Mona Hatoum , Roadworks 1985 (still, above) shows her walking through the streets of Brixton after […]
Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970 – 1990 at Tate Britain. Post 1 of 2
Visiting Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970 – 1990 at Tate Britain, a historical overview of women’s creative activism during 3 decades, took me back to my youth. It’s shocking to be reminded of the legal status of women 50 or so years ago: we really were treated as second-class citizens. […]
Entangled Pasts at the Royal Academy
Entangled Pasts, 1768 – now, Art, Colonialism and Change, is an exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. There are over 100 artworks forming, as the website says, a conversation about the role of art “in shaping narratives of empire, enslavement, resistance, abolition and colonialism – and how it may help set a course for […]
Poor Things costume display at the Barbican
This small display shows a selection of costumes for Poor Things, the brilliantly bonkers film that everyone is talking about. It’s tucked at the back of the ground floor, just before the stairs up to the rest of the building. Costume designer Holly Waddington mixed modern and traditional materials, producing unusual textural combinations to deepen […]
Housewarming by Art Friend
Housewarming is the most recent project from Art Friend, founded by gallerist Shona Bland and is on till the 15th February. The team have taken over a derelict semi-detached house in Stoke Newington and filled it with contemporary art. Some artists have a whole room to do with as they please such as Adam Bartlett […]
Revisiting the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich
The Sainsbury Centre is on the University of East Anglia’s campus in Norwich, a place I make a point of visiting whenever I visit the city. Housed in a building designed by Richard Rogers in 1974 it contains a remarkable collection from the Sainsbury family donated to the university in 1973. Robert and Lisa Sainsbury […]
16th Century portraits at the Society of Antiquaries.
If the name of the Society of Antiquaries doesn’t smack of exclusivity then I don’t know what does. So imagine my surprise when I discovered that they are open to the public most Fridays in term-time (best to check on their website before visiting just to be sure) We were welcomed in and invited to […]
Momentum by White Noise Projects at the Fitzrovia Gallery.
White Noise Projects was founded several years ago by Hanna ten Doornkaat, an artist I’ve already featured in a previous blog. Their latest show, Momentum, was held at the Fitzrovia Gallery. I went to the private view which was so crowded I couldn’t take many photos but this small selection will still give you an […]