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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]