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 The Britain. Post 2 of 2.
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 […]