John Paddison – the Quiet Stone-Carver
John Paddison was a celebrated stone carver in the tradition of Jacob Epstein and Eric Gill, but his name is not as well known. Paddison was born in...
Guest Profile 19 October 2019
Sculpture
TAKIS: the Greek Genius that Altered the Course of Post-war Sculpture
After Takis’ passing away on 9 August 2019, and with his largest exhibition yet in the UK at Tate, it is important to know about the great...
Errika Gerakiti 15 August 2019
Japan’s Art Island – Naoshima
Over the next year Japan will be hosting the Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Olympics, expecting visitors from all over the world. If you’re an art...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 23 July 2019
Bold Is Beautiful – a Guide to Spotting a Ravinder Reddy Sculpture
Ravinder Reddy (b. 1956) is a contemporary Indian sculptor. His sculptures of women are now some of the most recognisable examples of contemporary...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 20 July 2019
The Beginning of a New World at Kröller-Müller Museum
The Beginning of a new World: The Development of Modern Sculpture is the newest exhibition at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands. It...
Nadine Waldmann 20 June 2019
In Silent Expectation – Another Place by Antony Gormley
Driving out of Liverpool, past run-down warehouses and dockside cranes, I wonder if I’ve taken a wrong turn. But 10 minutes later I see signs...
Candy Bedworth 11 May 2019
Made for Reflection: Yayoi Kusama’s Narcissus Garden
Let’s take a look at one of the most interesting works in Yayoi Kusama’s career. Was it commercial or high art? A performance or an...
Noa Weisberg 17 April 2019
Art of the Brick – Nathan Sawaya’s Lego Works
Lego springs to mind as one of the key toys of many people’s childhoods. Whether building houses, spacecrafts or just stepping on that elusive...
Nadine Waldmann 27 March 2019
Into the Abyss: The Forgotten Pietro Canonica
A prominent, famous, and revered artist in his lifetime, Pietro Canonica has been relegated to the sidelines of Italian art history. Skilled and...
Nadine Waldmann 1 February 2019
Untitled & Unbridled: Tara Donovan’s Installations
Styrofoam cups, pencils, rubber bands and straws are not the kinds of materials usually associated with art installations, yet these mundane,...
Nadine Waldmann 22 December 2018
Laocoön: The Work of a Lifetime
The subject The statue “Laocoon and his sons”, attributed to Greek sculptors Agesander, Athenodorus and Polydorus, has fascinated...
Jean-Marc Rakotolahy 27 August 2018
Picasso Sighting in New York City—He’s Mowing his Lawn
I looked across the street and saw Pablo Picasso mowing his lawn. He was ten feet tall. He was inside a fence, which was unusual, and the expression...
Howard Schwartz 7 June 2018
