Philip Guston Now – A Controversial Exhibition
In May 2022 the long-awaited exhibition on Philip Guston titled Philip Guston Now finally opened at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The show was...
Jimena Escoto 18 July 2022
Long reads
Leon Golub and the Fact of Brutality
Leon Golub (1922-2004) was a history painter, even in his portraits. It has been claimed that in the 20th century, history painting became an otiose...
Guest Profile 11 July 2022
The Beautiful Gardens of Santiago Rusiñol
Santiago Rusiñol i Prats was a prolific painter, draftsman, playwright, novelist, poet, and cultural activist from the late 19th and early 20th...
Maya M. Tola 4 July 2022
Extensions of Nature and Memory: Interview with Bianca Lee Vasquez
Bianca Lee Vasquez is a multidisciplinary artist based in France. Working primarily across photography, performance, installation, and clay, she...
Marga Patterson 4 July 2022
Siren Song: History of Mermaids in Art
Benevolent or deadly? There are so many depictions of this mythical creature. Let's explore how mermaids have been portrayed in art.
Candy Bedworth 28 June 2022
The Artist and Her World: Marijana Stanić
Marijana Stanić is a conceptual and multimedia artist and curator who just had her mini-retrospective exhibition. I talked with her about the...
Petra Dragasevic 27 June 2022
Secrets Revealed at the Whitney Biennial
The return of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Biennial exhibition marked the opening of the New York spring art season. Quiet As It’s Kept,...
Jennifer S. Musawwir 30 May 2022
Royal Portraits: The Art of Image
Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” For monarchs...
Abreeza Thomas 7 May 2022
Whistler vs. Ruskin: How to Fling a Pot of Paint and Win a Trial
After paying a visit to the newly inaugurated Grosvenor Gallery in London, John Ruskin wrote a stinging review of the modernist exhibition. The...
Ruxi Rusu 6 May 2022
Interview with Klaire Lockheart: Post-Apocalyptic Feminist Artist
Candy Bedworth explores feminism, colonialism and orientalism with American artist Klaire Lockheart. All this whilst wearing post-apocalyptic costumes.
Candy Bedworth 25 April 2022
Paris Salon: 101 on France’s First Public Exhibition
If you were an artist in the 19th century, you probably dreamed of having your painting in the Paris Salon. Simply put, this exhibition was the most...
Jimena Escoto 23 April 2022
The Marina Abramović Method: Instructions to Reboot Your Life
Marina Abramović is a pioneer of performance art. She is known across the globe for conceptual art practices that push human endurance and...
Candy Bedworth 11 April 2022
