Donatello at the V&A: What’s in an Object?
How does an exhibition reclaim a cultural figure for the every day and every one?
Medea: New Theatre, Ancient Tragedy
Cooke’s Medea gives an excellent insight into translating ancient staging techniques into a contemporary space.
Interview: Artists Zarah Hussain and Conrad Shawcross on Winter Light at the Southbank Centre
The Southbank Centre’s free, open air exhibition displays light works by internationally acclaimed artists. Among them, a pioneer in Islamic Art, and the youngest living member of the RA.
Strange Clay at The Hayward Gallery
Strange Clay is here, and it’s good. From a giant squid to Swedish fairytales, ceramics get the spotlight they deserve.
EVENTS: Poetry Games at the National Poetry Library
Following my interview with Nick Murray, I’ve been anticipating this new exhibition at the National Poetry Library as part of the London Literature Festival. It combines a range of genres and games (from the analogue to the digital) to bring visitors back to their childhood relationship with poetry. While the event’s poems were perhaps leaning…
What Digital Art Can Tell Us About the Future
180 The Strand’s latest exhibitions contrast in their use of digital art to depict and predict. What does this mean for our times?
Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined
One of the 2022 Biennale’s best exhibitions, Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined in collabotartion with Italian architect Stefano Boeri provides hope for sustainability.
From Jan Švankmajer to Mad God: Surrealism in Stop Motion?
Phil Tippett’s horror Mad God is a hellish fantasy, but Swedish filmmaker, Jan Švankmajer, offers a more fulfilling route for surrealism in stopmotion.
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