Arthur Miller: Beyond the Century
The life of a writer is not one to measure on a count of years. While the 17th October 2015 marked the hundredth year anniversary since the birth of Arthur […]
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Grace Jones: Enigma Supreme
There is perhaps a risk involved in reading the autobiography of a figure such as Grace Jones. While her exploits would undoubtedly prove a colourful read, her whole stature is […]
Agnes Martin: Reaching Zero
‘Simplicity is never simple,’ Agnes Martin once said. It’s a quote which has become iconic, not least as the most befitting introduction to the artist herself. For against the white […]
Measure for Measure, Young Vic, 2015
Measure for Measure is perhaps most commonly known as one of Shakespeare’s ‘problem plays’. Merging and subverting elements of the tragic and the comic, its genre is hard to categorise […]
Medea, Almeida Theatre, 2015
Completing the Almeida’s triptych of modernised Greek tragedies, Medea takes on the boldest reincarnation. In a new translation by controversial feminist writer Rachel Cusk, the drama is relocated to the […]
Duane Hanson: The Anti-Madame Tussauds
House of Wax meets contemporary art at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery this summer. The latest exhibition focuses on American artist Duane Hanson and his lifelike sculptures of ordinary citizens. Like […]
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