America After the Fall: Art in Flux
As Franklin D. Roosevelt said, ‘Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating […]
Tag Archives: Royal Academy
Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932
If political unrest is often a catalyst for artistic innovation, then the Russian Revolution is no exception: when Lenin and the Bolsheviks rose to power in 1917, thereby ending centuries […]
Painting the Modern Garden
As 100mph storms engulf a dark, wintry Britain, the Royal Academy of Arts brings a timely form of escapism. Its latest exhibition, ‘Painting the Modern Garden’, transports us to the […]
Ai Weiwei: Artist and Activist
It sounds almost reductive to refer to Ai Weiwei as an ‘artist’. Outspoken humanitarian and political dissident, he’s just as much celebrated as an icon of social and international freedom […]
Allen Jones: Feminist and Fetishist
Few artists have exploded onto the scene with quite the scandalous gusto of Allen Jones. When he first unveiled the now-infamous Hatstand, Table and Chair in 1970, he sparked an […]
Anselm Kiefer’s Art of Destruction
On the 8th March 1945, the Black Forest town of Donaueschingen witnessed two events. The first, Anselm Kiefer was born; the second, his neighbour’s house was targeted by allied bombers, […]
The Culturist 