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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]