REVIEW: 'Kaleidoscope: The Vanished Reality', currently showing at Modern Art Oxford Louise Lawler, Still Life (candle) (traced), 2003 / 2013. Printed vinyl mounted to wall, 304 x 251 cm A matte grey colour, popular amongst art schools as floor paint, saturates the Victorian brick-work of Modern Art Oxford’s Pembroke Street façade. The impact of its ugly exterior, a hybrid of a Shoreditch bistro and an Urban Outfitters, is softened by the familiarity of its “contemporary art

Dr Alexandra Gerstein, curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Courtauld Gallery, has curated the new exhibition ‘Rodin and Dance: the Essence of Movement’ in collaboration with the Musée Rodin, Paris. The display focusses on Auguste Rodin’s (1840-1917) intimate research and production around dance moves. Although the master’s workshop was extremely popular and prolific at the turn of the twentieth century, a significant part of his oeuvre consisted of drawings and sm

Sylvie Franquet, Prisoner of Love, 2016. Wool, acrylic and lurex on cotton canvas sewn into ash frame, 80 x 100 cm. Photo: Jonathan Greet courtesy of October Gallery, London. The artist Sylvie Franquet's first solo exhibition is currently being held at October Gallery, London. This stimulating exhibition showcases Franquet’s new works, including tapestries, fabric sculptures and installations, that explore the structure of culture, history and femininity. Franquet has spent m

Should you care about literary prizes? Autumn is the most exciting time of year for books. Hundreds of long-awaited titles are released in anticipation of Christmas gift sales and end-of-year awards and wrap-ups. As readers we can feel spoiled for choice and perhaps even overwhelmed by the assortment on offer, and it can be hard to know where on earth to start. This is where literary prizes come in. Phew! Thank goodness a group of judges have gathered together to decide what

Image: author's own. ‘Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World’, 2016 dir: Werner Herzog The Internet, Documentary Science Fiction, and Feminine Points of View In his latest cinematic venture, ‘Lo and Behold: Reveries of a Connected World’ (2016), Werner Herzog offers a simultaneously utopian and dystopian tale about the birth, adolescence and anticipated adulthood of the Internet. In ten chapters arranged like the contents of a dissertation, Herzog delves into the dazz