Caz Egelie is featured in Open Space’s exhibition Forum: Bread and Games at the Ugly Duck in Bermondsey. The Dutch artist transcends the boundaries between viewer and space through his performance, video, sculpture, and animation. I had a conversation with the artist on his upcoming performance this Saturday, February 29th from 5-6pm. This will be the artist’s first performance in London. Progress photo from Call Me Hank Herron (2017) SOPHIA BOOSALIS: Tell me about your visua

1. The Artist Who Doodles on a Museum Wall On a recent trip to Vienna, I visited an exhibition focused on contemporary drawing at the Albertina Museum. Titled A Passion for Drawing (11 October 2019 – 26 January 2020), the exhibition show highlighted the Guerlain Collection from the Centre Pompidou Paris, featuring works by contemporary artists who explore the diverse uses of the medium of drawing. Amongst the 20 artists featured in the exhibition, one artist’s work is easy to

An exhibition seeking to undo the stereotype of abstract expressionists as 'macho' men Resisting the underestimation of women in the movement commonly termed ‘Abstract Expressionism’, the 9th St Club exhibition at Gazelli Art House (January 17, 2020 - February 23, 2020) reinterprets the original 1951 exhibition Ninth Street Show by choosing to exhibit the works of female artists alone. The shocking proportion of men to women artists in the 1951 exhibition - 70 male artists in

Illustration by Vitoria Mendes When composer Aaron Copland is still, he is deadly still. One daren’t move when in the presence of such stillness. And yet, within seconds, you feel like you can dance. This is a particularly welcome sensation given that the city doesn’t stop dancing. Today, that dance is often a vulgar one of demolition, gentrification, alienation and corporate dominance. Copland is only worth listening to in the city when nobody is around. This makes listening

Gettin' Dressed to Get There Illustration by Izzy White It is generally agreed upon that there is a part of performance in social interactions. How could there not be one ? Other than the fact that social interactions can be a whole range of things going from boring to intimidating and that we fight to hide it, I’m sure my professors are glad that I don’t behave in seminars as I do at the pub. Or at least they should be. ​ The acts that one puts up in social realms vary from

Those creating policy are still so far removed from what life is like on a council estate, what does this mean for the people that live there? Illustration by Rebecca Marks Former Chair of the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, renowned and controversial conservative thinker Roger Scruton died earlier this month. Under Scruton’s command, the Commission had aimed to build new housing in a ‘traditional’ manner, no more modernist concrete brutalist blocks, giving way

Illustration by Himarni Brownsword You probably wouldn’t win much money betting on whether this article was written by a Courtauld student. But this question, is an artistic education, or an art historical education essential, fascinates me. I grew up in an environment where knowledge was always valued, curiosity always encouraged. Growing up, however, there was a stigma I felt, towards those who did not enter the world of ‘STEM’- the strong, glistening, money-making degrees

May Alcott, Fronstpiece Illustration from Part 2 of Little Women, (image: Houghton Library, Harvard University) Little Women was first published 150 years ago. It was first translated to screen 103 years ago as a silent film. Since then it has been made into multiple feature films and countless BBC dramas. Through these adaptations the tale of the four sisters: Jo, Amy, Beth and Meg March have been passed down to multiple generations. So, what could possibly make Greta Gerwig

"Omsk is a dark place" This interview was conducted in collaboration with Ryba Art. Nikita's work will be shown at the Fitzrovia Gallery from the 5th to the 25th of February. Nikita Pozdnyakov, The Moonlight, Part of Good Weather for Bricklaying NowCuration Exhibition from February 5, 2020 - February 25, 2020 (Image: Nikita Pozdnyakov) THEA: Can you tell me a little bit about Omsk? NIKITA: Omsk is a dark place, but people are trying to resist. We have always been a rebelliou

Artwork of the Month | February Jago Henderson I made these charcoal drawings over the course of my first term at The Courtauld. Attending life drawings classes in my first term was a really important and necessary experience for me to help me feel settled and at home in London. Coming from an insular and quiet town, I found the capital and its people to sometimes feel overwhelming and chaotic. To sit and draw for a couple of hours in silence acted as a form of meditation and