The Fabric of Life: The Intimate Worlds of Feriancová and Kyritsopoulou
Alexandra Patterson Petra Feriancová, In the beginning was the word and the word was water. I caught myself going on about it telling...
Home with a Man reunites Alexandre da Cunha and Brian Griffiths at Elizabeth Xi Bauer
Bowie Sharp Brian Griffiths, Head-back, Chin-up (No No to Knock-Knocks), 2023. Wood, plywood, metal, cardboard, paint, tools, fixtures...
Seeing and being seen: candid snaps of superstardom at Gagosian
Elizabeth Maisey Paul McCartney, Self-portrait in my room at the Asher family home, Wimpole Street, London, December 1963 © Paul...
'The first thing you see is a large phallus' - 'Abstract Erotic' curators at The Courtauld - video
By Tien Albert In the 60s, many celebrated the female nude as an expression of sexual liberation. However, some women artists like Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, and Alice Adams, rejected art they saw as ‘titillating’ male audiences. Instead, they embraced the ‘Abstract Erotic’, which kept sexual overtones whilst displaying non-figural subjects. They were the only three women to display in 'Eccentric Abstraction', a seminal 1965 exhibition. 60 years later, The Courtauld Gallery