

Alison Knowles and Our Art Historical Debt to Women of the Avant-Garde
Jo Leuenberger Alison Knowles, Big Book , 1966, Photograph taken from torpedobok.no/The-Big-Book-Alison-Knowles Alison Knowles, the luminary artist and founding member of Fluxus, has died. Known perennially as the First Woman of Fluxus, Knowles was the last living original member of Fluxus. She was also the only woman. Despite her artistic and infrastructural necessity to the success of early Fluxus, until recently, Knowles has escaped notice by mainstream art criticism. Inst


Flowers for the living: Calla Lillies and the Politics of Representation
Bowie Sharp Hernández, Judithe La Bruja y su Gato, 2009  pastel on paper Paper: 30 x 44 in. Framed: 27 1/8 x 34 7/8 in. Courtesy of the Artist Riverside Art Museum (RAM) The streets of Los Angeles are quieter than usual. In neighbourhoods once buzzing with life, the fruit vendors are missing from their usual corners, the sounds of commerce have dulled, and storefronts are boarded up. A hush of unease drapes the city like a morning fog. Here, where the Hispanic or Latino commu


Loo La La! Why the Toilet Is Fashion’s Most Essential Space.
By Lexie Patterson ‘Who is the real you?’ Alessandro Michele ponders aloud on Bella Freud’s YouTube series Fashion Neurosis. ‘Maybe it’s the one who comes out of the toilet, not the one inside.’ Just months earlier, on 10 March 2025, he had staged his Valentino show inside a blood-red public bathroom- mirrors, cubicles, tiles and all. Feverish and burning hot. It channeled the bold glamour that Valentino, the iconic Italian fashion house known for its red-carpet elegance it h


Students or Customers?
Written by George Batzanopoulos  As changes take place quietly behind the scenes, each new beginning reminds us of the need to reassess...


Time is Always Now: through the vision of African diaspora
By Yoyo Hou "Each of us is a cacophony of experience. Not just a seamless self." (1) -- Nathaniel Mary Quinn What does Black Art mean to...


Doctor Who? Design Genius
By Fran Osborne One of my earliest television memories — like many British children — is of a whirring blue box flashing erratically...


Reflections on Poetry, Painting, and Temporality through Rossetti’s Ekphrastic Sonnets
By Millie Grainger Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Ruggerio Delivering Angelica. 1819. Photo: National Gallery For Ruggerio Delivering...


Moon Phases: A Giant Leap for Art, or a Small Step Towards the Colonisation of Space?
By Millie Grainger Jeff Koons. Photograph of Moon Phases. https://jeffkoonsmoonphases.com/. ‘We’ve landed!’ Jeff Koons announced to X in...


Kenwood: A Visit From Beyond the Boardgame
By Freddie Bond Monopoly, a game we have all laughed, cried, and gotten bored of whilst playing. A game combining ruthless business...


