

That Continuous Thing: Artists and the Ceramics Studio, 1920 – Today (Tate Publishing, 2017)
Author's own image Wet clay is a messy material. It fills the creases between your fingers. It gets under your nails. Drying on the back...


Disco Pigs
Beatrix Swanson Scott is a guest writer for the Courtauldian. She is studying for a BA in Liberal Arts at King’s College London. Evanna...


The 57th Venice Biennale: A Group Review
Past & Present: The Singapore Pavilion by Bianca Schor Zai Kuning, Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge, 2017, at the Singapore...


Missing Identities: Two London Gems that Fill the Gaps
After the Grenfell Tower fire, Londoners’ origins and living conditions are back at the centre of public debate. Whilst the number of...


Lost Futures: The Disappearing Architecture of Post-War Britain - Review
For Christmas last year I was given a book called Brutal London. It is a ubiquitous publication, seemingly present in all gift shops and...


Exhibition Review: Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell 1879–1961, Design for Omega Workshops Fabric, 1913, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, Image: 53.3 × 40.7 cm, Yale...


Art in Fiction: Autumn by Ali Smith and The Muse by Jessie Burton
When fiction attempts to incorporate art and artists, it can often end badly. Descriptions of the act of creating can read like bad...


Giselle, or the perfect dream
Illustration by Anna Seibæk Torp-Pedersen The current Giselle at the London Coliseum is a revival of Mary Skeaping’s traditional...


Watership Down by Richard Adams
Illustration by Anna Seibæk Torp-Pedersen With the recent passing of Richard Adams, an author, father and service man, I wanted to bring...


Spaces of Hope - Mehdi Ghadyanloo
City of Hope, Mehdi Ghayanloo (Image courtesy of the Howard Griffin Gallery) Having just finished a solo show with the Howard Griffin...


