

'The Female Gaze'
Painting by Elly Stephenson If the ‘male gaze’ is a term used to describe the relationship between male viewer and a female object,...


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...


Woody Allen: where are we at?
Illustration by Emily Knapp When I was asked to write an article about Woody Allen for the paper following my showing of the maestro’s...


teamLab: The 'ultra-technologists' of Tokyo
Black room. Swirling patterns descend from overhead, surrounding, enveloping. Birds of light perch on branches. Suddenly they take off. I...


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...


In Praise of the Baileys Prize on International Women’s Day
Firstly, happy International Women’s Day! Secondly, before you ask, International Men’s Day in on the 19th of November. Today is also the...


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...
Artists’ Lives: Speaking of the Kasmin Gallery
One school of thought is that galleries should let the art do the talking. Aside from the often bland voice of the institution, nothing...


Remembering Lord Snowdon
Illustration by Brittany Richmond Picture the scene. Princess Margaret, the Queen's glamorous sister, in nothing but a sparkling tiara,...


