

Under Siege
Yang Liping's vision of the climactic battle between Chu and Han armies. Image courtesy of Sadler's Wells. REVIEW: Yang Liping...


TEF: what's it all about?
You’ve probably already come across the Courtauld SU statement that was circulated last Monday. The Students’ Union is holding an...


Twenty Years Later, ‘Princess Mononoke’ Is Still My Number One
To my sister Céleste, Last time I watched ‘Princess Mononoke’ on a big screen, I was seven. It was in the independent arts cinema called...


Paul Nash Review: Mysterious Places
Paul Nash, We Are Making a New World, 1918. Image Source: Imperial War Museum/Tate 'There are places, just as there are people and...


Interview: Professor Joanna Woodall, or how to be in the world as an academic
Joanna Woodall is a leading expert on Early Modern Netherlandish Art, with a strong commitment to teaching students about methodologies...


The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
Enter Nikolai Gogol’s The Nose, a work of wild surrealism that is just the thing to reset your mind and lift your spirits. Although Gogol...


John Berger: "Never again shall a single story be told as though it were the only one."
Image source: Franck Courtès/Agence Vu John Berger died on 2nd January 2017. Many obituaries begin with the most basic of facts, such as...


Modern Art Oxford at 50
REVIEW: 'Kaleidoscope: The Vanished Reality', currently showing at Modern Art Oxford Louise Lawler, Still Life (candle) (traced), 2003 /...


Interview with Alexandra Gerstein, curator of ‘Rodin and Dance: the Essence of Movement’
Dr Alexandra Gerstein, curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Courtauld Gallery, has curated the new exhibition ‘Rodin and...


Review: Sylvie Franquet: reMembering at October Gallery
Sylvie Franquet, Prisoner of Love, 2016. Wool, acrylic and lurex on cotton canvas sewn into ash frame, 80 x 100 cm. Photo: Jonathan Greet...


