BP Portrait Prize Winner Announced
Turns out third time really is a charm for Edinburgh-born artist Clara Drummond, who has taken out the BP Portrait Prize with her portrait of fellow artist Kirsty Buchanan. A [...]
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Damien Hirst at Fifty
I’m having a midlife crisis on Damien Hirst’s behalf. He turned fifty on the weekend, and from what I’ve seen of people who turn fifty, it’s no [...]
Fashion as Art…so…FART?
Oh, blerg. It’s ‘fashion as art’ season again. This happens every few years – the major public galleries around the country throw their doors and [...]
Quiet Please, There’s a Lady on the Stage
Here’s an interesting one… Today, 8 December, marks the 354th anniversary of women first appearing professionally on the English stage as actresses. Funny, [...]
Maggi Hambling is okay by me
Wowsers, I’ve just read probably the most mean spirited review on an artist’s work ever, by Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones (you can read it here if you [...]
Don’t Go Public With Your Pubics
We’re all used to hearing about galleries copping flak for exhibiting works that the morality police would rather didn’t exist, but when the censorship comes from [...]
Aled Lewis’ Toy Stories
I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid I was convinced my toys came to life every time I left the room. I was so certain of it that I used to do things like [...]
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