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"What do you think an artist is? He’s a political being, constantly alive to heartrending, fiery, or happy events, to which he responds in every way. No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war, for attack and defense against the enemy."

Pablo Picasso

Friday, 29 March 2024 12:43

'Everyone is an artist': but how good is the access of women to culture?

Written by Ruth McCann

in Visual Arts

Reading the Communist Party's recent Class & Culture pamphlet led Ruth McCann to consider the diminishing space for women to socialise and create When it comes to culture we are being let down, failed by the government — something made clear by the authors for each of their areas of…

Wednesday, 20 March 2024 13:59

Sunarmer

Written by Martin Gollan

in Visual Arts

Gaza genocide IsraelGaza war Israeli bombing

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 20 March 2024 13:40

Not racist just rude

in Visual Arts

Written by Martin Gollan

Diane Abbott Rishi Sunak Lee Anderson

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 07 March 2024 13:16

International Women's Day: Women's Artistic Narratives in Times of War

in Visual Arts

Written by Jenny Farrell

From its outset, International Women's Day was characterized by the fight for peace, against militarism and war. At the Second International Conference of Socialist Women at Copenhagen in 1910, resolutions concerning the “maintenance of peace” and “to combat internationally militarism and secure peace” were tabled in response to the growing…

Kollwitz Davidson Mattar Trinh Kim Vinh Uranova

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 27 February 2024 09:45

Integrity, Professionalism and Accountability?

in Visual Arts

Written by Martin Gollan

Risgi Sunak promised us 'integrity, professionalism and accountability' when he became leader of the Tory party.......

Rishi Sunak Lee Anderson Liz Truss Suella Braverman

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 19 February 2024 14:20

Art, colonialism and change: 'Entangled Pasts' at the Royal Academy

in Visual Arts

Written by Nick Moss

Nick Moss reviews Art and Colonialism: Entangled Pasts 1768 - Now, Royal Academy of Arts to 29 April 2024 The premise of this exhibition is, according to the paper guide, to “explore connections between art associated with the Royal Academy and Britian’s colonial histories.” In fact it does this only…

Sunday, 18 February 2024 14:14

Electoral extinction for the Tories? It's just around the corner

Written by Martin Gollan

in Visual Arts

Jeremy Hunt Rishi Sunak 2024 election

Tuesday, 13 February 2024 09:16

Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.

Written by Nick Moss

in Visual Arts

Nick Moss reviews Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You., at the Serpentine South Gallery to 17 March 2024. Above image: Installation view, photo by George Darrell Barbara Kruger’s work has been exhibited surprisingly infrequently in the UK. However, the success of her interventions in relation…

Wednesday, 31 January 2024 10:15

I Fast Every Day

Written by Martin Gollan

in Visual Arts

Rishi Sunak

Wednesday, 06 December 2023 10:58

Art enters the age of imperialism: The Scream, by Edvard Munch

Written by Jenny Farrell

in Visual Arts

It’s the 160th anniversary of Edvard Munch’s birth on 12 December, and the 80th anniversary of his death in January. Munch’s The Scream (1893) speaks to us again today with great intensity. How did this painting come about? In September 1892, in Kristiana (Oslo), Munch recorded a harrowing experience in…

Here is a start, please carry on! 'Women in Revolt' at the Tate Britain

Art and Struggle: Olive Trees as Symbols of Palestinian Culture, Food, and Heritage

'Arty art screws you in the end; always be on guard against it.' Philip Guston, Claudette Johnson, Re/Sisters, Nicole Eisenman

Hans Holbein the Younger

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