Visual Art

Visual Arts

"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

Saturday, 24 August 2024 15:59

'Fixing Time': Photographs by Ian Macdonald

Written by Mike Quille

in Visual Arts

Above image: Salmon Net Drying Rack, 1973. This photograph and all the others in this review are courtesy of the artist. Fixing Time is the title of a comprehensive exhibition of 50 years’ work by Ian Macdonald, the North-East photographer and artist. It takes place across two venues, the Northern…

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Monday, 19 August 2024 15:17

Art that's rooted in the upheavals of his time: Caspar David Friedrich, 1774-1840

Written by Jenny Farrell

in Visual Arts

On the 250th anniversary of his birthday, Jenny Farrell writes about Caspar David Friedrich, September 5, 1774 - May 7, 1840 The French Revolution sparked great hopes for the rise of the bourgeoisie, the abolition of feudal structures, and the establishment of a capitalist society. Napoleon gained power through military…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 30 May 2024 17:45

Great art exhibition, shame about the politics: 'Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider' at Tate Modern

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Written by Nick Moss

Nick Moss reviews Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider, at the Tate Modern, London, to 20 October 2024. Image above: Wassily Kandinsky, Murnau – Johannisstrasse from a Window of the Griesbräu, 1908. The first thing that should be said is that this is a vital and stunning exhibition. It…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 06 May 2024 08:08

Schrödinger's Tories: May council elections

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Written by Martin Gollan

Meltdown Destruction Mistrust

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 29 March 2024 12:43

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

in Visual Arts

Written by Ruth McCann

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…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 20 March 2024 13:59

Sunarmer

in Visual Arts

Written by Martin Gollan

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Wednesday, 20 March 2024 13:40

Not racist just rude

Written by Martin Gollan

in Visual Arts

Diane Abbott Rishi Sunak Lee Anderson

Thursday, 07 March 2024 13:16

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

Written by Jenny Farrell

in Visual Arts

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…

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Tuesday, 27 February 2024 09:45

Integrity, Professionalism and Accountability?

Written by Martin Gollan

in Visual Arts

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

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Monday, 19 February 2024 14:20

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

Written by Nick Moss

in Visual Arts

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…