Visual Arts

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

Building for a society of equals: 100 years of Bauhaus
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Saturday, 23 February 2019 21:20

Building for a society of equals: 100 years of Bauhaus

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Jenny Farrell celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus, the German art school started in 1919 Inspired by Germany’s November 1918 Revolution, which was ultimately crushed by the Social Democratic Party leadership and the military, artists and intellectuals, anti-militarists and pacifists hoped for a new society for the common good. Many however…
Tyne Pride at the end of the street, Wallsend
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Saturday, 12 January 2019 23:37

The Last Ships

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Mike Quille reviews an exhibition of photographs of the shipbuilding industry on Tyneside. In honour of the shipyard workers of Tyneside, Chris Killip recently gave a set of over 30 stunning, monochrome images to the Laing Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Last Ships exhibition of photographs, taken by Killip…
America at Work: the photography of Lewis Hine
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 06 December 2018 16:29

America at Work: the photography of Lewis Hine

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John Green reviews a new book about the life and work of Lewis W. Hine, one of the founders of of U.S. social photography. Lewis Hine's iconic images captured the harsh realities of a country undergoing deep transformation during the early part of the 20th century. Hine was born in…
Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience
Wednesday, 24 October 2018 09:24

Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience

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Mike Quille reviews Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience, and interviews the editor, Paul Sng. Paul Sng’s films – Sleaford Mods, and Dispossession: The Great Housing Swindle – have explored the lives of working-class people who have been ignored, marginalised or demonised by mainstream media, and who are protesting…
'The future of art hangs on the future of civilisation': The Artists' International and the Spanish Civil War
Wednesday, 17 October 2018 13:42

'The future of art hangs on the future of civilisation': The Artists' International and the Spanish Civil War

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Christine Lindey looks at the role of the Artists International Association in supporting the cause of the Spanish Republic. The early 20th century’s momentous upheavals politicised many people and artists were no exception. The mechanised carnage of the First World War, the 1920s Hunger Marches, the increased immiseration caused by…
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