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2024 - Issue 112
Sexy sculptures, scuffed scaffolding, East Asian art, flattened cats, a wet moss floor and 400 years of women artists.
Contemporary British Portrait Painters 2024 - Critics’ Picks
8 art critics, writers and podcasters are challenged to pick who they’d want to paint their portrait.
King Charles III (2024)
This month’s edition features the first official portrait of HM King Charles III as monarch.
Judy Chicago - Revelations
The wide range of works was a jarring and uncomfortable discrepancy, and something that I struggled with.
2024 - Issue 110
I didn’t think it was possible to find five shows that were as wildly different as this week’s set.
Slade BA/BFA Degree Show 2024
I’m excited to see how this class transitions into their post-graduate practice.
2024 - Issue 109
An art critic’s collection and a filmmaker’s paintings. Yup. Just two shows.
City & Guilds Foundation Show 2024
See what caught my eye at the 2024 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design show.
Leighton House
A home that came to embody the idea of how a great Victorian artist should live.