art blog since 2009
On my way to Handel Street Projects, the bus passed Abbey Road. There were about two dozen tourists by the iconic crossing, staging photographs and re-enactments. A negotiation between drivers and pedestrians takes place all day here. It’s a scene of celebration of visual culture, which set the tone for me as I travelled to …
October 13, 2025
How the exploration of prehistoric painted caves can also make great telly
May 8, 2025
A review of contraband art by Palestinian artists trapped in Gaza
April 9, 2025
Reproductions proliferate to seal a twenty-first century artist’s reputation
April 5, 2025
Rachel Kushner writes literary fiction that almost turns the pages for you. It is that engrossing. Her latest novel, Creation Lake, revolves around a reclusive intellectual who, having left civilisation behind to live in a cave, emerges now and again to send philosophical emails to a group of nearby acolytes. Could probably have his own …
March 24, 2025
The Gosport ferry takes five minutes and shuttles back and forth across the Solent all day long. I was very pleased by its existence because Maps was advising me to somehow walk on water to get from Portsmouth Harbour to Gosport Museum and Art Gallery. As we rode the high seas, I took in the …
March 3, 2025