Phil Brett takes us on a tour of an exhibition at the Venice Biennale which explores the challenges which emigrants and immigrants face. Away from the main... Continue reading
Emma Carboni introduces Alfredo Jaar’s Garden of Good and Evil, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Yorkshire Sculpture Park are presenting a major solo exhibition by pioneering Chilean... Continue reading
On the 500th anniversary of Luther’s revolt, Jenny Farrell gives us a critical appreciation of Hieronymous Bosch’s famous painting The Haywain, a coded criticism of the ruthless extortion... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell introduces the life and work of Käthe Kollwitz, one of Germany’s greatest artists and sculptors, who produced unforgettable images of the violence, injustice and crimes against... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell takes us through one of the greatest political artworks ever, Picasso’s Guernica. There are a handful of pictures that may be said to be almost... Continue reading
Mike Quille reviews the national premiere of Liars of Earth, and interviews the artist. Review of the Drawing Chad McCail’s 100-foot long drawing depicts a series of... Continue reading
Nick Wright reviews the current exhibition of banners produced by Hammersmith Communist Party in the 1930s, to help the Spanish Republic. Legend has it that while Picasso... Continue reading
PL Henderson introduces the #WOMENSART project, which demonstrates how women have continued to create art, often as radicals, rebels and pioneers, despite the social, cultural and economic... Continue reading
Jane Kallir focuses on the relationship of 1930s American artists to the Communist Party. In the 1930s, the Great Depression’s far-reaching economic impact lent credence to the Marxist... Continue reading
Christine Lindey reviews the current Royal Academy exhibition, and recommends the art – but not the didactic, vindictive and reactionary curation. In January 1918 the Russian Soviet... Continue reading