Since the start of war in Syria, politics has taken over discussion whenever the country’s name is mentioned. However, the Hikayetna project concentrates on the human side... Continue reading
Andrew Warburton reviews the Spring issue of the Marxist journal Crisis and Critique, which focuses on art, music and culture in the Soviet Union under Stalin. One... Continue reading
Christine Lindey reviews an exhibiton by Mona Hatoum at Tate Modern, London. Mona Hatoum manages the rare feat of creating art about politics and the human condition... Continue reading
John Green reviews a new exhibition about the great American photographer Paul Strand, pointing to the ‘mute, empathetic, visual rapport’ that Strand achieves in his images. The... Continue reading
Walking on Eggshells – Anon, HMYOI Low Newton (female offenders). From the 2016 Koestler Award scheme for art made in prisons and secure hospitals. Continue reading
Not all art is encased in gilt frames in galleries. An extraordinary arts collective has been developed in Ashington, Northumberland, where the Ashington Group – commonly known... Continue reading
David Betteridge introduces some of the cartoons of Bob Starrett, the official cartoonist of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in of 1971-2. When we look at Starrett’s cartoons,... Continue reading