An introduction to the work of Albanian artist Anri Sala
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Review no 121: Bahamian artist Tavares Strachan
Bahamian conceptual artist Tavares Strachan is helping to redraw some of the omissions of history
Review no 117: African film Kmêdeus: Spirit of a City (Cabo Verde)
Fascinating and often beautiful insight into the art and culture of Cabo Verde
Review no 115: A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar
Reflections on art and life from Pulitzer-prize winning memoirist and novelist Hisham Mater
Review no 114: Artist Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935)
Work by the father of suprematist art, Kasimir Malevich
Review no 111: artist Alberta Whittle (Barbados)
AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tate Britain awarded a Turner Prize bursary award to 10 artists, including Barbados-born artist Alberta Whittle, in place of the normal Turner Prize. She is a previous recipient of the Margaret Tait Award and this year also won the Frieze Artist Award for a …
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Review no 105: Photographer Joana Choumali (Côte d’Ivoire)
Ivorian photographer Joana Choumali laces her images with embroidery to prize-winning effect
Review no 104: Viennese artists Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
The contrasting work of artists Klimt and Schiele
Review no 102: Artist Wangechi Mutu (Kenya)
AFRICA Kenyan-born artist Wangechi Mutu was suggested to my daughter by her school art teacher as worthy of research on the topic of “marginalised female artists”, in response to the BLM protests. This provided me with some much-needed inspiration, and a new artist to find out more about. I hope to visit galleries again in …
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Review no 99: Ai WeiWei (China) at the Royal Academy of Arts, London
A look at the work of contemporary Chinese conceptual artist Ai WeiWei