Few topics in contemporary art get as little consideration as the titles of artworks. Especially since titling your piece untitled, seems to have become the norm. Which is not due to laziness. Because, how do you title a self-portrait when you … Continue reading poetically untitled
It seems to be the right time to zoom in on historical exhibitions. During quarantine, there are different ways to e-experience art. Some art institutions are offering exhibitions online, some put more info online. However, the MoMA is one of … Continue reading next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
While the art world is in lockdown due to COVID19, one thing art aficionadxs can do is experience it online. This is not serious art. You’re not getting wall label style explanations. It’s silly, or funny or both and maybe a bit political. Just browse. So here we go. This Bas Jan Ader moving image might precisely encapsulate how we feel right now. Bas Jan Ader (1942-1975?) created a kind of artistic practice I can’t pin down why, why it matters, and why it’s art. But it is. It just is. He fell in LA and fell again in Amsterdam, … Continue reading e-experience art
A perfect question to be asked on #internationalwomensday Evidence proves the famous urinal Fountain, proposed as the start of conceptual art, attributed to Marcel Duchamp, was actually created by Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. Why aren’t art history books and museums … Continue reading spread the word, r mutt is a woman
Nan Goldin. What can I write about artist and activist Nan Goldin? How can I address her raw and honest art? What can I say about the way she beautifully and hauntingly captures her life and friends? How can I … Continue reading the all-seeing eye
Fragile to funny, and from dynamic to serene, either way, the artworks on view at Elizabeth Houston Gallery seize a moment. They are capturing a moment centred around female experiences of the world. Plural, obviously, we cannot speak of one … Continue reading watching me watching you
The life story of Peggy Guggenheim fires the imagination. It seemed to be exciting AF. Travelled the world, collected art, opened galleries and museums, smuggled art to the US and obtained one of the most exquisite collections of modern art. … Continue reading the cray life of an art addict
Tai Shani, Oscar Murillo, Helen Cammock, and Lawrence Abu Hamdan: let’s get ready to rrrrrumbleeee for that £25k. Each year, the Turner Prize is awarded to one of the four shortlisted artists in December. But before the winner is announced, … Continue reading fair shake
Questions such as *why is there always someone having massive diarrhoea in the university library* and *what is art* aren’t as simple to answer as it might seem. I recently read that Phil Collins (the visual artist, not the originator … Continue reading jaw-dropping art materials
The Whitney Biennial’s latest controversy on their rap sheet is a particularly bad one. This time, the curatorial intention is not too experimental or the content too political. You know, the good kind of controversies. This is not so much the … Continue reading whitney’s wicked problem
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