My recent visit to the States of Violence exhibition at the a/political gallery-cum-project-space, South London (24 March-8 April 2023) gave me pause to…
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A current exhibition in Warsaw suggests a route to tackling the thorny question of making serious narrative art in an age of irony.
A recent visit to Poland allowed me to see Beksiński's art. It prompted to wonder why I had never seen his art reviewed by an art critic before.
As my new book is published, I discuss the contents and how it came to be written.
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Why has the life of Victorian model-cum-artist Lizzie Siddal become a political battleground since her early death? I examine the evidence.
A current retrospective exhibition in Romania surveys the output of a key figure of Surrealism.
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The final volume of Francis Picabia's catalogue raisonné is published. I explore his transgressions against good taste and his alliance with Magritte.
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Further to my review of the current Vermeer exhibition (in The Jackdaw), I give some thoughts on issues the catalogue raises.
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February 2023

To celebrate the anniversary its publication, here is an exclusive extract from the poem cycle "After/Apres Francis Bacon" about the life and art of the…
How did a model's beauty inspire artists and lead to tragedy and how has her case been viewed through the lens of art politics.
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Related to "The Case for 'Dangerous' Literature", full transcripts of written interviews with leading authorities on William Burroughs and H.P…
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In this follow-up piece to a review, I assess how accurate Gasset's 1925 essay "The Dehumanization of Art" was.
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