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Never trust a big butt and a smile: Afro Modern: Journeys Through the Black Atlantic
The exhibition at Tate Liverpool, inspired by Paul Gilroy’s influential book about the black diaspora, explores the history of black …
Interview: Joan Jonas – The Performer
Joan Jonas is an artist and filmmaker who, in the early 1970s, pioneered the use of video and performance in …
I’ll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours: Collaboration, Consciousness-Raising and Feminist-Influenced Art in the 1970s
This paper discusses two feminist-influenced collaborative art projects: London/LA Lab 1981 and Postal Art Event 1975–7. It reflects on how …
An Extreme Tolerance for the Unknown: Art, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Occult
Cured by colour
Christopher Turner explores how the study of colour by artists, writers and scientists has influenced our sense of the world.
MicroTate 9: Environment special
Climate change is the biggest challenge facing the world. Rising ocean temperatures and increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere …
The Dimensions of Performance
Jonah Westerman examines the history of the term ‘performance’ since the mid-twentieth century and considers how the category has come …
Gothic Romance and the Quixotic Hero:A Pageant for Henry Fuseli in 1783
Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) was one of the most inventive artists of his age, exploring the strange and fantastic in a …
Emila Medková: The Magic of Despair
The work of Emila Medková (1928–1985) is a remarkable example of surrealist documentary photography. A central member of the post-war …
Walks of Art: Emma Gannon on Barbara Hepworth and St Ives
Discover a place known for its pottery, boats, beaches and beatniks
The Two Duchamps
James Hall explores the godfather of conceptual art
Van Dyck and France under the Ancien Régime 1641–1793
Examining Anthony Van Dyck’s reputation in France from his death in 1641 to the opening of the Musée du Louvre …
Ford and the Decorative Arts
Sifting defunct modernism in search of something useful: New Modernism
‘New Modernism is rampant,’ argues Martin Herbert
The art of noise
Almost 100 years ago, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, the Italian Futurist Luigi Russolo proposed the …
Pierre Bonnard: His Rhythm was Colour
The French painter Pierre Bonnard often worked from memory, capturing fleeting moods and moments in unconventional compositions. A bold and …
Towards Anarchitecture: Gordon Matta-Clark and Le Corbusier
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), who trained originally as an architect, is best known for his spectacular ‘building cuts’. These have often …
In Conversation: Under the Bridge
The art of Mark Leckey has often explored the tensions between popular culture and technology, imbued with his own potent …
Finding Francesca
Discover the ideas and inspiration behind Francesca Woodman’s haunting photographic self-portraits
Myths and Legends Coursework Guide
Be inspired by myths and legends – or create your own!