Studio Visit
Trading Places: Visiting the Changing Spaces of Zineb Sedira
The Brixton-based artist revisits her past as she prepares for a future where she leaves her studio behind…
Feminist Icons: The Women Artists at the Cutting Edge in the 1970s
“In this melodramatic self-portrait, Bertlmann poses in rapture in a parody of eroticism and prescribed gender roles”
The Space Between Us: Laurie Anderson Reflects on Post-Trump America
“People are always pushing you into one thing—you’re supposed to decide, because we live in a world that doesn’t like complexity”
This Artwork Changed My Life
Walk the Beaches of Fire Island After Dark
“The sky above is bright purple, yet almost-white and all-black. It’s an image of searching, not just for other bodies, but beauty, the sublime even”
Louise Bonnet: “When I’m Painting, I Have to Obliterate My Brain Entirely”
“Boundaries are tricky to maintain. Business, creativity, commerce, all gets rolled into one, which can be exhausting”
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Camera Woman: Rediscovering Charlotte March’s Fashion Images
“In her mirrored eyewear is a hint at the reversal of the typical male-female power dynamic: can March herself be glimpsed behind the shutter?”
The Birth of an Icon: Susan Kare and the Creation of Apple’s Graphics
“Though we interact with the fruits of her labour pretty much every day, the New York-born designer is still little recognised within popular culture”