A review of a VR experience at Swedenborg House, allowing you to step into the world of Hilma af Klint. Captivating if short, it brought mediumistic art to life for this reviewer. Hilma af Klint Today’s post isn’t about any old artist – the beliefs and artistic practice of Hilma af Klint are integral to […]
A visit to Swedenborg House in Bloomsbury. In which I encounter an interesting project by the Royal College of Art, as well as an unusual London society. The Bloomsbury Festival Leads Me In New Directions Between this exhibition and Not Without My Ghosts which I saw recently at the Drawing Room, I’m on a roll; […]
Get ready for a bumper week of architectural treasures as we embark on Part II of 2024 Open House. Open House London 2024: Part II You know how I got so overexcited at Open House this year that I had to split my post in two (first part here)? Well buckle up everyone, this second […]
A compare and contrast exercise, Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life encourages reflection on the organic origins of abstract art. Hilma Af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms Of Life It seems a strange pairing, to begin with. Two early 20th Century European painters, sure, but a more different set of two artists […]
A review of Anti-Gone, a new adaptation of the original Greek story performed by Russian-speaking theatre company Xameleon as an anti-Putin retelling. Anti-Gone I was intrigued to see Anti-Gone, performed by theatre company Xameleon. Based in London, Xameleon works with artists from countries formerly behind the Iron Curtain, and is thus primarily Russian-speaking. In a […]