Art anyone?
Summer can be a great time to educate yourself about art history, using all the resources London has to offer. Arts Writer Maria Zagorulko takes you through some key movements to look out for.
Clash of Cultures – Mindy Lee
Mindy Lee is an artist and curator of the Blyth Gallery – the creative hub of Imperial, showcasing various works from Imperial students and professional artists throughout the year. In a continuation of the Clash of Culture series, Fred Fyles, Editor-in-Chief, talks to Mindy about her work at the gallery and
Can there be art after warfare?
The Tate Britain’s new show does a good job looking at how WWI impacted artists, but falls apart at the end.
Tacita Dean’s LANDSCAPES: Self exploration, fate, nostalgia, and lots of thinking
The third of Tacita Dean’s London shows highlights the artist’s wide range of talents.
Artists at Work – the original selfies
This new display of drawings at the Courtauld Gallery highlights some technical aspects of how artists work, but reveals much more about how artists really view themselves.
A night of wicked cabaret takes us back in time
The collaboration between ENO and the Gate Theatre brings together a set of songs banned by the Nazis for being ‘un-German’ – it’s a fantastical evening, which deserves a bigger setting.
America, vodka, and me: Tori Scott’s raucous cabaret comes to London’s Vault Festival
The Texan-born singer brings her confessional performance to London.
The new Royal Academy places students at its heart
The new redesign kicks off this weekend, with a free art party.
Clash of Cultures: Giskin Day
Giskin Day is a Principal teaching fellow and course lead for the intercalated BSc in Medical Sciences with Humanities, Philosophy, and Law. She sat down with Felix’s Editor-in-Chief, Fred Fyles, to discuss her career, course, and the importance of creativity in science.
The photographer as painter, sculptor, artist
Tate Modern’s Shape of Light exhibition is a great history lesson in abstract photography, but neglects contemporary post-1970s technology and artwork.
Joe Hill-Gibbins takes us on a tour of hell
The National Theatre’s production of Rodney King’s bawdy mediation on isolation, Absolute Hell, has moments of magic, but they are few and far between in the bloated structure.
Fashioned from Nature, but at what cost?
V&A’s exhibition explores the history of fashion, from its environmental cost to sustainable eco-fashion today.