Tiny Tate display still packs a punch
The Tate Modern opens its Harry Callahan display with a quote from the photographer: “if a man wishes to express himself photographically, he must understand… his relationship to life”.
Is all art propaganda?
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. It’s an instantly quotable adage from Banksy, but what does it actually mean? Can a line be drawn between outright political propaganda and the canvases hanging in every hip gallery in London?
Emiel’s Guide to Classical Music (Episode 8)
Episode 8 - From North to South
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
It has been an unusual journey for Dylan Baldi, the man behind Cleveland based Cloud Nothings. He was signed as a one-man band and released his first two albums, Turned On and the self-titled Cloud Nothings, were recorded as such.
Turandot: finished but flawed
Puccini’s Turandot was “the end of the great tradition” of Italian opera. Ever popular, it is the grandest of them all, and yet it is deeply problematic. Set in a mythical China, at its simplest the tale concerns a Prince, Calaf, who wins the heart of the Princess of China, Turandot.
The Critic Laughs
Richard Hamilton. Father of pop art, experimenter of consumer design, right? If that is all you associate with this icon of twentieth century British art, this massive retrospective at the Tate will change your mind.
The Blind Astronomer
Is science emotional? Clara Clark Nevola interviews theatre maker Tom Espiner about the play Going Dark to find out
Review: Bohren & der Club of Gore
Riaz Agahi looks at the German band’s new effort - Piano Nights
Not such Happy Days...
Disclaimer: do not book tickets for this as a February blues pick-me-up. The poster’s colourful, the title’s promising, but the only comedy you’ll get it the bleakest of tragicomedy.
Emiel’s Guide to Classical Music: Episode 7 - Josquin
Episode VII - Josquin
ArtsFest is Coming, Look Busy!
Yes the biggest event of the union calendar has arrived. And I don’t mean the Big Elections. ArtsFest sees our scientists’ paradise turned over to our Artistic under culture for a week of something different.
Brum Photorealism
You’d be forgiven for thinking that London is the place to be for everything arts related...