Monthly, about art.
Invisible Labour
Nicole Wermers interviewed by Ellen Mara De Wachter.
Grenfell.
Morgan Quaintance argues that Chris Ofili’s mural for the victims of Grenfell Tower at Tate Britain was compromised from the start
Chris Ofili’s rendering moves the Grenfell Tower fire out of the realm of the real and places it in the metaphorical zone of allegory, and shifts Khadija Saye from the conscious intentions and actions of her life to that of saintly, one-dimensional martyrdom.
Levelling Up?
Laura Harris exposes as a sham the government’s plan for a so-called ‘Renaissance’ in the regions
The regional inequalities that continue to scar the UK, and the other social inequalities that deepen them, are, and have always been, in direct opposition to the interests of art in general – that is, art as a vital part of life, rather than a growing part of the economy.