Art & Photographic Exhibitions
“8 Mile”: images from a Papua New Guinea shanty town
By Susan Allan, April 5, 2010
The 8 Mile settlement is just outside Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea’s capital, and home to about 15,000 of the city’s 250,000 residents.
Bolshevism and the avant-garde artists (1993)
By David Walsh, February 17, 2010
The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 1915–1932 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, in 1992-1993, was a major event. David Walsh wrote a series of articles in the Bulletin, a ...
Bolshevism and the avant-garde artists (1993)—Part 3
By David Walsh, February 16, 2010
The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 1915–1932 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, in 1992-1993, was a major event. David Walsh wrote a series of articles in the Bulletin, a ...
Bolshevism and the avant-garde artists (1993)—Part 2
By David Walsh, February 15, 2010
The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 1915–1932 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, in 1992-1993, was a major event. David Walsh wrote a series of articles in the Bulletin, a ...
Bolshevism and the avant-garde artists (1993)—Part 1
By David Walsh, February 13, 2010
The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 1915–1932 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, in 1992-1993, was a major event. David Walsh wrote a series of articles in the Bulletin, a ...
Letter to the editor: Photography notes
By Virginia Smith, February 12, 2010
Exhibitions of American documentary photography are proliferating, a reader notes, suggesting this is one portion of the visual arts where a genuine engagement with society is taking place.
An interesting collection, but a distorted view of Stalinism
Mexican prints: revolution on paper
By Paul Mitchell, January 29, 2010
Mexican prints 1910-1960 will be shown at the British Museum in London through April 5, 2010.
Les Automatistes: Revolt and modern art in post-war Montreal
By Lee Parsons, January 9, 2010
The Varley Art Gallery in Unionville, Ontario, is hosting what has been called “the show of the year” in Canada, bringing together the work of 15 artists known as the “Automatistes,” which des...
Photographer Roy DeCarava, chronicler of African-American life (1919-2009)
By C. W. Rogers, January 7, 2010
Roy DeCarava, one of the world’s most renowned photographers, died in October six weeks shy of his 90th birthday. DeCarava is perhaps best known for his portraits of jazz musicians and everyday life...
Grayson Perry’s “The Walthamstow Tapestry”: A sensitive depiction of the journey through life
By Paul Mitchell, December 29, 2009
The huge 3-by-15-metre “The Walthamstow Tapestry,” created by ceramic artist Grayson Perry, was the highlight of a brief exhibition at the Victoria Miro Gallery in London last month, which also sa...
Britain: The strengths and limitations of Banksy’s “guerrilla” art
By Paul Mitchell, September 10, 2009
Over 300,000 people saw the exhibition of works by “guerilla” graffiti artist Banksy at Bristol museum and art gallery this summer.
Darwin’s “endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful”
By Paul Mitchell, July 22, 2009
The current Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition is a fascinating exploration of the impact of Charles Darwin’s revolutionary theories on art in the late 19th century.
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