Madonna: Like an Icon – at 60
The music industry has never been kind to the older woman, says Lucy O’Brien. Female artists are expected to disappear gracefully, but Madonna, as ever, continues to buck trends.
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Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up at the V&A
‘Everybody thinks they know Frida, but actually they don’t know her at all,’ Claire Wilcox senior curator at the V&A has said. My Frida knowledge is hazy, I’m not going t...
Love this: Adrian Piper Berlin Dancing video
This video of Adrian Piper dancing in Alexanderplatz is just glorious. The 69-year-old artist and philosopher with a PhD from Harvard was born in New York and now lives in Berlin.
Rachel Howard: the artist you need to know about
Why have I never heard of Rachel Howard? Is what I thought earlier this year when a gorgeous painting caught my eye as I walked past Blain Southern’s London gallery.
Rachel Whiteread: at the Tate and on TV
Rachel Whiteread was the first woman to win the Turner Prize, in 1993. The artist’s life-size cast of the inside of derelict a house in London’s East End was demolished soon after.
Creative Women: Lucille Lewin on fashion, art and achieving an MA in ceramics at 69
A thirst for knowledge and continual learning is what drives Lucille Lewin. ‘I really hate not learning and wanted a goal,’ the 69-year-old artist tells me in her London studio.
A fantastic exhibition – Breathing Colour by Hella Jongerius – and some fancy pants
How colours ‘breathe’ with light and change throughout the day is something designer Hella Jongerius’ work celebrates. Anyone who has bought something under fluorescent shop lighting...
Creative Women at Work: Lubna Chowdhary, V&A ceramics resident
‘I am always trying to combine ideas and aesthetics from the eastern and western worlds,’ London-based artist Lubna Chowdhary tells me, ‘the eastern influence is a very strong part o...
This year’s Turner Prize has no age limit
The Turner Prize has gone ageless. I’m a bit late to this snippet of news but I have been in Book Editing Hell for the last week.
Cornelia Parker on the campaign trail
I’m interested to see what the official artist of the general election 2017 Cornelia Parker comes up with. Maybe her exploding shed is a clue… ‘Everything I look at now seems politic...
Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Happy Holidays…
This year’s virtual Christmas card to friends, followers and other random folk is a painting courtesy of artist Janey Sharratt. Or New Friend Janey, as I like to call her.
