By Tessa Nolan The face of Kirill Richter is on posters across London, announcing a concert at the Coliseum. It is not the kind of…
By Tessa Nolan London’s celebrity geography is not random. It clusters along predictable corridors – Mayfair’s clubland, Soho’s late kitchens, Notting Hill’s pastel mews –…
By Tessa Nolan The artist Amy Sherald has pulled her entire exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The move was abrupt. It followed a…
By Tessa Nolan There is a peculiar, almost Beckettian poetry to the statement issued by the Adams County Coroner’s Office. A man is dead, found…
The history of the floral still life is often burdened by its own domesticity. Relegated for centuries to the realm of the decorative, painting flowers…
By Tessa Nolan There is a tedious paradox at the heart of modern culture: the more desperately an artist contorts themselves for our attention, the…
By Tessa Nolan It was a happy accident. A moment of shared frustration at 35,000 feet over the English Channel, a spilt diary, a lament…
By Tessa Nolan There is a particular kind of electricity that hums through London’s South Bank in the days before a major theatrical opening. It…
By Tessa Nolan An actor stands alone on a stage. There is no set to speak of, perhaps only a chair and a small table.…
By Tessa Nolan Lady Gaga, the pop chameleon known for her theatrical performances, genre-bending music, and unwavering commitment to artistic expression, takes a daring leap…