When violence is sustained long enough, it undergoes an insidious transformation: it ceases to be an acute aberration and settles into habit. In contemporary Iran,…
Serbian painter Ratko Torma gives thoughts and fears a physical shape in oil. Two canvases from his series Mental Constructions.
By Sara Bright Sara Bright In a cavernous gallery beneath the iron-and-glass vaults of the Grand Palais in Paris, a forest of cardboard rises from…
By Sara Bright Venue: Tate BritainDates: 2 October 2025 – 15 February 2026Access on 29 October: Open to the public Tate Britain hosts the UK’s largest retrospective of Lee Miller, the American photographer whose…
The artistic impulse, that curious, almost sentient force that compels humanity to create, often finds its most potent expression in figures who elude easy categorisation,…
By Sara Bright The enduring ambition of the visual arts has often been to seize a moment, to freeze an instant in perpetuity. Yet, paradoxically,…
By Sara Bright In an era where visual saturation numbs the senses, Reuben Wu emerges as a provocateur of perspective. The British-American artist, photographer, and…
By Sara Bright In the chiaroscuro of history, few figures embody the paradox of creation and destruction as hauntingly as Lee Miller. Once the face…
By Tabish Khan, art critic specialising in London’s art scene and he believes passionately in making art accessible to everyone. He visits and writes about…
By Sara Bright In 1950, as Paris emerged from the shadow of war, Irving Penn – already renowned for his Vogue covers – opened a…