From Grand Canal to Doha – Editorial
By Stacey Wrenn Rern Koolhaas, one of the most renowned urbanists or our time, once said: “Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance”, and this statement is as […]
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Wildfire’s Hidden Figures
By Maia Mathieu Edmonia ‘Wildfire’ Lewis might be the most important artist that you’ve never heard of. She was born to a Mississauga Ojibwe mother and an African-Haitian […]
The male chaperone
By Charlotte Lee That women are unappreciated in the world of art is not exactly groundbreaking news. Western art is traditionally the domain of white, upper-classmen and the […]
The problems of ‘outsider art’
By Lucie de Rondeau Noyer Since the label “outsider art” was coined in 1972 by art critic Roger Cardinal, it is generally agreed that such a category is […]
We need a new history – EDITORIAL
By Stacey Wrenn This title may sound like an oxymoron upon first glance, how can you have a newer version of something that’s entire basis is in the past? What […]
The fetishisation of radical politics
By Maia Mathieu You know her unibrow, even if you don’t know her art. Since celebrities like Madonna discovered her art in the early nineties, Frida Kahlo has become a […]
Perfect by design
By Sulla Montes I firmly believe that there will come a time when the old-fashioned pencil sketches on tracing paper will be completely replaced with computer-aided architectural design […]
The Biggest Questions Facing Artists Today
By Mollyrose Lee In an article by The Guardian earlier this month, several artists working across a range of mediums were asked what the biggest issue they faced was, reflecting […]
An ode to Brutalism
By Oisin Vince Coulter In the early hours of the 14 June 2017, a fire engulfed Grenfell Tower in London. This fire resulted in an estimated 80 deaths and […]
Caravaggio vs. Guercino
Bella White compares Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s ‘Taking of Christ’ and Il Guercino’s ‘Betrayal of Christ’.
