by Hannah Kane | Mar 4, 2015 | Culture
Julie Reid finds Marlene Dumas light on hope, heavy on beauty Marlene Dumas, The Image as Burden 1993 © Marlene Dumas. Photo: Peter Cox Once labeled ‘the world’s most interesting figure painter’, Marlene Dumas (b.1953) is famous (although not quite as famous as she...
by Hannah Kane | Oct 6, 2014 | Culture
The 2014 Turner Prize exhibition opened this week at the Tate Britain. Showcasing the shortlist of nominees: Duncan Campbell, Ciara Phillips, James Richards, and Tris Vonna-Michell… This year’s collection of work is heavily weighted towards film and video, and...
by Hannah Kane | Sep 16, 2014 | Culture
The annual Blisters: Sound Sessions poster show at Print Club London, a screen printing paradise nestled in the heart of Dalston, opened on Friday night and now that we’re over the initial excitement and have laid out our spoils ready for framing, we’re a...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 9, 2014 | Culture
Artists, especially photographers are an insightful bunch. They spend the best part of their time carefully moulding visual interventions and peddling our most colourful fantasies and banal realities back to us with edifying flair. If photography has taught us...
by Hannah Kane | May 25, 2014 | Culture
Our Digital Culture Editor Emily shares her tips for budding artistic entrepreneurs When I’m not keeping an ear to the ground to report on cultural goings-on for PHOENIX, I run an arts and lifestyle blog called YOUNG GOLD TEETH. A few months ago, I started...
by Hannah Kane | Apr 11, 2014 | Culture
Roy’s People: Street Life is a playful exhibition from Roy Tyson, a new kid on the urban art block. Tyson’s images explore the whimsical side of the everyday and are guaranteed to raise a smile. His work, which features miniature hand-painted figures going...
