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Looking about the Folkestone Triennial
As an ardent fan of the British seaside, a day trip to the coast doesn’t take much persuasion, though biennials, triennials and the like do give one more of an impetus to leave the safety of the city and to journey to otherwise unlikely destinations, like Folkestone. Folkestone is a typical tired seaside town, peppered…
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Ones to watch: girls making films
Having see some incredible shorts at Underwire Festival over the past few days, and spoken with some ambitious and intelligent women about their work, I thought I would just mention a few of the films that made me feel proud of the work being produced by talented females in the UK. Look out for these…
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London galleries celebrating female talent
I’ve recently visited three exhibitions that put women artists at the centre stage and present challenging ideas about what it is to be female. Sarah Lucas at the Whitechapel Truly one of the most important artists of her generation. Why she never rose to the prominence of her peers Damian Hirst and Tracey Emin is…
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Don’t kill your babies
Underwire Festival has taken on the mantle of championing female talent. As a festival it’s young, self-assured and more renegade than those who have come before it. It gives firm support: sharing careers advice in forums across the country, keeping the community updated about the careers of previous festival winners on the website, and running an…
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All Eyes on the East
As next week I’ll be heading off to Gwangju, South Korea to participate in emergent art fair art:gwangju:12 and to take a peek at the host of delights featuring in this year’s Gwangju Biennale it seems apt to pen a few thoughts about Korean art. Between Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation A couple of months ago…
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The Outsiders and the Outlaws
In the last couple of weeks I’ve found myself at two exhibitions that explore the issues and abuses faced by Roma communities. Firstly, at Roma-Sinti-Kale-Manush at Rivington Place in London, and then The Bucaneers at the Stade Hall in Hastings, East Sussex. With the recent controversy stirred up in the media by Channel 4’s offensive…
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People vs the machine
This week I have been pondering this online world I visit somewhat and how it shapes who we are and what we do. Meet the artists A real treat was to finally come face to face in the real world with Italian artists and hacktivists, Eva and Franco Mattes, who were over for their exhibition…
