A show of surgical paintings by Celia Hempton raises questions about how far the artist’s eye can penetrate beneath the surface of things
Artists from Helen Frankenthaler to Marlene Dumas have poured and splattered paint on to their canvases with a sense of enviable abandon
From penitent saint to salacious sinner, the biblical figure has worn a number of different guises in art through the ages
Hettie Judah considers how artists such as Tracey Emin and Kiki Smith have represented the sacred bond between women and their cats
Pleasure is a point of principle at Studio Voltaire’s exhibition of works by the two artists
Chantal Akerman and Valie Export have both deployed aggression as a means of artistic expression
Seeing art is often a purely visual experience, but we shouldn’t be afraid of exploring our other senses in the gallery
There are delightful discoveries to be made at this year’s event, but sometimes the central exhibition fizzles where it should spark
Artists over the centuries have often depicted women as mothers, but where are all the deadbeat dads?
Artists may distrust intermediaries but it would be more difficult for anyone to get noticed in the art world without them
In the decades after the Second World War, female artists chafed at the strictures of abstraction and began expressing their gender through their work
For one year, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens has an all-female display of works from its collection and an all-female programme
Work by the artist who painted herself as a sex goddess sits uneasily within the category of feminist art – and is all the better for being discomforting
The artist found freedom in a form of DIY making that teeters on the edge of self-indulgence
Hettie Judah stops her ears to the endless chatter to find a painter whose work is full of flaws and self-doubt – and all the better for it
Creativity often flouts conventions, so it’s no wonder more women want to become thoroughly monstrous
Gwen John and the contemporary artist Matthew Krishanu found comfort in a shared composition
A string of recent exhibitions have done much to raise the profile of so-called outsider artists
A new report shows that most practitioners are still working for love rather than fair pay
The Swedish artist is now fêted as a pioneer of abstract art, but her spiritual inclinations are what really resonate today
Hettie Judah revisits the past as it is presented by artists delving into the archives and reusing old footage
Hettie Judah on what artists have got right (and also wrong) when it comes to depictions of girls
While Peter Strickland’s most recent feature sends up sound artists, Georgina Starr’s short makes for a more challenging listen
Contemporary artists are looking to geological forms less for aesthetic cues than for perspective on time, place and human agency
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
The many faces of Mary Magdalene
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A show of surgical paintings by Celia Hempton raises questions about how far the artist’s eye can penetrate beneath the surface of things