Samuel Reilly is a freelance writer in Edinburgh and a PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews.

Tuareg Rug (detail; 2018), Abdoulaye Konaté.
Dido and Aeneas (detail; c. 1640s), Mortlake Tapestry Works.
Untitled (1950–55), Seydou Keïta.
Kilham to Langtoft II, 27 July 2005 (2005), David Hockney.
Finch College Project, Robert Morris
Detail of the Lander Stool.
Le serpent, Graham Sutherland
The Shed under construction, as seen from the High Line, October 2018.
Norman Ackroyd on Malin Head
Untitled (Igbo Landing) (group of figures from series; 2018), Gerald Chukwuma. Gallery 1957, Accra
Black Peter (detail), Joe Bradley
Night of the Long Knives I, Athi-OPatra Ruga
Le Générale Canson, Préfète Duffaut
'The List', before its defacement. Credit: Liverpool Biennial/Mark McNulty.
Biyema Byeri reliquary figure (late 19th or early 20th century), Fang Betsi, Moyen-Ogooué, Gabon. Musée d’ethnographie de Genève
Alberto Giacometti and Francis Bacon, 1965, (1965) Graham Keen, © Graham Keen
A Sheet of Figure Studies, Peter Oliver
Installation view of a work by John Russell, part of 'Cellular World' at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow International Festival 2018, photo: © Alan Dimmick
Floater No.28 (unicorn), Derrick Adams
Almond Blossom, (1890), Vincent Van Gogh, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam