Not Without My Ghosts: The Artist As Medium t’s a ghost! And a naughty one at that. The apparition floats up, sprouting faun-like forms and wicked faces in what resembles a cloud of opium smoke. This vision, in a… Continue Reading
A fantastic podcast holiday season interlude with the Amy Hale and Earl Fontainelle on SWEP – ‘Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast’ talking about Ithell Colquhoun. I have to admit I was surprised to see this addition to the podcast as… Continue Reading
The Haitian Surrealists That History Forgot This month, an exhibition dedicated to Haitian artists working between the 1940s and 1960s, “Art + Revolution in Haiti,” will be on view at various locations in London. The Gallery of Everything—an idiosyncratic dealer mounting concurrent presentations… Continue Reading
Tate acquires vast archive of British surrealist Ithell Colquhoun Collection of works by little-known painter will be largest by one artist in Tate’s archive Her name has largely slipped through the gaps of art history, and those who do know… Continue Reading
TAROT AS COLOUR : FULGUR Ithell Colquhoun A radical visual exploration of the occult forces behind the traditional tarot deck by the neglected British Surrealist, Ithell Colquhoun. In 1977, a series of 78 strange enamel works were exhibited in… Continue Reading
Seeking the Marvellous: Ithell Colquhoun, British Women and Surrealism conference – 22 & 23 March 2018 Seeking the Marvellous is a two-day interdisciplinary symposium that will examine the work of Ithell Colquhoun (1906 – 1988) and other women connected… Continue Reading
China Miéville’s The Last Days of New Paris is a weird and wild alternative history set in a 1950 Paris where the Nazi occupation is ongoing, and an incident known as the S-Blast has transformed surrealist art and poetry into… Continue Reading
The Guardian Culture shorts featured a small video on the search for Leonora Carrington by her cousin. Carrington’s work was featured in the ‘Language of the Birds: Occult and Art’. Leonora Carrington escaped a stultifying Lancashire childhood to run off with Max Ernst… Continue Reading
British Surrealist & Occultist Returns to the Slade In conjunction with the forthcoming release of FULGUR Ithell Colquhoun’s ‘Decad of Intelligence’ Launch at the Slade School of Fine Art on December 16th!! After 85 years, the forgotten esoteric feminist artist… Continue Reading
SALVADOR DALI GOES TO HELL: ASTOUNDING ILLUSTRATIONS FOR DANTE’S ‘INFERNO’ exert from Dangerous Minds Article – …In 1957, the Italian government approached Salvador Dali to produce a series of 101 watercolor illustrations intended to accompany a new edition of the… Continue Reading