The Artist Who Embraced the Occult and Defied the Surrealists British artist Ithell Colquhoun’s uncanny paintings are full of androgynous gods, murderous goddesses, yoni-like fruit, and disembodied, fleshy parts floating across hallucinatory, dreamlike landscapes. “My life is uneventful, but I sometimes… 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
THEATRE of the VOID After the prestigious Tate Liverpool, BOZAR welcomes the exhibition of the renowned French artist Yves Klein in the spring of 2017. Klein, famous for his ultramarine monochromes, produces works that are interpretations of his ideas on spiritual… Continue Reading
Wilfredo Lam review – Cuba’s last of the true surrealists by Jonathan Jones for the Guardian Tate Modern, London The artist’s odyssey from Cuba to Europe and back again turned him from a disciple of Picasso into a feverish painter… Continue Reading
The Hidden Hand ‘Art is usually made by the ‘hand of the artist’, but for centuries artists, from William Blake and Georgiana Houghton to Matt Mullican, have been ‘guided’ by forces beyond their control’ Marco Pasi writes for the latest edition… Continue Reading