Last week I welcomed colleagues and guests to an event on the creative industries organised by Goldsmiths’ Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) and co-hosted by the Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC). Creative Industries… View Full Post
On Friday 22 November I chaired a panel to mark the closing of Rothko in Lampedusa, an inspiring exhibition of artwork by refugees. The Rothko in Lampedusa exhibition ran from May to November 2019 and… View Full Post
Dr Tim Parnell is Senior Lecturer in English at Goldsmiths University of London and Literary Director of the Goldsmiths Prize. In this interview ahead of the announcement of the Prize’s 2019 winner, Tim shares how… View Full Post
Including a wide range of media such as film, photography and illustration, as well as textile and fashion design, Mundo Latinx also highlights the permeability of borders, the continual movement of people, which stimulates the formation of new ideas and identities, as well as large diaspora communities. … View Full Post
I always enjoy seeing exhibitions dedicated to the work of female artists -in times gone by these have been all too rare – and after reading an interesting interview with Mary Heilmann online, I decided… View Full Post
Last night I went to the opening of The House of Illustration’s new exhibition Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics. The show is the UK’s largest ever exhibition of the work of female comics artists. It… View Full Post
I was really interested to see Assemble win this year’s Turner Prize because they have once again challenged what we consider to be ‘art’. The collective of architects (or artists, or both?) were recognised for… View Full Post
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful” – William Morris Yesterday I enjoyed a fabulous visit to the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow. I… View Full Post
Whilst in Venice last week I visited the Proportio exhibition at one of my favourite museums – The Fortuny Museum. The exhibition, curated by Axel Vervoordt and Daniela Ferretti, showed the film ‘Atlanti’ by Francesco… View Full Post
Whilst in Venice last weekend I underwent a cultural rejuvenation as I visited some of the many exciting exhibitions taking place there. One of those I was looking forward to seeing was the latest Glasstress… View Full Post