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Revisiting the creative industries
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 Revisited set out to review the current state of the creative and cultural industries and the narratives and policies associated… →
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Spreading CreActivity: with Venice Art Factory and UNHCR
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 featured work by established international artists and younger refugee artists. I’ve worked with the event’s curators Venice Art Factory for… →
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The Goldsmiths Prize: Interview with Tim Parnell
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 the Prize began and reflects on the outlook for the novel form. You set up the Goldsmiths Prize back in 2013 – why… →
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Mundo Latinx
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. →
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Mary Heilmann: Looking at Pictures (Whitechapel Gallery)
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 I had to pay a visit to the Whitechapel Gallery’s latest show. It took years for Heilmann to gain recognition,… →
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Comix Creatrix (House of Illustration)
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 features original artwork by 100 women comic creators working across genres and generations – from the 1800s to the present… →
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Opinion: Assemble – Turner Prize
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 their Granby Four Streets Project – the design and renovation of 10 derelict houses in Toxteth, Liverpool, creating social outdoor spaces,… →
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Creativity in Crises (Venice Biennale)
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 Jodice in which one of the characters says ‘It’s not the end of the world…but you can see it from… →
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Glasstress: Gotika (Berengo Studios)
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 exhibition which our own Chair of Art in the Environment, Lucy Orta has taken part in. The Glasstress project, which… →