The intensely physical draughtsmanship, erotic subject matter and tragically short life of Viennese artist Egon Schiele have combined to make him a perennial favourite of art students. Egon Schiele: The Radical Nude at the Courtauld Gallery in London casts an…
My heart gave a small leap for joy this morning when I heard the news that the artist Rose Wylie had won this year’s John Moores painting prize. Since it began in 1957, only three women have received the prestigious…
One of this week’s most widespread stories has been the image of editor-in-chief of fashion magazine Garage and gallery owner, Dasha Zhukova, sitting on a form of chair fashioned from a mannequin of a half-naked, bondaged black woman. Except of…
Along with sex, the need for nourishment is probably one of the most visceral and basic human instincts. In today’s (12 December 2013) Daily Mail Naomi Wolf writes about how our commodified and vicarious online experiences of sex via internet…
Our guest blog this week is by London-based writer Sarah Day who considers the explicit, or exploited, image of popster Miley Cyrus. We need to talk about Miley. We need to watch videos of nearly naked Miley gyrating against a…
I’ve just seen Bryony Kimmings’s show (see issue One) at the Soho Theatre, London (http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/bryony-kimmings-credible-likeable-superstar-rolemo/). This is really thought-provoking, shocking, witty and clever. But above all the sincerity and dedication to creating an alternative role model for tweenies was palpable…