Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has arrived at Birmingham Hippodrome! 26 years after it first debuted on Broadway, I was excited to see if this […]
Review | Britta Marakatt-Labba: embroidered survival stories at Ikon Gallery
Ikon Gallery’s dazzling Carlo Crivelli exhibition is receiving all the attention at the moment. It’s great to see this Renaissance master’s sumptuous, illusionistic paintings win […]
Book the Best: Inspirational Women Speakers
Introducing a curated list of the most diverse and inspirational women speakers… A couple of years ago I attended an event on International Women’s Day; […]
Review | Spider Woman: Louise Bourgeois at the Hayward Gallery
If you go down to London today, you’re sure of a big surprise: Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) the art world’s Spider Woman, has a spellbinding show […]
Review | British Art Show 9 in Wolverhampton
Hundreds of china cats are currently sat inside Wolverhampton Art Gallery. Cabinets are filled with rows of porcelain feline figurines, of all shapes and sizes, […]
Review | ‘Lucian Freud: Real Lives’ at Tate Liverpool
Lucian Freud was a master of modern portraiture, whose muses were friends, lovers, wives, children and fellow artists. In the show ‘Lucian Freud: Real Lives’, […]
11 famous muses who changed art history
The perception of the muse is that of a passive, powerless female model. She’s probably taken her clothes off and is reclining submissively for an […]
10 must-read feminist art books
Traditionally, far too many women have been overlooked, ignored and airbrushed out of art history. Most people will have heard of Henri Matisse and Andre […]
Review | Birmingham Royal Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’: an immersive fairy tale for today
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, particularly at Birmingham Hippodrome. Since moving to the city 5 years ago, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ […]
Artist Ashton Attzs commissioned by B:Music
I am excited to share this first look at brand-new artwork by Ashton Attzs, recently commissioned by B:Music! Attzs’s joyful illustration celebrates the return of […]