Lift Off! A review of Gustav Metzger’s current exhibition at Kettle’s Yard
“So, it’s, um, auto-destructivist art. A creative form of political protest through destruction and disintegration”. Such were my words in an attempt to convince my family to come to the new exhibition at Kettle’s Yard, ‘Lift Off!’, featuring the work by the activist and...
Why a Gap Year? AHA alum and Berkeley student Lucy Sundelson on what the experience meant for her
On the day I left for my gap year trip with Art History Abroad, I felt terrified. I cried while I sat in the terminal, waiting to board my flight. I was on my way to Italy, and for the first time in my...
‘Laura Knight: Portraits’: thoughts on her recent exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, by Lucy Speelman
Volume after volume of academic rhetoric is devoted solely to the role of women in the arts and in their history. I suspect it will continue to be such a hotly debated topic for many years to come, and I think it is...
‘Vermeer & Music: The Art of Love and Leisure’ at the National Gallery, by Lucy Speelman
‘If music be the food of art, play on’ – Rachel Campbell Johnston, The Times Painting is traditionally seen as an art concerned only with the visual and the aesthetic, and similarly, music is considered a solely aural medium. This exhibition, however, attempts to...