The recently closed A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920-2020 exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery was a fascinating dive into the transformative approaches by artists towards their sites of production. What was immediately clear was the incredibly broad cast of international artists represented. Split up between two floors, it opened in part with photographs of artistsContinue reading “REVIEW | A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920-2020 – Whitechapel Gallery”
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From colourful cut-outs to stained glass windows – Henri Matisse at Tate
An artist sits in a wheelchair, a large pair of scissors in one hand, the other holding on to a large sheet of orange paper. Aided by his studio assistant, the Russian-born Lydia Delectorskaya, the great Henri Matisse swiftly and rapidly cuts the piece of paper into a wavy, algae-like form. Similar shapes are thenContinue reading “From colourful cut-outs to stained glass windows – Henri Matisse at Tate”
Nigel Ip | Visual Arts Writer & Art Historian 