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Slice Ten Lemons

People always say, ‘when life gives you lemons, make lemonade’. Lubaina Himid has decorated this canvas with lemons, but exactly how many lemons are there in this painting? The title is ‘Slice Ten Lemons’ - but we count 11.

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Articles & Reviews Nicolas Paterson Articles & Reviews Nicolas Paterson

Da Vinci of Debt: Delusions of Grandeur and Eloquence in Modern America

The DaVinci of Debt art instalment was a profound piece of art that served as an allegory for Americanised consumption in the modern world. Constructed with the real diplomas of American graduate, each degree is valued at just over $180,000 (the average cost of a four-year college education in the US). The piece can therefore be said to be pragmatically valued at $470 million.

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Articles & Reviews Tom Aberneithie Articles & Reviews Tom Aberneithie

Tim Noble: Imaginary Beings

Tim Noble’s exhibition ‘Imaginary Beings’ at Darren Flook gallery is the artist’s first solo show since departing from the post-YBA power punk art duo Noble and Webster. Their work always retained a provocative element and often deconstructed the sacredness surrounding ‘high’ art. Noble’s solo exhibition at Darren Flook gallery is no dilution of this energy.

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Articles & Reviews Rory Potts Articles & Reviews Rory Potts

In Search of Rosalind Nashashibi: Some Notes, A Reflection.

Rosalind Nashashibi had the recent honour of being named the National Gallery’s first Artist-in-Residence. Whilst Nashashibi predominantly works in film, during her residency she experimented with painting. Duality abounds in Nashashibi’s paintings, something which the artist has referred to herself as the connection between the conscious and the unconscious, or a prefiguring of certain characteristics in embryo.

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Articles & Reviews Sheena Hussain Articles & Reviews Sheena Hussain

‘In Praise’ at Belvoir Art Gallery

‘In Praise’ was an exhibition held in March at the Belvoir Art Gallery in Leicester, curated by the extraordinary talented Shazia Rashida Osman. Curated by a Muslim Woman, and adorned with works by Muslim Women, the exhibition showcased the beauty of Islam through its intricate body of art.

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Articles & Reviews Carmela Vienna Articles & Reviews Carmela Vienna

Sour-Puss: The Opera - Shame, Queer Play and Melancholia 🧪🐱

I caress their baby in my hands. I stroke the texture of her hot pink satin cover with my thumbs as her slippery surface is suddenly disrupted by a slightly stickier one. Two red claw-like hands (or feet) stretch across the centre of the cover, just about distinguishable enough from the raging pink backdrop. My eyes are toying between the vivaciously seductive pink and the subtly, yet almost aggressive and traumatic imprints of red. They say never judge a book by its cover – but I’m already bewitched by this one.

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