Now displayed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Frederic Leighton’s 1895 oil painting Flaming June orbits an unconscious female subject. Against the painting’s calculated — almost architectural — composure, this image of female repose becomes a charged site where sex and sexual desire are insistently inscribed. Leighton choreographs the woman’s body into a carefully… Continue reading The trouble with Sleeping Beauty — desire, desirability and the unconscious female body
After World War I, Yugoslav artists and intellectuals pursued a clear cultural objective — to assert their place within European modernity as equals, not as latecomers. Their response was neither imitation of the existing European art nor quiet assimilation. Instead, they entered the cultural arena with the conviction that they already belonged there. Through publishing,… Continue reading The Yugoslav avant-garde legacy in European contemporary art
“Remember, size is no guarantee of strength. We may be the smallest gallery in Soho, but we intend it to carry big ideas.” Philip Levine Philip established The Smallest Gallery in Soho in 2016. He has been working in the creative and cultural industries for the last two decades as a producer. This has ranged… Continue reading The smallest gallery in Soho — a small space with big ideas
