Tag: sculpture

‘No settled senses of the world can match / The pleasures of that madness’. The Pygmalion Moment in art. Visiting the Turner prize 2026 exhibition at MIMA today.

September 29, 2026

What’s a moment in your life that made you feel truly alive? View all responses There is a puzzle in this question in this prompt question that makes me ask if I find ‘a moment’ where I might be said to be ‘truly alive’, how should I describe my state in the remant of the … More ‘No settled senses of the world can match / The pleasures of that madness’. The Pygmalion Moment in art. Visiting the Turner prize 2026 exhibition at MIMA today.

Did I promise myself to remain authentic to, or at least return to that standard when I strayed, in a world stained with the self-interest of the few to the disadvantage of the many. Doesn’t Anish Kapoor do that as an artist?

July 16, 2026

Did I promise myself to remain authentic to, or at least return to that standard when I strayed, in a world stained with the self-interest of the few to the disadvantage of the many. Doesn’t Anish Kapoor do that as an artist? Ralph Rugoff asks Anish Kapoor in his interview with the artist, whether art’s … More Did I promise myself to remain authentic to, or at least return to that standard when I strayed, in a world stained with the self-interest of the few to the disadvantage of the many. Doesn’t Anish Kapoor do that as an artist?

Let’s pretend we can get in the mind (or guts) of great artists, and consider how Anish Kapoor might translate the question, ‘What’s a time you followed your gut and it turned out to be exactly right?’ This is a blog preparing to see his new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery.

June 24, 2026

Let’s pretend we can get in the mind of great artists, and consider how Anish Kapoor might translate the question, ‘What’s a time you followed your gut and it turned out to be exactly right?’ This is a blog preparing to see his new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. Following your gut to their source: … More Let’s pretend we can get in the mind (or guts) of great artists, and consider how Anish Kapoor might translate the question, ‘What’s a time you followed your gut and it turned out to be exactly right?’ This is a blog preparing to see his new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery.

I learned last what I ought to have learned first: that things connect most when they separate. Transit, Transition & Transfusion: Chiharu Shiota: ‘Threads of Life’ and Yin Xiuzhen: ‘Heart to Heart’ at the Hayward Gallery.

March 7, 2026

I learned last what I ought to have learned first: that things connect most when they separate. Transit, Transition & Transfusion: Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life and Yin Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart at the Hayward Gallery seen on the morning of the 5th March 2026. This is a prompt question response and a reflection on the dual exhibition currently … More I learned last what I ought to have learned first: that things connect most when they separate. Transit, Transition & Transfusion: Chiharu Shiota: ‘Threads of Life’ and Yin Xiuzhen: ‘Heart to Heart’ at the Hayward Gallery.

A blog on the beautiful new novel by Adrian Duncan ‘The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth’ (2025)

February 7, 2025

‘…, and yet there is something in the form that does not make sense to me’.[1] The beautiful new novel by Adrian Duncan The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth (2025) imagines a project in which the ‘history from within’ is sought of ‘selected sculptures’.[2]  That history in a novel extends to the people who work  … More A blog on the beautiful new novel by Adrian Duncan ‘The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth’ (2025)