Art & Photographic Exhibitions
Britain: The strengths and limitations of Banksy’s “guerrilla” art
By Paul Mitchell, September 10, 2009
Over 300,000 people saw the exhibition of works by “guerilla” graffiti artist Banksy at Bristol museum and art gallery this summer.
Darwin’s “endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful”
By Paul Mitchell, July 22, 2009
The current Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition is a fascinating exploration of the impact of Charles Darwin’s revolutionary theories on art in the late 19th century.
Game Over, or, Where shall we look?
By Virginia Smith, June 5, 2009
A question provoking observers of contemporary visual art is this: What will come after Post Modernism?
“The Aftermath of the December Greek Riots”
By John Vassilipoulis and Paul Mitchell, April 20, 2009
Photographers George Kasolas and Spiros Christofi spoke to the World Socialist Web Site about the cancellation of their London exhibition “The aftermath of the December riots in Greece.”
Sculptor Louise Bourgeois: A year of events celebrating her life and work
By Paul Stuart, January 14, 2009
On 25 December the artist Louise Bourgeois celebrated her 97th birthday. Bourgeois has produced a significant body of work in a personal visual language, which, nonetheless, has been shaped by the tum...
American painter Robert Rauschenberg 1925-2008: Avant-garde to Pop
By Lee Parsons, December 29, 2008
Noted American artist Robert Rauschenberg died May 12 this year of heart failure at his home in Captiva, Florida at the age of 82. The passing of this influential artist obliges us to consider his wor...
Uncovering the truth about Trotsky and the Russian Revolution “continues to run my life”
A conversation with the remarkable David King
By David Walsh, December 4, 2008
David King--artist, designer, editor, photohistorian and archivist--is about to publish a new book, Red Star Over Russia, a visual history of the Soviet Union. WSWS arts editor David Walsh recently sp...
Brighton Biennial exhibition focuses on war photography
By Paul Mitchell, November 28, 2008
This year’s Brighton Photo Biennial brought together a number of antiwar artists and photographers in an ambitious exhibition entitled Memory of Fire: the War of Images and Images of War.
UK photographic exhibition: Images of War
November 28, 2008
The WSWS spoke to staff members at the nine galleries and museums presenting the exhibition Memory of Fire: the War of Images and Images of War. The exhibition raised many issues concerning the nature...
The art of Gustave Courbet in his epoch and in ours
By Clare Hurley, October 10, 2008
While artists go in and out of fashion for various reasons, the renewed interest of late in French painter Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) corresponds to a turn in the contemporary art scene toward a mo...
Rodchenko: The impact of revolution and counterrevolution
By Paul Mitchell, April 10, 2008
“Alexander Rodchenko: Revolution in Photography” at the Hayward Gallery, London, until April 27
American painter Edward Hopper in Chicago
By J. Cooper, March 22, 2008
Edward Hopper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 6 through August 19, 2007; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., September 16, 2007 through January 21, 2008; Art Institute of Chicago, February 16...
