The Eye of the (African) Artist
John Wyver writes: To Tate Modern for the richly interesting Nigerian Modernism exhibition (until 10 May) which is packed with the work of artists of whom I knew nothing. The second room is devoted to the art more
John Wyver writes: To Tate Modern for the richly interesting Nigerian Modernism exhibition (until 10 May) which is packed with the work of artists of whom I knew nothing. The second room is devoted to the art more
John Wyver writes: Readings and audio that have engaged me over the past week, shared here for the holiday weekend. The header image comes from a new Thames & Hudson 'World of Art' title, New Deal Art: more
John Wyver writes: late to posting this today, but here is a selection of articles and video that have engaged and enriched my week, and amongst which I hope you find something interesting; for the header image, see the link more
John Wyver writes: the week's recommendations of articles and audio that I have found interesting and useful and enriching over the past week. Among my recent cultural highlights was Tate Modern's Theatre Picasso exhibition (on until 12 more
John Wyver writes: Posted late in the day, for which apologies, but here is the usual miscellany of articles and audio that I have found engaging and enriching this week. The header image is John Constable's 'Cloud more
John Wyver writes: In 2007 the great Polish director Andrzej Wajda, then in his early eighties, released Katyń, a historical drama about the massacre across thrtee months in 1940 of at least 14,000 Polish more
John Wyver writes: Regulars here will know that I am one of those involved with the continuing discussion over recent policy changes about access to the BBC Written Archives Centre. The campaign to have these changes reversed more
John Wyver writes: as usual, stuff that I found in the past week that helped me get through these strange and terrible times; the header image is a detail from Jan Lievens' 1652 'Allegory of Peace', from more
John Wyver writes: Yesterday saw the publication of two important responses to the current (that is, until 11.59pm next Tuesday) public consultation on the DCMS green paper about the BBC Royal Charter review. First more
John Wyver writes: I have today finished reading Anthony Trollope's 1875 tale of Victorian capitalism, class and love, The Way We Live Now. This is a wonderful chronicle of greed, perfidy and romance, crammed more