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cover of GQ magazine with Rihanna styled as Medusa with snakes for hair and carrying a large snake. Styled by Damien Hirst.

Messy Histories: Medusa

Posted on March 28, 2020July 7, 2020 by Julia Johnson

I LOVE this week’s topic!

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Posted in Home, Messy HistoriesTagged Art History, Classics, Medusa1 Comment

Let’s Talk About It #11: more than just squiggles?

Posted on January 4, 2017January 29, 2017 by Julia Johnson

This is the first in this series which I’m writing on request, rather than from my own inspiration.  […]

Posted in Home, Let's Talk About ItTagged art, Art History, artist, constellations, dreams, Miro, painting, Spanish, surrealist, womanLeave a comment
©Yves Klein, ADAGP, Paris/ DACS, London, 2016

The Theatre of the Void

Posted on October 24, 2016March 12, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Yves Klein, Tate Liverpool, until 5th March 2017, £11 (includes entrance to Edward Krasinski) […]

Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged art, Art History, blue, colour, elements, France, French, perception, performance, Yves Klein1 Comment

Let’s Talk About It #9: No space for art?

Posted on October 14, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

This week the news broke that Art History A-Level is being axed.

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Posted in Home, Let's Talk About ItTagged art, Art History, education, freedom, history, PoliticsLeave a comment

Sex, judgement, and artistic ambition

Posted on September 18, 2016September 7, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Tracey Emin & William Blake in Focus, Tate Liverpool, until 3rd September 2017, free. […]

Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged art, Art History, bed, culture, Liverpool, Tracey Emin, William Blake, Young British Artists1 Comment

Style and technique

Posted on June 26, 2016January 9, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Picasso linocuts from the British Museum, Lady Lever Art Gallery, until 8th January 2017, free. […]

Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged art, Art History, culture, Liverpool, philanthropy, PicassoLeave a comment

Let’s Talk About it #7: nobody’s plaything.

Posted on June 16, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

I’ve been thinking lately about how obsessed society is by ‘The Body’
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Posted in Home, Let's Talk About ItTagged art, Art History, Belle Epoque, female, French, history, nude, OlympiaLeave a comment

Let’s Talk About It #6: the familiar & unknown

Posted on June 8, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Summer is not always the best time for galleries.   […]

Posted in Home, Let's Talk About ItTagged art, Art History, beach, dream, men, statuesLeave a comment

Let’s Talk About It #3: The Raphael thing

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Julia Johnson

I will admit that my path through Art History in this series seems somewhat random […]

Posted in Home, Let's Talk About ItTagged art, Art History, culture, Pre-Raphaelite, RaphaelLeave a comment

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