Art in Focus
Art in Focus – June 2022
28/05/2022 | ReformPicking OlivesSliman Mansouroil on canvas, 1988
I was balancing in an olive tree, wielding a stick, beating the branches to bring the olives bouncing down onto a large ground sheet. At lunchtime I sat with the Palestinian family round a … Read More
Art in Focus – April 2022
28/03/2022 | ReformDetail from The lamentation over the dead Christ with saints,Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, also known as Sandro Botticelli(a nickname meaning ‘little barrel’), 1499-1500
Is there a better depiction of devotion and love, of the need to cherish and … Read More
Art in Focus – March 2022
25/02/2022 | ReformBlack SquareKazimir MalevichOil on linen, 1915Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
A painting that is simply a black square. Really? This work by Kazimir Malevich caused an uproar when it was first shown in 1915. The plain black canvas (albeit now with a … Read More
Art in Focus – February 2022
28/01/2022 | ReformMaundy ThursdayMalcolm Doney, 2019
Covid has been awful, alienating, and tragic for some but, as we’ve slowly begun to realise, it has had a few beneficial effects as well. We’ve recognised our dependence on one another and on public services. … Read More
Art in Focus – October 2021
24/09/2021 | ReformRefugeeKate Green, charcoal on paperwww.katecgreen.wordpress.com
She stands quietly, her gaze slightly to one side. Behind her a stormy sky, a smudgy moon and light in the distance, which could be a happier time but could equally be the livid light … Read More
Art in Focus – September 2021
31/08/2021 | Reform‘Take pride in knowing that your struggle will play the biggest role in your purpose’Marcus Rashford, 2021Mural by AKSE P19 www.akse-p19.com
This wall mural of Marcus Rashford in Manchester is by now a familiar image – almost an icon. Street … Read More
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