The Easel

20th August 2019

Home Sweet Home

Sophie Wright | Lens Culture | 16th July 2019

The British middle class started being fond of their houses in the early 19th century. A “sensitive and confronting” exhibition of British photography reveals that it is now well beyond fondness. For individuals, houses are both a safe haven and a point of “collision of dreams, aspirations and realities”. Collectively, they help define national identity. So, is the home more a state of mind than it is a physical place?

13th August 2019

Full of wonders: Takis at Tate Modern reviewed

Simon Ings | The Spectator | 13th July 2019

Takis died last week, just after the opening of his “epic” London retrospective. Labelling him a pioneer of kinetic art scarcely does him justice. Some of his abstract sculptures use lights while others make strange sounds. Most famous are works that use electromagnetism to suspend objects in mid-air, “frozen in constant, unbearable, unbreakable tension.” Better than an obituary is this video (6 min).

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