Musee Fin-de-Siecle, Brussels

In Brussels, art nouveau found its most complete expression in the architecture of Victor Horta. Now the Brussels’ Musees Royaux des Beaux Arts has devoted a huge new “Fin-de-Siecle” section, a museum in itself, to the artistic context in which he thrived.

How Close is Closer: the Work of Dayanita Singh. Ruth Rosengarten

I first came across the work of Delhi born artist Dayanita Singh in an exhibition and book, Myself Mona Ahmed (2001), a photo-essay about an aging eunuch transsexual (hijra) living in a graveyard in Old Delhi. In this extraordinary body of work – the book contains various different kinds of text alongside the photographs) – one sensed not only compassion, but a collaboration between the person in front of the camera, and the one looking through the lens.

London Grip New Poetry – Winter 2013

* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Murray Bodo *Ian House *Louise Warren *David Cooke *Benjamin Smith *Kerrin P Sharpe *Stephen Claughton *Martyn Crucefix *Sue Rose *Carol DeVaughn *Stephen Oliver *Merryn Williams *Sarah Glaz *Brian Docherty * Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya *Graham Burchell *Nancy Mattson *John Snelling *Vaughan Rapatahana *Kate Foley *Martin Burke *Robert […]

Poetry Review Winter 2013 – Bartholomew-Biggs

Paul McLoughlin reviews a collection set in the 1930s which recreates a lost age that was both golden and flawed.

Minding Matter: Daniel Silver’s ‘Dig’ in its contemporary context. Ruth Rosengarten.

It is always interesting to pinpoint the moment when one becomes conscious of a change of mood or orientation in contemporary artistic practices. Something has emerged that offers quite a different tonic. This ‘something’ might be termed ‘mindful matter’: it is materialism with a twist, or with a new twist.

Poetry Review Autumn 2013 – Hirschhorn

Leah Fritz warms to Norbert Hirschhorn’s fresh poetic treatment of Jewish traditional songs

Poetry Review Autumn 2013 – Shook

Norbert Hirschhorn detects a Dali-esque streak in David Shook’s first collection

London Grip New Poetry – Autumn 2013

* This issue of London Grip New Poetry features poems by: *Rodney Wood *F.M.Brown *Rik Wilkinson *Sissy Buckles *Robert Etty *Antony Johae *Ruth Bidgood *Elizabeth Smither *Elizabeth Barrett *Sonam Chhoki *Deborah Tyler-Bennett *Shadwell Smith *Jonathan Taylor *Bruce Christianson *Robert Peake *Robert Nisbet *Pam Job

Poetry Review Summer 2013 – French & Kirwan

Norbert Hirschhorn reflects on a poetry and prose memoir that gives an inside view of the National Health Service at a time when it may be about to change forever.

Bringing the Outside In – Ruth Rosengarten.

The Alternative Guide to the Universe, Hayward Gallery, 11 June – 26 August 2013. Souzu – Outsider Art from Japan, Wellcome Collection, 28 March – 30 June 2013.

Poetry Review Summer 2013 – Ivory

In her latest collection, Waiting for Bluebeard, Helen Ivory invites her readers into a world where fantasy can sometimes become disturbingly real.

London Grip New Poetry – Summer 2013

* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Ian C Smith *Frank C Praeger *Phil Wood *Laurie Johnston *Martin Noutch *Thomas Ovans *Seth Crook *Judith Wolton *Wendy Klein *Peter Branson *Ann Vaughan-Williams *D M Aderibigbe *Emma Lee *Robert Nisbet *R D McManes *Jeff Bell *Paul Richards

Year 2013