Poetry review – TWELVE DAYS: Carla Scarano enjoys a seasonal poem and picture collaboration from Stuart Henson & Bill Sanderson
Carla Scarano
In their humble domestic lives, my grandmothers were not romantic and did not fight for civil or women’s rights. They did not personify any ideal of femininity or heroic endeavour. They simply carried on with their ordinary lives caring for their families and working hard.
Bags: Inside Out Victoria and Albert Museum Until 19 January 2022 The functional use of bags has a symbolic significance that is thoroughly explored in this V&A exhibition.
Poetry review – MARPLES MUST GO!: Carla Scarano D’Antonio appreciates Greg Freeman’s deft mixing of the personal and the political
Paula Rego, Tate Britain. Review by Carla Scarano. The retrospective comprehensive exhibition of Paula Rego’s work spans sixty years of her career and shows her multimedia approach as well as her multi-faceted view and political commitment.
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, Victoria and Albert Museum. Review by Carla Scarano. .”..a marvellous but unsettling journey through the origin of Alice’s stories and their adaptations and reinventions in films, art, music, fashion, photography and design.”
Nero: The Man behind the Myth. British Museum. Review by Carla Scarano. Nero, a young Roman emperor and the last ruler of the first dynasty, the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigned for fourteen years, from AD 54 to AD 68. His legacy is still controversial and is the subject of this exhibition at the British Museum
A Fine Day for Seeing: ten artists/ten poets. In the wide art world, artists are often inspired by literature and writers write about artworks. This exhibition focuses on the collaboration between ten internationally known artists and ten renowned poets.
Poetry review – HOW TO WASH A HEART: Carla Scarano D’Antonio discusses the TS Eliot prize-winning collection by Bhanu Kapil
Poetry review – BREAKFAST AT THE ORIGAMI CAFÉ: Carla Scarano D’Antonio is gripped by a powerful story that runs through Tess Jolly’s new collection
The Arctic: Culture and Climate: Resilience and an enduring thriving culture characterise the population living in the Arctic, a large area in the North Pole comprising Greenland, Alaska, some of the northern territories of Canada, and parts of Siberia and Scandinavia.
by Carla Scarano • art, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, year 2021 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, exhibitions, painting, sculpture •
Poussin and the Dance. National Gallery Until January 2022 Whirling movements, careful choreography and harmonious compositions characterise the works of Poussin that are on display at the exhibition at the National Gallery. He cleverly combined a rigorous study of Greek and Roman antiquities with Baroque sensitivity.