Swiss-Haitian artist renegotiates colonial history in activist exhibition
In 2008, Sasha Huber, a Swiss-Haitian multimedia visual artist based in Finland, began a project to challenge the problematic legacy of Swiss-American glaciologist and natural scientist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873). Agassiz was a devout creationist who lectured on his belief in…
David Bowie: five must-have items for the V&A’s new centre
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has announced the opening of a new David Bowie Centre for the Performing Arts in 2025 at V&A East Storehouse in east London. This follows the news that the museum has acquired –…
Royal Academy’s Spain and the Hispanic World – an expert in Spanish art reviews the exhibition
The Royal Academy’s first big show of 2023 is unusual. As well as presenting an impressive collection from Spain and the Hispanic world (around 150 items covering over 4,000 years, including paintings, sculptures, maps, books and manuscripts), it also tells…
