The giant soul: jenn law in conversation with penny siopis
Penny Siopis, The Giant Soul, 2020, glue, ink, oil, and newspaper cuttings on paper, 29.5 x 39.5 cm, image courtesy of the artist Back in...
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Bibliomania: Reading American English
He had one thought, one love, one passion: the books! And this love, this passion burned his heart, spoiled his life, devoured his...
Penelope Stewart: Chantier
Art + reading co-editor, Penelope Stewart, is currently wrapping up a 5-week residency at the Musée Barthète in Boussan, France. She has...
The Artifacts of Inflation
Heather Thomson, 100 000 Mark 25 Juli 1923, lithograph, 2018 When artist Heather Thomson inherited a collection of German Papiermarks...
Penelope Stewart: Botanical Readings
Penelope Stewart, Botanique, artist's book, cyanotype, 2018, photo credit: Thomas Blanchard Last summer while attending a master...
In Pursuit of Pleasurable Work
It is often said that if you choose a job you love, you will never have to work a day in your life. In his forthcoming book, The Pursuit...
Object Lessons
Art + reading co-editor Jenn Law has been reading Gustave Flaubert. Her latest exhibition, Still, is inspired, in part, by his realist...
Material Thinking
Meet Johannesburg-based artist (and art + reading contributor) Clive van den Berg, pictured in his studio in front of one of his...
Time Travel
There is something transportive about reading a book set in a place that you are travelling. Art + reading contributor, Barbara Balfour,...
41 False Starts (beach edition)
On a chilly November day, it is lovely to imagine relaxing on a beach with a good book! Meet art + reading contributor, Kathryn Smith,...