Category Archives: Cambridge

Feature Published: Here Is A Gale Warning: Art, Crisis & Survival – Kettle’s Yard

Loved writing this commission for Selvedge Magazine featuring an interview with curator Amy Tobin, exploring Candace Hill-Montgomery (whose weaves you can see in the photo above on the right) and Cecelia Vicuña’s work (pictured as above and below) to the show which runs until 29th June 2025. You can read the review published here. More… Read More »

New Feature published – Selvedge Magazine: Issam Kourbaj, Kettle’s Yard + Heong Gallery

It was fascinating to interview Issam Kourbaj at Kettle’s Yard last month and my feature on his current shows is now published in Selvedge Magazine here. From sharing the influence of his grandmother on his work as a painter, to talking me through the use of fabric and participatory arts principles in much of his… Read More »

New Spring Workshops / Exhibitions

It’s a joy to see the first signs and seeds of Spring bursting into the seasons with the next few months incredibly busy for so many of us – am working on various features, including an interview with Issam Kourbaj Urgent Archive at Kettle’s Yard, as well as a look at Chilean artist Francisca Aninat… Read More »

New Feature: Making New Worlds, Kettle’s Yard, published in Selvedge Magazine

Absolutely loved writing a piece commissioned by Selvedge Magazine on textiles at the current show at Kettle’s Yard, ‘Making New Worlds, Li Yuan-chia & Friends’. Alongside work by Li Yuan-chia and friends you can see newly commissioned work inspired by his ethos and legacy, drawing on themes of friendship, community and collaboration. Friendship between kindred… Read More »

New feature – Mediterranean Embroideries, published in Selvedge Magazine (Regeneration Issue)

Loved writing for Selvedge Magazine reviewing ‘Mediterranean Embroideries’ at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge featuring interviews with curator Dr Deniz Turker and Dr Elizabeth Key Fowden. Learn more about the authorship and significance of a stunning Ottoman sampler that is at the heart of the show, revealed for the first time by Turker. Plus gain insights… Read More »

‘Virginia Woolf: an exhibition inspired by her writings’

Since interviewing curator Laura Smith for this feature in the November issue of Cambridge Edition magazine, reviewing ‘Virginia Woolf: an exhibition inspired by her writings’, at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, I’ve been back to see it three times – each time with fabulous women. With over 80 women artists selected, running until December 9th, the… Read More »