Gallery Girl Meets Elise Corten

April 1, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Belgian photographer Elise Corten explores themes of intimacy and connection through long term documentary projects. Gallery Girl spoke to Elise about her inspirations and what drew her to photography.

Rosemarie Castoro, Wanda Czelkowska and Lydia Okumura @ Thaddaeus Ropac

July 25, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

‘“Castoro, Castoro, I saw your paintings at Johnny’s. I liked them very much. I thought you were a boy” (Leo Castelli). I turned around and went back to Spring Street producing my next body of work. My energies in the world were for those not yet born…Cezanne didn’t live on institutional acceptance. Time validates and […]

Arab Women Artists Now @ Rich Mix

March 8, 2017.Reading time 11 minutes.

Arab women are typically perceived as repressed females. They are often misinterpreted as being subordinate to men, lacking the same freedoms as their western counterparts. However, more often than not, it is Arab females, not men, who are the pioneers of the burgeoning Middle Eastern art world. Biennials, galleries and exhibitions across the region are […]

Superwoman @ GRAD

September 24, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

Russia is famous for a lot of things, feminism, in the UK at least, probably isn’t one of them. However, GRAD Gallery is changing that with its Superwoman exhibition, that presents all things woman during the Soviet era. The show illustrates the presentation of the Soviet woman from 1917 to 1991. While women have long […]