Glaswegian France-Lise McGurn has filled the Dundee Contemporary Arts with a big, colourful exhibition that hums with energy and an infectious sense of playfulness. It masks slightly the serious explorations of women’s depictions in art and culture, but that’s part of the point. Lure you in, make you think. There’s such a quiet confidence in…
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Bridging the Invisible: Get Your Tix!
Online conference for art, design, magic, and religion. October 15 – 17, 2026 The Department of Art + Art History and The Center for the Study of Ideas and Practices at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, in co-sponsorship with The Center for Advanced Studies – Erlangen, The University of Exeter’s Centre for Magic and Esotericism, Societas Magica, and RENSEP, are pleased to collaboratively host Creative…
On Cats
I know I have neglected the blog of late but I have been preoccupied with my presentation for ISSS; like most works, they are never finished, only abandoned — or in the case of presentations, must be delivered at a specific time so the deadline is very real. That’s to say I think I am…
Voilà Brigitte
Thanks to Bertie’s recommendation I have started watching Voilà Brigitte, which comes in wee bite-sized episodes on the ‘tube. They’re perfect for taking breaks from the presentation I’m writing for ISSS later this month — or should I say wrestling into submission (I hope!). The eons that exist between the proposal and the presentation hold…
One Hundred Years of Surrealism: 1p RPG
I warned you, didn’t I? Yes, a third game in the space of a week because once you have a container it’s a simple thing to fill it with ideas! Okay, I am perhaps characteristically underplaying the concept because actually this is a completely different form than the pervious games of chance. This is a…
Mystic Lodge Fracas: 1P RPG
I am happy to announce my very first one-page Role Playing Game (or at least my first attempt at one): MYSTIC LODGE FRACAS. ‘Tis the season for one page RPGs at Itchio, where my first ever game now languishes (BE SURREAL, which needs some little fixes I think). All this obsessing about tarot led me…
Carved in Dundee
World Cup Fever has not completely abated; many supporting Norway this weekend…
Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art
Today the massive upload — well, one of them! I have a few massive uploads to come. But this one is the Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art at the V&A which included a huge amount of materials from the beginnings of the couturier’s life to the afterlife mostly represented by current designer Daniel Rosenberry, who channels…
Review: Grace Pervades
Feeling the spur to finish my recap of June’s adventures as the month draws to a close (unlikely to finish that in time but hey, I am trying), I decided to do something that requires less effort than an exhibition reel — especially since the next one in line is Schiaparelli which may require two….
The Sun & The Moon: Saatchi
I am grateful to my partner in art crime, Stephanie, because she asked if I were going to this exhibit and I had not really considered it, but then here was another poster in the underground passage to the V&A as I was on my way to Schiaparelli (yes, soon…) and I thought huh, just…