A SELECTION OF WRITING

THE COURTAULD JOURNAL// THE EYE IS NOT SATISFIED WITH SEEING// REVIEWED BY EMIE DIAMOND

The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing at the Serpentine Gallery in London is the first major survey of the New York-based artist Jennifer Packer’s oeuvre and her inaugural exhibition with a European institution. The show consists of thirty-four works, including portraiture, still life, and interior scenes...

CULTURED MAGAZINE// WITH COFFEE BEANS AS HIS MEDIUM, CHASE HALL PAINTS HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY// REVIEWED BY EMIE DIAMOND

Chase Hall’s power as an artist exists in his uncanny ability to create a new paradigm around painting. By applying coffee bean stain to raw cotton canvas and exposing his figures’ features, he articulates an invisible language which simultaneously challenges and pays homage to his genealogy. Hall acknowledges the complexities of...

WOMAN’S ART JOURNAL// Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel // REVIEWED BY EMIE DIAMOND

This catalogue presents a thorough accompaniment to the exhibition of work by the artist Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938) that originated at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia and travelled to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. Model, Painter, Rebel explores Valadon’s evolution from model to artist and the breadth of her oeuvre. It covers this ground in four contextual essays; a selection of supplementary primary texts; a chronology by Marianne Le Morvan; and fifty-four plates divided into six visual themes...

THE ART NEWSPAPER// [COVER FEATURE] Next act: Edward Enninful turns his attention from fashion to the world of art// BY EMIE DIAMOND

Edward Enninful is one of the great minds of our time. With an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a penchant for asking “why?”, creativity perpetually flows through his veins. He finds the utmost fulfilment when knee-deep in research, immersing himself in various forms of culture, especially art. Enninful seeks to understand “the mechanics of things” and studies...

THE CRITIC// TATE BRITAIN: LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS// REVIEWED BY EMIE DIAMOND

The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing at the Serpentine Gallery in London is the first major survey of the New York-based artist Jennifer Packer’s oeuvre and her inaugural exhibition with a European institution. The show consists of thirty-four works, including portraiture, still life, and interior scenes...

THE ART NEWSPAPER// VENICE Biennale DAILY DIARY PART I- III// BY EMIE DIAMOND

An influx of crowded trains, planes, and vaporettos sped towards Venice this week as the international art world descended on the city for the 60th Venice Biennale previews. Soon after arriving at Marco Polo airport on Monday, my boat coursed through the turquoise choppy water and I shamelessly snapped the obligatory Venice harbour shot...

CULTURED MAGAZINE// Ena Heller Sparks an Evolution at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum // BY EMIE DIAMOND

Spearheaded by director Ena Heller’s infectious enthusiasm for public art engagement, the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida has evolved into a dynamic American art institution. Garnering an exceedingly diverse collection of old master and contemporary works by artists that range from Albrecht Durer to Pablo Picasso and from Georgia O’Keefe to Shirin Neshat, the museum has simultaneously established a notable foothold...