Journal

Shorter writings on art, aesthetics and visual culture, ranging from exhibition responses and criticism to observations, developing ideas and occasional cultural commentary. A more immediate and exploratory counterpart to the longer essays.

Jenny Saville at NPG London June 2025

Jenny Saville National Portrait Gallery London Seen on 21 June 2025 Ed Mirza This a large scale show, and a great success for a living artist. Saville has established herself as one of he foremost figurative painters of our time. With excellent handling of form and paint, and good drawing, these are striking, memorable, and have entered the history books. These may be ead as images which may have a very particular impact on women, as many of the early ones show the female

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