Posts by Sarah Birch
Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis – earthy dialogue with a pop of glitter
Artists Lynda Benglis and Alberto Giacometti may not be a natural pair on the surface, but in an exhibition at the Barbican, the parallels are plain to see
Read MoreLaisul Hoque’s ‘The Ground Beneath Me’ – capturing the moments national histories meet
Fresh from winning the 2025 East London Art Prize, Hoque’s solo show at the Nunnery Gallery explores the turbulent moments national identities and pasts intertwine
Read MoreKen Worpole and Gareth Evans: Brightening from the East
Worpole ponders the relationship between East London and the East of England, and commemorates the work of John Berger in the centenary year of his birth in Stoke Newington
Read MoreAmerican Psycho, review – a ‘parting tour de force’
The musical version was Rupert Goold’s first smash production as artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, and he now revisits this dark, satirical commentary on 1980s corporate greed
Read MoreInside Before They Speak: Julia Phillips’ visceral Barbican exhibition explores the body and human bonds
The German-American artist’s first solo show in the UK is a haunting experience, but it is well worth it
Read MoreA blurred fate: Simon Roberts’ ‘After London’ puts future of the city into sharp focus
This blurry, dystopian volume imagines a city altered by the climate crisis, and puts the fate of Londoners front and centre
Read More‘ROTUS’ at Park Theatre is the one-woman show Making Theatre Great Again
Chaisty Quirk, Receptionist of the United States, is the sorority girl antagonist we didn’t know we needed
Read MoreRevolutionaries and rebels – inside East London’s breakaway suffragette movement
Under the leadership of Sylvia Pankhurst, the East London Federation of the Suffragettes (ELFS) championed women’s suffrage rights from its base in Old Ford Road for years
Read MoreA mechanical feat: consider Umbilical, at Here East
Local artist Conrad Shawcross shows off his new work, a giant machine that has taken over a decade to build
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