Writings on art, culture & politics
Merchants of the Venice Biennale THE CRITIC
The Economics of Art, May 2024
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis THE CRITIC
Drawing’s strange comeback, May 2024
Sculpture and Story QUILLETTE
Narrative Art’s long history, Oct 2023
The Art of Monstrous Times LAW & LIBERTY
Arno Breker and Nazi sculpture, June 2023
Clash of the Titans QUILLETTE
The politics of very big statues, June 2023
The Queen’s Plinth? THE CRITIC
Thoughts on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth, May 2023
The Buck Stops Nowhere THE AMERICAN MIND
Military escalation in Ukraine, June 2023
The Horseless Comanche QUILLETTE
AI’s boundless promise, April 2023
Animation Grows Up THE CRITIC
Review of Alberto Mielgo’s short film ‘Jibaro’, Jan 2023
The Souping of Saint Vincent THE CRITIC
Activism invades art galleries, Nov 2022
Ireland's Missing Monument VILLAGE
Cultural cringing either side of the border, July 2024
American Giants THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
A worthy new monument for Washington DC, Oct 2024
The 300 Years’ War THE CRITIC
Myles Duncan’s ‘Land is all that Matters’ review, Oct 2024
The Sculptor’s Funeral THE CRITIC
Imogen Stuart Obituary, April 2024
Silence and Submission LAW & LIBERTY
Free Speech retreats in Europe, May 2023
Art’s Gender Hustle QUILLETTE
Review of Katy Hessel’s ‘The Story of Art Without Men’, May 2023
The Lives of Other Apes THE CRITIC
A review of the Netflix documentary ‘Ape Empire’ , May 2023
Immovable Bones THE LAMP
St Dymphna exhibition in National Gallery of Ireland, April 2023
Death of Irish Neutrality AMERICAN SPECTATOR
Our neutrality under threat, March 2023
Oil, art and the perils of patronage, THE CRITIC
BP and the morality of sponsorship, Dec 2022
Women on The Edge THE CRITIC
Review of Royal Academy exhibition ‘Making Modernism’, Dec 2022