Category: Favourites

2024 NGV Triennial Review: My Top Ten

  Okay. I’ll admit it. The term ‘biennale’ was entirely unbeknownst to me before I studied my MA in Curating Contemporary Art.    Venice Biennale. The Whitney Biennial. Liverpool Biennial.    Yes, I had heard of these events, but I had never truly understood what they were, their significance, or what exactly they encompassed.  Turns […]

PART ONE: Reviewing My East Coast Tour!

  AH! I cannot WAIT for this blog post. Now I know it isn’t very artsy, but travelling down the East Coast of Australia has to be one of the more memorable experiences of my lifetime so far. So I just know that reflecting on it will bring me, and hopefully you, the utmost joy. […]

Exhibition Review: Time by Rone, Flinders Street Station

  Its 1953. Rows of women rush to complete the seams on their final garments. As thread spins rapidly around the cogs and the whirring of sewing machines echo through the room, chatter of prospective weekend activities disperse. Its 16.57 on a Friday, and there is a shared determination amongst the workers to get the […]

The Aboriginal Art Concept ‘Bush Medicine’ and Why I Love It

  Okay! I know it’s been a while and I know this is quite a random post, but when you see these artworks you’ll understand why I absolutely had to jump on and write here immediately.   Today I discovered an Aboriginal Artwork concept called ‘Bush Medicine’ in a beautiful little mountain village called Kuranda, […]

VIDEO: Liverpool Treasures – Sefton Park (Part 4)

  Hello my fellow art junkies! Going a little bit different today… I’ve created a video! Think: Usual Confessions of An Art Junkie blog entry, but visual! But don’t worry, I have also included the video’s transcription below. Enjoy!     Hello my fellow art junkies! If you have been reading my articles for a […]

My First Article in Print!

Oh. My. WORD I may have possibly…just possibly…hit the biggest milestone of my arts writing career yet! MY WRITING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN PRINT BAABBYYYY!!! A publication actually chose a piece of writing that I, me, moi, Bryony, yours truly… wrote?!?! I am shook, to say the least. Earlier this year I took part in […]

Celebrating our NHS Heroes: Aliza Nisenbaum at Tate Liverpool

I recently took part in Bido Lito!’s Bylines Writers Programme, which aims to develop young culture writers of the future! As part of the course, I was granted the opportunity to write a review on an exhibition of my choice which can be read here…   Sonder: the realisation that each random passerby is living […]

Reviewing the Prettiest Installation in Liverpool

Art in Liverpool very kindly offered me the opportunity to attend the Press Event of Peter Walker’s installation, Peace Doves, in the Liverpool Cathedral, where I was able to interview the artist himself and the Dean of Liverpool. Read the full review here…   Amongst the chaotic bustling of Concert Square, the jam-packed queues circulating […]

My Favourite Masterpiece of All Time: My Bed by Tracey Emin

Hello my fellow art junkies! It really has been a hot minute since I have last written so I am sending my sincerest apologies. There are a variety of reasons why I have been slacking on this blog but I suppose the main reason is that because I am fairly new to all of this, […]

An Artwork a Day Keeps the Therapist Away

It is without a doubt that the arts are incredible in having such a wide range of benefits, and improving your mental well-being is one of the advantages that just can’t be missed. I might be slightly biased, however, this is a topic that has been intensively researched and scientifically proven. With coping mechanisms such […]