GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Picture This: Ilse D’Hollander, Victoria Miro gallery, London
Untitled, 1996, Oil on canvas, 31 x 38 cm;
Pics: © The Estate of Ilse D’Hollander / Courtesy The Estate of Ilse D’Hollander and Victoria Miro, London/Venice
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
FLEMISH painter Ilse D’Hollander committed suicide in 1997 at the age of 28 and only a single solo exhibition of her work was held during her lifetime. Yet in her short life she created intelligent, sensual work of rare clarity, beguiling composition and a breath-taking colour palette.
Mist, 1996, Oil on canvas, 53 x 47 cm; Pics: © The Estate of Ilse D’Hollander / Courtesy The Estate of Ilse D’Hollander and Victoria Miro, London/Venice
Born in Sint Niklaas, D’Hollander drew upon her experience of the Flemish countryside where she spent her highly productive final years of her life, producing over 500 paintings. A selection is now on show in a free exhibition at London's Victoria Miro Gallery.
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