Category Archives: Women Who Art

Party Diva!

Posted on 01/07/2011 by

Over three series of The Mighty Boosh, they managed to weave an impressive number of cameos by various music types into the show… ranging from contemporary indie-schmindie bands that I couldn’t give a toss about, to scary electro ladies like Robots … Continue reading →

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ArtCrush: X-Arielle

Posted on 11/05/2011 by

[Pictured: “Again Please” by X-Arielle, starring ‘Princess Jasmine’ from Aladdin (1992), and ‘Esmeralda’ from The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1996). Apologies to artist for cropping the image a little... it’s a weird compulsion of mine] It’s naive (and potentially dangerous) to believe … Continue reading →

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Emin in the news!

Posted on 24/07/2010 by

A couple of peculiar, non-Art related news stories about Tracey Emin have cropped up this month… First of all, she’s apparently had breast reduction surgery… well, according to The Mirror, anyway. “I was a 34G. I lost a stone on the … Continue reading →

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Lee Miller (1907-1977)

Posted on 18/06/2009 by

As part of my research for a script, I’ve been working my way through Francine Prose’s book The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & The Artists They Inspired, and yesterday I was introduced to Elizabeth “Lee” Miller. I can’t … Continue reading →

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Tracey Emin

Posted on 21/04/2009 by

The day I went to see Tracey Emin speak at Oxford University was about as close to a perfect day as I’ve ever had. I know she’s a fairly easy target for tabloid snark, and general anti-Art antagonising, but I … Continue reading →

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