Wrestling with the Angel in the Modern Age

A look behind the scenes of the travelling exhibition on Berthe Weill

The show celebrating the pioneering Parisian avant-garde gallerist opened in New York before travelling to Montreal and then Paris. We spoke to the curators about the complicated logistics behind such an endeavour and consider how touring an exhibition affects its presentation and the way visitors…

Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy

Loved by the public for her colourful and humorous paintings of people enjoying themselves, she was nonetheless derided by critics. This rich exhibition marking the centenary of Cook’s birth suggests it is time to reassess her work

Catharsis: A Grief Drawn Out – book review

To what extent can the visual language of grief be translated? Janet McKenzie looks back over 20 years’ worth of drawings in search of words

Angus Pryor – interview: ‘I love chaos, so celestial journeys, end-time, wrath and deluge attract my attention’

The artist explains his fascination with the Book of Enoch, long rejected by the Christian church, and how he aims to give an interpretation of the text from his perspective as a non-believer

Sara Reisman – interview: ‘This was an opportunity to engage with contemporary issues that interest our members and to work with artists and architects from the larger art community’

Sara Reisman, chief curator at the National Academy of Design, talks about the institution’s 200-year history and its aims for the future, and picks out some favourites from its current show, Drawing as Practice