Review: Lumiere 2023
Margot McDonald shares her thoughts on this year’s light art festival.
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Spooky season snacks: where to find the best Halloween foods in Durham
Margot McDonald reviews the best of the Halloween foods to be found in Durham this year.
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Pleats, s’il vous plait! French chic from the backstage of the Musée d’Orsay
“We’re all looking at and being seen, like the paintings in Orsay…” Margot McDonald gives us front row seats to the mid-season fashions of the Musee d’Orsay.
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Phyllida Barlow (1944-2023): silent sculpture and regeneration
Margot McDonald discusses the life and legacy of the late sculptress, Phyllida Barlow.
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Hyperrealism: when art prods and provokes
Margot McDonald examines the moral limitations of contemporary art.
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Homosexuality on the canvas
Visual Arts contributors contemplate a selection of paintings depicting homosexuality.
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Valentine’s Day: painted across the ages
“The brightness of her facial expression encapsulates feelings of safety, desire and, above all, love.” Visual Arts contributors contemplate love’s meaning in art.
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Somewhere in the west of Paris: Pissarro’s wintery Louveciennes landscapes
“A hushed, peaceful ode to the freezing winter months in Louveciennes.” Margot McDonald celebrates the winter solstice by reflecting on the landscapes of Camille Pissarro.
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What I have learnt from being bilingual
“We learn not for school, but for life.” Margot McDonald talks about the experience of being brought up bilingual and living in the space between cultures.
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