Throughout this last year  our central concern as graduate students of painting has been to extend our knowledge of paint in all its forms and all its actions. We have talked about paint, we have read about paint, we have listened to others talk about paint, we have written about paint, we have looked at paintings […]Read Post ›

Although the title of this post is Women in Art a more appropriate title might be Where are the Women in Art? Even now, there is a dearth of women in the art world which is, unsurprisingly,  dominated by white men. Last year Laura Reilly, writing for Art News magazine collated the available research on […]Read Post ›

What is the place of painting? What is its function? Why do artists paint and why do others view paintings? We discussed these questions recently with Nelson Diplexcito in relation to John Berger’s ideas about the place of painting. Berger wrote ‘The function of painting is to fill an absence with the simulacrum of a […]Read Post ›

What Painting Knows was a painting research event at Wimbledon College of Arts. It consisted of a panel discussion between artists Simon Burton, Kaye Donachie, Mark Fairnington and Nadine Feinson. The discussion was chaired by Tom Helyar-Cardwell and supported by Geraint Evans and Zoe Mendelson. The central idea was based on Hanneke Grootenboers argument that […]Read Post ›

The Undead Painters were founded in2013 by James Petrucci and Alastair Gordon. They are a group of accomplished artists who aim to provoke discussion and debate around the most pressing issues in contemporary painting. They hold various events including exhibitions and educational forums. We were lucky enough to have them visit us at Wimbledon this […]Read Post ›