Victoria Powell

Jan 25, 2024 | thegallerycompanion.medium.com | Victoria Powell

A Slave to Your Devices? Me Too. I was listening to a podcast this week about our diminishing capacity for sustained attention. Studies have shown that the duration of our focused attention has significantly decreased over the last twenty years, since our use of the internet started to increase.

Dec 7, 2023 | thegallerycompanion.medium.com | Victoria Powell

Listen to this as a podcast on Spotify or Apple, or search for The Gallery Companion on your podcast player. Last weekend I saw an exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London featuring the work of the British artist Claudette Johnson. She makes large-scale drawings, mostly of black women. I’ve seen examples of her work before, but never in this quantity.

Nov 13, 2023 | terryfreedman.substack.com | Terry Freedman |Nathan Slake |Sherman Alexie |Victoria Powell

Greetings!I’ve spent ages putting this together, so I need a cup of tea. I hope you enjoy reading. But enough of this persiflage! On with the newsletter. TerryLast week I wrote about Brick Lane, but there’s more. Turn right when you come out of the Beigel Bake. Walk towards the Brick Lane Bookshop, and you will encounter this:You have to admit that’s pretty cool, because look at the trouble somebody went to in order to create and install a completely pointless item of street art.