Jo Cottrell

Delighted to say that I'll be chatting with award-winning artist Tom Hunter at my next Art Chat evening at Chats Palace on December 1st. We'll be joined by Hadrian Garrard, Director of the William Morris Gallery and a curator of its current exhibition 'Earthly Paradise', which includes Tom's work.

Very much looking forward to welcoming Michael Lewis, curator of the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition to my Art Chat salon in Hackney next Wednesday 30 September. Lots to discuss and plenty of time for questions. If you're in the area do join us! Tickets £10. DM me for more details.

Hitze (Heat) by Paul Klee (1940)

Great to welcome Robert Phillips and Rose Davey to my Art Chat salon last night. Food for thought and food for the soul in these terrible times. (note to self: must do more posts here)

Art Chat2 was fun - great crowd and lots of questions. I even managed to read the Pall Mall Gazette by candlelight! Huge thanks to my special guest Luca Nasciuti for coming along and talking so eloquently about his sound art. More in the new year.

Art Chat reconvenes this evening at Chats Palace in Hackney. We'll be chatting about art and music, and exploring soundscapes. There might be a bit of declamation, you never know. 7pm in The Library Bar.

Dismorr self-portrait. I am constantly drawn to this. (c.1912)

It was great fun to chat with artist, musician and all-round good egg Nigel Burch at the first Art Chat salon at Chats Palace this week. Think I'll do another..

Hosting my first ever salon tonight, at Chats Palace in Hackney. Waaaaaah..!

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

ffs. “Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’. www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...

The Art History Festival 2025, organised by @AssociationForArtHistory, runs from Monday 15 - Sunday 21 September across the UK and online. It's a fantastic event for anyone interested in art and art's histories. Check out the programme here: festival.forarthistory.org.uk #ArtHistoryFestival2025

The Association for Art History is hosting a panel discussion this Friday, exploring how the climate and nature crises may be reshaping curatorial practice. Details can be found here: forarthistory.org.uk/events/curat...

Latest Lewis blogpost is up: wyndhamlewissociety.org/2025/05/06/b...

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Dusk over Antequera Hospital.

Arts and Minds launch today at Tate Modern! Let’s save the arts in education.

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A venue to watch!

Edouard Manet: A Man on Crutches (1878).

Good to discuss this drawing at yesterday's Lewis Reading Group session. Wyndham Lewis: Futurist Figure (1912).

Anita Malfatti, Portrait of Mario de Andrade (1922). Looking forward to seeing Malfatti's work at the forthcoming Brasil! Brasil! exhibition at the RA.

Deadline looming!

RIP David Lynch.

Was struck by this unsettling work by Dorothea Tanning included in the Surrealisme exhibition at the Pompidou earlier this week. Family Portrait (1954)

Great to see this drawing at the Courtauld yesterday as part of the Drawn to Blue exhibition of drawings on blue paper. Wyndham Lewis: Bathing Women, 1941. (with apologies for light reflections..)

chng.it/NmwPbnjBgM My first post here goes towards supporting the campaign to protect the fantastic MOTH Club in Hackney. Please sign and share.

That's me signed up then.