Karen Horney

Wrote a piece about Karen Horney for frieze. Completed my fieldwork in Cardiff and Gateshead last summer with work exhibited at G39’s ‘Made in Roath’ exhibition in Cardiff and the ‘For Solidarity’ show at the NewBridge project in Gateshead, who supported the work alongside the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Joined the NYLON group in London. Reviewed a book on journalism belief and action for the European Journal of Communication.

June update: the LSE press office has published a Q&A and video about my research.

July update: Wrote two pieces on volunteering in museums for the Museums Journal (one on diversity, the other on remote volunteering) and something on a new collaborative working space for Artsy.

September update: Wrote about ‘Banksy’s boat’ for ArtReview.

frieze/Boundless

Wrote an opinion piece about Stuart Hall and Cultural Studies for frieze and an essay about male communication for Boundless. Have been working hard on my PhD recently, teaching at the LSE, LCC and Sussex, getting through the upgrade and planning fieldwork, but have enjoyed reading Mark Fisher’s Ghosts of My Life and Sharlene Teo’s Ponti.

July update: I wrote a cover feature on my book club for the Times and received KEI funding from the LSE for my PhD fieldwork. Spoke about the Times piece on Radio 4 ‘You and Yours’ with Winifred Robinson.

Protest

I've written about eastern Europe and artistic protest for the April issue of frieze. Wrote about the ongoing row at the Polski theatre in Wroclaw, Poland, for the Guardian. Went to Budapest and wrote about the work of Living Memorial for Prospect. 

Spoke to Owen Hatherley about his book the Chaplin Machine for openDemocracy.

I've got a place on a PhD at the London School of Economics studying artivism, migration representation and the public sphere in their media department. 

Dream diary

I have a short news piece on Tipu Sultan's dream diary in the The Art Newspaper.

Have been working as a mentor for the Refugee Journalism Project. Was kindly put forward to give a short interview to Refugees Deeply, where I also recently worked on an op-ed for Amnesty International on the UN refugees convention. 

Am also working as a commissioning editor on cultural politics from this autumn for openDemocracy, and will post pieces here.  

October update: A piece for Prospect on Elena Ferrante; a feature for oD on Hungarian cultural politics pegged to their migration referendum. 

Have recently enjoyed reading Zygmunt Bauman's Strangers at our Door and Donald Antrim's Elect Mr Robinson for a Better World. Also enjoyed Hito Steyerl's work at the Berlin Biennale in August.  

Poverty in Museums

I have a piece on poverty in museums in Museums Journal, where I've also written about the the National Media Museum and the National Trust Scotland. I have a piece on pornography and Oculus Rift up on Artsy. 

Also a piece on the British Museum training Iraqi heritage experts and plans for a Muslim museum in the UK. Did a small bit on Robert Crumb at David Zwirner for the New York Times's T Magazine. 

My favourite books of recent weeks have been The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles and Tintin and the Secret of Literature by Tom McCarthy. I also particularly enjoyed 'Abuse Standards Violations' at Carroll/Fletcher. 

Hamburger Bahnhof

Wrote a piece on Nazi-era art at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin for the Guardian Review, and have a small review of William Boyd's Sweet Caress in this month's Prospect (not online). 

January update: I wrote the cover feature of this month's Museums Journal, a piece on curating crime exhibitions.